{"id":54390,"date":"2026-07-01T17:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54390"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:50:18","slug":"balderdash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/01\/balderdash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Balderdash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Driving blues-rock with punchy guitars, a stomping beat, and sarcastic call-and-response vocals]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHear it once<br \/>\n(Hear it twice)<br \/>\nDress it up<br \/>\n(As advice)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nFacts walk in<br \/>\n(Quietly)<br \/>\nRumors shout<br \/>\n(Proudly)<\/p>\n<p>Truth takes work<br \/>\n(Day by day)<br \/>\nFantasy<br \/>\n(Gets its way)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nBalderdash<br \/>\n(Utter nonsense)<br \/>\nWhiplash<br \/>\n(Kneejerk offense)<\/p>\n<p>Balderdash<br \/>\n(Watch it spread)<br \/>\nHalf a tale<br \/>\n(Fills your head)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nA catchy line<br \/>\n(Beats a chart)<br \/>\nPlaying first<br \/>\n(On the heart)<\/p>\n<p>Skip the evidence<br \/>\n(Keep the spin)<br \/>\nCall it truth<br \/>\n(With a grin)<\/p>\n<p>Every answer<br \/>\n(Sounds so neat)<br \/>\nTill reality<br \/>\n(Takes a seat)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThink before<br \/>\n(You repeat)<br \/>\nCheck the source<br \/>\n(Before you tweet)<\/p>\n<p>Question loudly<br \/>\n(Test the claim)<br \/>\nNot everything<br \/>\n(Deserves a name)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nNoise gets louder<br \/>\n(Every day)<br \/>\nReason doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\n(Fade away)<\/p>\n<p>Take a breath<br \/>\n(And a quick laugh)<br \/>\nSeparate<br \/>\n(The wheat from chaff)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nBalderdash<br \/>\n(Utter nonsense)<br \/>\nWhiplash<br \/>\n(Kneejerk offense)<\/p>\n<p>Smoke and mirrors<br \/>\n(Come and go)<br \/>\nFacts remain<br \/>\n(Long after the show)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nListen well<br \/>\n(Use your head)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let nonsense<br \/>\n(Fill your head)<\/p>\n<p>Balderdash&#8230;<br \/>\n(Has had its day)<br \/>\nTruth&#8217;s still standing<br \/>\n(Anyway)<\/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: Driving blues-rock with punchy guitars, a stomping beat, and sarcastic call-and-response vocals] [Intro] Hear it once (Hear it twice) Dress it up (As advice) [Verse 1] Facts walk in (Quietly) Rumors shout (Proudly) Truth takes work (Day by day) Fantasy (Gets its way) [Refrain] Balderdash (Utter nonsense) Whiplash (Kneejerk offense) Balderdash (Watch it [&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-54390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54390","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=54390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54391,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54390\/revisions\/54391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}