{"id":588,"date":"2007-03-25T17:46:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T17:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2007\/03\/2007_03_26_0146.php"},"modified":"2017-02-08T05:37:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T05:37:08","slug":"your-majesty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/25\/your-majesty-2","title":{"rendered":"Your Majesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one&#8217;s for Arjay (as per his comment on one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/2007_03_21_0140.php\" title=\"view post\">previous posts<\/a>) hehehe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Reprise of my old song &#8220;Your Majesty&#8221; with the following changes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Re-recorded the guitar part with my Taylor T5 &#8211; used percussive playing (slapping the guitar) for rhythmic effect.<\/li>\n<li>Added bass track via Reason<\/li>\n<li>Added electric guitar parts<\/li>\n<li>Added ambient pad via Rapture<\/li>\n<li>Re-done the vocal track with some lyric changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/114359729&#038;color=ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can compare it to the old one below:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306066506%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-7DFw8&#038;color=ff5500&#038;inverse=false&#038;auto_play=false&#038;show_user=true\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<!-- \/\/ --><!--more--><!-- \/\/ -->\n<blockquote>\n<h2>YOUR MAJESTY<\/h2>\n<p>03\/26\/2007 (original 10\/11\/2003)<br \/>\nCarlo Santos<br \/>\nTheme: Religious \/ Inspirational  <\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong><br \/>\nYour Majesty, do you remember me?<br \/>\nI was lost in Your kingdom, trying to find my way back home.<br \/>\nPlease, Your Majesty, I beg You, listen to me.<br \/>\nPlease help this tired man who&#8217;s feeling all alone.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look around,&#8221; you said.<br \/>\n&#8220;Can feel the soothing breeze of day?<br \/>\nOr follow the path on moonlit nights &#8211; then you&#8217;ll find your way.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>II<\/strong><br \/>\nYour Majesty, I never meant to doubt You,<br \/>\nbut all these paths You gave lead back to this room.  <\/p>\n<p>I should&#8217;ve seen You wanted me to stay,<br \/>\nbut it felt like I was being led astray.  <\/p>\n<p>Your Majesty, I&#8217;m begging &#8211; indulge me,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m asking for your pardon &#8211; forgive me.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>III<\/strong><br \/>\nAs I walk these familiar roads,<br \/>\nThey seem to leave a clear impression:<br \/>\nThat anything under Your control<br \/>\nseems to flourish under Your wise direction.  <\/p>\n<p>From the tiny fish that swim the sea,<br \/>\nto the eagles flying over me.<br \/>\nChildren sleeping safe at night,<br \/>\nwith parents that will hold them tight.<br \/>\nMountain tops, a piece of stone.<br \/>\nThe air we breathe, our flesh our bones.<br \/>\nI come to realize they are Yours . . . we are Yours.  <\/p>\n<p>Your Majesty, beckon me.<br \/>\nCuz I&#8217;m ready and I&#8217;m waiting.<br \/>\nSo grant the wish of this simple man:<br \/>\nTo use me any way You can.<br \/>\nUse my strength,<br \/>\nuse my mind,<br \/>\nuse my soul,<br \/>\nuse my voice &#8211;<br \/>\nuse them all.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>OUTRO<\/strong><br \/>\nThough I&#8217;m undeserving &#8211; and I don&#8217;t belong&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230;to be in this world, You still let me come.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been searching for eternity, when I was home all along: in Your majesty.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m surrounded by Your awesome majesty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one&#8217;s for Arjay (as per his comment on one of the previous posts) hehehe. Reprise of my old song &#8220;Your Majesty&#8221; with the following changes: Re-recorded the guitar part with my Taylor T5 &#8211; used percussive playing (slapping the guitar) for rhythmic effect. Added bass track via Reason Added electric guitar parts Added ambient &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/25\/your-majesty-2\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your Majesty&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[270,730,754,803,856,1007,1093],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-music","tag-composition","tag-majesty","tag-media","tag-music","tag-original","tag-reprise","tag-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}