{"id":969,"date":"2017-07-17T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/?p=969"},"modified":"2020-10-25T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T16:50:10","slug":"been-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/been-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Been a long time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_971\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-971\" class=\"wp-image-971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-200x126.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-400x252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-600x378.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-700x441.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1-800x504.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0038-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mike Barwood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure this song will stay, or stay like this&#8230;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s very middle of the road. Not that it is always a bad thing, it&#8217;s just how it came out. So if you dig it best you download it :).<br \/>\nLyric driven, and for you to make what you will of it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Joe Van der Linden for pulling in and playing the Electric Guit.<br \/>\nKeeping our thread alive&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Been a Long Time\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pNWlw3Z7524?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Been a long time:<\/p>\n<p>Songs of infinite sadness<br \/>\nEntwined with the madness, that couldn\u2019t stay<br \/>\nTime, the things we don\u2019t know<br \/>\nThat will never grow, are not in vain<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long time since a happy song<br \/>\nNobody\u2019s fault that it took this long to rise out of your mind<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve seen you smile<br \/>\nI could be wrong but I think you found your way<br \/>\nIt started today<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let it be tomorrow<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let it be yesterday<\/p>\n<p>Trust, my new resolution<br \/>\nAvoid the intrusion, that leads me astray<br \/>\nAnd hate, is not a solution<br \/>\nComes with retribution, regrets that have no place<\/p>\n<p>Fade away, like the images and memories<br \/>\nAnd don\u2019t be late for your final destination sets you free<\/p>\n<p>Why does it always have to be an epiphany?<br \/>\nWith disappointment and heartache to choose freedom without fear<\/p>\n<p>Turn away and find yourself another train<br \/>\nThat won\u2019t be late, that travels to the station of your dreams<\/p>\n<p>Why does it always have to be on a different day?<br \/>\nWe keep on passing up the chance to live the now and to be free<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1347,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/1347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ced1.com\/original\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}