{"id":21,"date":"2026-05-07T00:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:47:28","slug":"something-to-stand-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/something-to-stand-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Something to Stand On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Something to Stand On by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F120441505&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics by John Lister<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all need someone to believe and someone we can stand on<br>The choice is always up to you, and that you can depend on<br>My eyes have always been open, although they may be closed part of the time<br>I love the works of Chopin, and I use Charlie Chaplin as my guide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all need someone to lift us up, when we get disenchanted<br>When bad things that happen in our lives, good things we take for granted<br>In prayer and silent meditation, sometimes I&#8217;m standing at his feet<br>Then when my eyes are reopened, I have a suble feeling I&#8217;m not beat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge or Lead]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need someone we can whip to make us feel empowered<br>Someone to point our finger at when we are sick and tired<br>And I know we&#8217;re all to blame, for all the silly games of which we play<br>Instead of looking from within, and stepping right on up onto that plate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics by John Lister We all need someone to believe and someone we can stand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}