{"id":54534,"date":"2026-07-12T14:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54534"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:59:27","slug":"expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/12\/expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Steady Bass Pulse, Clean Guitar Chops, Organ Swells, Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nCause and effect&#8230;<br \/>\n(Connect the dots)<br \/>\nOne thing leads&#8230;<br \/>\n(To quite a lot)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis is expected<br \/>\n(After what we&#8217;ve erected)<br \/>\nDejected&#8230;<br \/>\n(Being connected)<br \/>\nWe did<br \/>\n(Yes, we did)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nTiny moments, little turns<br \/>\nBecome lessons that life learns<br \/>\nBuild it up and set it free<br \/>\nWhat comes next will surely be<br \/>\nOur signal leaves a trace<br \/>\nMoving through time and space<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWhat we make<br \/>\n(Can come back)<br \/>\nWhat we send<br \/>\n(Leaves a track)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThis is expected<br \/>\n(Not disconnected)<br \/>\nOur &#8220;just&#8221; cause<br \/>\n(Leaves it projected)<\/p>\n<p>What we sow<br \/>\n(Starts to grow)<br \/>\nWhat we choose<br \/>\n(Starts to show)<\/p>\n<p>This is expected<br \/>\n(After what we&#8217;ve erected)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Organ Chords, Percussive Piano, Synth Lead]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWhat happens all alone?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the seed have sown<br \/>\nBuild a bridge or build a wall<br \/>\nConsequences reach us all<br \/>\nWhat appears from far away<br \/>\nOften comes back into play<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Here it goes)<br \/>\nWhat we plant<br \/>\n(Eventually grows)<\/p>\n<p>Piece by piece<br \/>\n(Line by line)<br \/>\nYesterday<br \/>\n(Becomes tomorrow&#8217;s sign)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nThis is expected<br \/>\n(After what we&#8217;ve erected)<br \/>\nDejected&#8230;<br \/>\n(Being connected)<br \/>\nWe did<br \/>\n(Yes, we did)<\/p>\n<p>Does the ending<br \/>\n(Have a start)<br \/>\nDoes the whole<br \/>\n(Just fall apart)<\/p>\n<p>This is expected&#8230;<br \/>\n(Not neglected)<br \/>\nEvery pathway&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is connected)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Echo Guitar, Warm Organ, Fading Bass Pulse, Soft Synth Dissolve]<br \/>\nWe did&#8230;<br \/>\n(Yes, we did)<br \/>\nConnected&#8230;<br \/>\n(Yes, we are)<br \/>\nExpected&#8230;<br \/>\n(After what we&#8217;ve erected)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/This-Is\/\">This Is&#8230;.<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Steady Bass Pulse, Clean Guitar Chops, Organ Swells, Atmospheric Synth] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] Cause and effect&#8230; (Connect the dots) One thing leads&#8230; (To quite a lot) [Refrain] This is expected (After what we&#8217;ve erected) Dejected&#8230; (Being connected) We did (Yes, we did) [&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-54534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54534","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=54534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54535,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54534\/revisions\/54535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}