{"id":54418,"date":"2026-07-03T12:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54418"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:55:57","slug":"wonky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/03\/wonky\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Quirky alternative folk-post-punk-rock with off-kilter rhythms, bouncing bass, angular guitar riffs, playful synths, and a driving chorus]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nNot quite right<br \/>\n(Just a bit)<br \/>\nTiny cracks<br \/>\n(Start to split)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nIt starts so small<br \/>\n(You hardly know)<br \/>\nJust a wobble<br \/>\n(Then it grows)<\/p>\n<p>One degree<br \/>\n(One small shift)<br \/>\nAnother nudge<br \/>\n(A subtle drift)<\/p>\n<p>Nothing broken<br \/>\n(Not just yet)<br \/>\nEasy to ignore<br \/>\n(Or soon forget)<\/p>\n<p>Till one morning<br \/>\n(You can see)<br \/>\nNothing&#8217;s where<br \/>\n(It used to be)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(A little bit off)<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(I wouldn&#8217;t scoff)<\/p>\n<p>Everything<br \/>\n(Starts to sway)<br \/>\nYesterday<br \/>\n(Is far away)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(A little bit off)<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(I wouldn&#8217;t scoff)<\/p>\n<p>How long&#8230;<br \/>\n(Till you go wrong)<br \/>\nHow long<br \/>\n(How long)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nBolts get loose<br \/>\n(Wheels don&#8217;t track)<br \/>\nSome things bend<br \/>\n(They don&#8217;t snap back)<\/p>\n<p>As the cycle<br \/>\n(Adds a strain)<br \/>\nTiny losses<br \/>\n(Start to gain)<\/p>\n<p>The warning signs<br \/>\n(Blink in red)<br \/>\nStill we shrug<br \/>\n(And forge ahead)<\/p>\n<p>Until the balance<br \/>\n(Slips away)<br \/>\nAnd yesterday<br \/>\n(Becomes today)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nA crooked line<br \/>\n(A tilted frame)<br \/>\nLooks familiar<br \/>\n(But not the same)<\/p>\n<p>Small departures<br \/>\n(Compound fast)<br \/>\nSoon the future<br \/>\n(Outruns the past)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Angular guitar solo]<br \/>\n[Synth wobble]<br \/>\n[Bass breakdown]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(A little bit off)<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(I wouldn&#8217;t scoff)<\/p>\n<p>Nothing failed<br \/>\n(All at once)<br \/>\nIt happened<br \/>\n(One little nudge)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(A little bit off)<br \/>\nGone wonky<br \/>\n(I wouldn&#8217;t scoff)<\/p>\n<p>How long&#8230;<br \/>\n(Till you go wrong)<br \/>\nHow long<br \/>\n(How long)<\/p>\n<p>How long&#8230;<br \/>\n(Before you see)<br \/>\nIt already happened<br \/>\n(Gradually)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nOne small wobble&#8230;<br \/>\n(One more day)<br \/>\nThen the whole thing<br \/>\n(Slips away)<\/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 alternative folk-post-punk-rock with off-kilter rhythms, bouncing bass, angular guitar riffs, playful synths, and a driving chorus] [Intro] Not quite right (Just a bit) Tiny cracks (Start to split) [Verse 1] It starts so small (You hardly know) Just a wobble (Then it grows) One degree (One small shift) Another nudge (A subtle [&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-54418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54418","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=54418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54425,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54418\/revisions\/54425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}