{"id":53689,"date":"2026-05-29T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53689"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:06:39","slug":"in-the-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/29\/in-the-real\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Warm Analog Synth Pad, Soft Electric Piano, Gentle Groove Bass, Subtle Vinyl Crackle]<br \/>\nWaking up with all these choices<br \/>\nTrying to distinguish all the voices<br \/>\nIn each signal pulling through<br \/>\nDo you wonder what is true?<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Clean Guitar Rhythm, Steady Mid-Tempo Drum Beat, Ambient Synth Layers, Light Percussion]<br \/>\nFlickering lights on every screen<br \/>\nHalf the truth and in-between<br \/>\nThose out selling extreme dreams<br \/>\nNot much is quite what it seems<\/p>\n<p>But underneath the shifting glow<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a place I think I know<br \/>\nWhere the signal cuts it clear<br \/>\nAnd everything becomes sincere<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Expansive Synth Chords, Driving Bassline, Layered Harmonies, Rising Drum Accent]<br \/>\nDo you feel<br \/>\n(In the real)<br \/>\nIs your soul<br \/>\n(On a roll)<\/p>\n<p>Are you here<br \/>\n(Crystal clear)<br \/>\nCan you reveal<br \/>\n(Not conceal)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Pulsing Bass Synth, Echoed Guitar Licks, Syncopated Drums, Atmospheric Pads]<br \/>\nAnother thought gets amplified<br \/>\nAnother feeling quantified<br \/>\nBut beyond the data stream<br \/>\nLives a quieter kind of dream<\/p>\n<p>Not a filter, not a code<br \/>\nBut the path beneath the road<br \/>\nWhere the heartbeat meets the ground<br \/>\nAnd the truth stops spinning round<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Half-Time Groove, Ambient Piano, Sustained Guitar Feedback, Rising Choir Synth]<br \/>\nIf the world is just a show<br \/>\nHow would anyone ever know<br \/>\nWhat is real and what is spun<br \/>\nUnderneath the artificial sun?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Full Band Lift, Anthemic Drums, Wide Stereo Guitars, Powerful Vocal Stack]<br \/>\nDo you feel<br \/>\n(In the real)<br \/>\nIs your soul<br \/>\n(On a roll)<\/p>\n<p>Break the seal<br \/>\n(Start to feel)<br \/>\nWhat is real<br \/>\n(Find ideal)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Fading Electric Piano, Soft Ambient Drone, Gentle Guitar Harmonics, Slow Drum Decay]<br \/>\nStrip away the static veil<br \/>\nLet the quieter truth prevail<br \/>\nIn the real, we learn to be<br \/>\nSomething closer to free.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Raze\/\">Raze<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Warm Analog Synth Pad, Soft Electric Piano, Gentle Groove Bass, Subtle Vinyl Crackle] Waking up with all these choices Trying to distinguish all the voices In each signal pulling through Do you wonder what is true? [Verse 1] [Arrangement: Clean Guitar Rhythm, Steady Mid-Tempo Drum Beat, Ambient Synth Layers, Light Percussion] Flickering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53691,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53689\/revisions\/53691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}