{"id":55135,"date":"2026-08-20T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55135"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:02:49","slug":"free-sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/20\/free-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Loose Acoustic Guitar, Bouncy Bass, Brushes, Wurlitzer Piano, Warm Analog Synth]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nFree sample&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Free lunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Free ride&#8230;<br \/>\n(Until there&#8217;s no place to run&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; no place to hide<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nForests in the mountains<br \/>\nSee oceans (sea to sea)<br \/>\nSunlight in the morning<br \/>\n(So the days begin)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nFree!<br \/>\n(Free!)<br \/>\nSample!<br \/>\n(Sample!)<\/p>\n<p>Take!<br \/>\n(Take!)<br \/>\nSome more!<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHas Earth&#8217;s free sample<br \/>\n(Been ample?)<br \/>\nHas her free lunch<br \/>\n(Made much)<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<br \/>\n(Do tell, do tell)<br \/>\n&#8230; ohhh well&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nFree sample!<br \/>\n(Take a taste)<br \/>\nFree lunch!<br \/>\n(Goes to waste)<\/p>\n<p>The bill comes later<br \/>\n(Later!)<br \/>\nWhen the cupboard&#8217;s bare<br \/>\n(Eating&#8217;s rare)<br \/>\nFree sample!<br \/>\n(What a deal)<br \/>\nFree lunch!<br \/>\n(How does it feel?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWe burned the ancient sunlight<br \/>\nWe mined the buried past<br \/>\nWe pulled from deep reserves<br \/>\nAnd thought that would last<\/p>\n<p>Mother keeps the ledger<br \/>\nThough nature doesn&#8217;t send<br \/>\nA bill upon the table<br \/>\nShe settles in the end<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Acoustic Guitar Solo: Fingerpicked Folk-Blues, Joined by Slide Electric Guitar, Upright Bass and Soft Organ]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nFree lunch?<br \/>\n(No&#8230; more than a hunch)<\/p>\n<p>Free ride?<br \/>\n(Won&#8217;t slide)<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nTake it<br \/>\n(Free!)<br \/>\nMake it<br \/>\n(Free!)<\/p>\n<p>Use it<br \/>\n(Free!)<br \/>\nWaste it<br \/>\n(Free!)<\/p>\n<p>But the soil gets soiled<br \/>\nAnd the rivers run low<br \/>\nThe greens gets thinner<br \/>\nAs the extinctions grow<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere (oh my dear)<br \/>\nA record of the cost<br \/>\nSomeone&#8217;s getting lost<\/p>\n<p>No one sent an invoice<br \/>\nNo one rang the bell<\/p>\n<p>But the climate keeps<br \/>\nThe ledger well<br \/>\n(All the way to hell!)<br \/>\nYell!<br \/>\n(All the way to hell!)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Acoustic Guitar, Bass Harmonics and Soft Piano]<br \/>\nHas Earth&#8217;s free sample&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Been ample?<\/p>\n<p>Has her free lunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Made much?<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered]<br \/>\nWell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do tell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do tell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ohhh well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nHas Earth&#8217;s free sample<br \/>\n(Been ample?)<br \/>\nHas her free lunch<br \/>\n(Made much)<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<br \/>\n(Do tell, do tell)<br \/>\n&#8230; ohhh well&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nFree sample!<br \/>\n(Free sample!)<br \/>\nTake a taste<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t let her waste<\/p>\n<p>Free lunch!<br \/>\n(Free lunch!)<br \/>\nWhat did we do?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe now<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to give<br \/>\nSomething back.<br \/>\n(Instead of lack, lack, lack!)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hear you yell:<br \/>\n(All the way to hell!)<br \/>\nThen, again&#8230;<br \/>\n(You can choose heaven)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Acoustic Guitar, Warm Bass, Wurlitzer, Gentle Drums and Analog Synth; Gradual Fade]<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s hear you yell:<br \/>\n(All the way to hell!)<br \/>\nThen, again&#8230;<br \/>\n(You can choose heaven)<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken, fading]<br \/>\nBirth (heaven on Earth)<br \/>\nLivin&#8217; in heaven<br \/>\n(Birth) Heaven on Earth<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Demand-Destruction\/\">Demand Destruction<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Loose Acoustic Guitar, Bouncy Bass, Brushes, Wurlitzer Piano, Warm Analog Synth] [Spoken Vocal] Free sample&#8230; 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