{"id":52395,"date":"2026-04-13T12:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52395"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:33:58","slug":"in-the-outcome-peas-in-the-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/13\/in-the-outcome-peas-in-the-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Outcome (Peas in the Poop)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Quirky Bassline, Funky Guitar, Playful Keys, Tight Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s off, you smell it first<br \/>\nCould\u2019ve been better, could\u2019ve been worse<br \/>\nTried to stir it, tried to spin<br \/>\nBut you know what you\u2019re standing in<\/p>\n<p>Half-baked plans and leftovers<br \/>\nGoing back just makes it worse<br \/>\nYou can laugh or you can pout<br \/>\nBut you know what it\u2019s about<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou can dress it up, disguise the truth<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s still the same from every view<br \/>\nSecond chances, same old loop<br \/>\nRunning circles in the soup<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nJust take a look<br \/>\n(It\u2019s up to you)<br \/>\nDo you wanna re-cook<br \/>\n(Or pursue anew?)<\/p>\n<p>Read the signs<br \/>\n(They\u2019re in plain view)<br \/>\nKeep refrying<br \/>\n(Or break on through?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Clavinet Groove, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nTried to fix it, tried to save<br \/>\nEvery move just dug the grave<br \/>\nSpinning wheels in the same old lane<br \/>\nDifferent story, same old stain<\/p>\n<p>You can scrape it off the top<br \/>\nBut you know it doesn\u2019t stop<br \/>\nEvery shortcut, every dodge<br \/>\nStill leaves you in the same fa\u00e7ade<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nTruth is simple, hard to face<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t clean up every place<br \/>\nIf the root is off the loop<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll keep finding peas in the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWhen there\u2019s peas in the poop<br \/>\n(Do you wanna scoop?)<br \/>\nKeep digging in<br \/>\n(Or change the group?)<\/p>\n<p>Laugh it off<br \/>\n(Or face the truth?)<br \/>\nStay stuck inside<br \/>\n(Or cut it loose?)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Minimal Beat, Spoken Tone]<br \/>\nYou already know\u2026<br \/>\nYou saw it coming\u2026<br \/>\nSo what are you gonna do?<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Snare Roll, Rising Bassline]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nJust take a look<br \/>\n(It\u2019s up to you)<br \/>\nDo you wanna re-cook<br \/>\n(Or pursue anew?)<\/p>\n<p>Draw the line<br \/>\n(Choose what\u2019s true)<br \/>\nStay in the mess<br \/>\n(Or make it new?)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Funk Groove Fades, Playful Ad-libs]<br \/>\nPeas in the\u2026<br \/>\nYeah, you knew\u2026<br \/>\nPeas in the\u2026<br \/>\nWhat you gonna do?<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<br \/>\n(Up to you)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Quirky Bassline, Funky Guitar, Playful Keys, Tight Drums] [Verse 1] Something\u2019s off, you smell it first Could\u2019ve been better, could\u2019ve been worse Tried to stir it, tried to spin But you know what you\u2019re standing in Half-baked plans and leftovers Going back just makes it worse You can laugh or you can pout [&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-52395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52411,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52395\/revisions\/52411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}