{"id":54371,"date":"2026-06-30T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54371"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:05:16","slug":"yzark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/30\/yzark-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yzark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Quirky art-rock with syncopated drums, distorted guitars, backward sound effects, and theatrical call-and-response vocals]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nTurn it around<br \/>\n(Back to front)<br \/>\nFlip it over<br \/>\n(What a stunt!)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nRead it backward<br \/>\n(Read it twice)<br \/>\nSometimes truth<br \/>\n(Is hidden advice)<\/p>\n<p>Left is right<br \/>\n(Up is down)<br \/>\nLost and found<br \/>\n(All around)<\/p>\n<p>Mirror images<br \/>\n(Tell the tale)<br \/>\nHidden meaning<br \/>\n(Lifts the veil)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nYzark!<br \/>\n(What does it mean?)<br \/>\nA backward dream<br \/>\n(Yzark!)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, crazy as it may seem<br \/>\n(Bringing rationality to the scene)<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s still hazy<br \/>\n(Krazy!)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn it &#8217;round<br \/>\n(You&#8217;ll understand)<br \/>\nLook again<br \/>\n(A different plan)<\/p>\n<p>Change your view<br \/>\n(Shift your frame)<br \/>\nIt won&#8217;t stay<br \/>\n(Quite the same)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nQuestion answers<br \/>\n(Test belief)<br \/>\nSometimes doubt<br \/>\n(Brings relief)<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s familiar<br \/>\n(May deceive)<br \/>\nLook beneath<br \/>\n(What you perceive)<\/p>\n<p>Patterns hiding<br \/>\n(In plain sight)<br \/>\nDarkness helping<br \/>\n(Frame the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nFlip the page<br \/>\n(Change the view)<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s impossible<br \/>\n(Becomes true)<\/p>\n<p>Turn the compass<br \/>\n(Find your spark)<br \/>\nSometimes light<br \/>\n(Begins in dark)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Reverse cymbal]<br \/>\n[Backward guitar solo]<br \/>\n[Reverse tape effects]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn it &#8217;round<br \/>\n(One more time)<br \/>\nReason finds<br \/>\n(A hidden rhyme)<\/p>\n<p>What looked tangled<br \/>\n(Starts to flow)<br \/>\nFunny how<br \/>\n(You come to know)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nYzark!<br \/>\n(What does it mean?)<br \/>\nA backward dream<br \/>\n(Yzark!)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, crazy as it may seem<br \/>\n(Bringing rationality to the scene)<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s still hazy<br \/>\n(Krazy!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nRead it backward<br \/>\n(One last time)<br \/>\nSometimes reason<br \/>\n(Hides in rhyme)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whats-in-a-Name\/\">What\u2019s in a Name?<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Quirky art-rock with syncopated drums, distorted guitars, backward sound effects, and theatrical call-and-response vocals] [Intro] Turn it around (Back to front) Flip it over (What a stunt!) [Verse 1] Read it backward (Read it twice) Sometimes truth (Is hidden advice) Left is right (Up is down) Lost and found (All around) Mirror images [&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-54371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54371","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=54371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54372,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54371\/revisions\/54372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}