{"id":54923,"date":"2026-08-03T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54923"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:39:19","slug":"under-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/08\/03\/under-the-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Heavy Bass, Chugging Guitar, Rolling Drums, Organ Stabs]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWhen the wheels are turning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Keep on learning.<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThrown<br \/>\n(Under the bus)<br \/>\nKnown<br \/>\n(Nevertheless)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important for us<br \/>\n(Not to rollover)<br \/>\nWe must recover<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWhen the pressure starts to rise<br \/>\nPointing fingers, alibis<br \/>\nPassing blame from hand to hand<br \/>\nTrying hard to make a stand<\/p>\n<p>Thrown beneath the wheels of doubt<br \/>\nWaiting for a way back out<br \/>\nBut the truth can still remain<br \/>\nEven underneath the blame<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nRoll away<br \/>\n(The easy choice)<br \/>\nStand and face it<br \/>\n(Find your voice)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nUnder the bus<br \/>\n(But still alive)<br \/>\nUnder the weight<br \/>\n(Still we survive)<\/p>\n<p>Knocked down hard<br \/>\n(But not erased)<br \/>\nFind the ground<br \/>\n(And find your place)<\/p>\n<p>Under the bus<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s not the end)<br \/>\nRise again<br \/>\n(And make amends)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Percussion Break]<br \/>\n[Refrain]<br \/>\nThrown<br \/>\n(Under the bus)<br \/>\nKnown<br \/>\n(Nevertheless)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important for us<br \/>\n(Not to rollover)<br \/>\nWe must recover<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nSo someone takes the fall<br \/>\nTo protect the greater all<br \/>\nMade up blame that&#8217;s manufactured<br \/>\nWhile the evidence is captured<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo: Distorted Guitar, Rolling Bass, Driving Drums, Organ Swells]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThrown<br \/>\n(Under the bus)<br \/>\nKnown<br \/>\n(Nevertheless)<\/p>\n<p>Turn around<br \/>\n(Recover)<br \/>\nStand your ground<br \/>\n(Discover)<\/p>\n<p>What went wrong<br \/>\n(What went right)<br \/>\nWhat we learned<br \/>\n(From the fight)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Beat drops to bass and muted guitar]<br \/>\nYou can blame&#8230;<br \/>\n(Evade the shame?)<\/p>\n<p>You can hide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You can roll over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You can discover.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nThrown<br \/>\n(Under the bus)<br \/>\nKnown<br \/>\n(Nevertheless)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important for us<br \/>\n(Not to rollover)<br \/>\nWe must recover<\/p>\n<p>Under the bus<br \/>\n(But still alive)<br \/>\nUnder the pressure<br \/>\n(Still we rise)<\/p>\n<p>Thrown down hard<br \/>\n(But not defeated)<br \/>\nBack on our feet<br \/>\n(Still undefeated)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Rolling Guitar, Heavy Bass, Organ, Big Drum Finish]<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t roll over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Recover&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Get back up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And keep moving&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Improving)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rollover\/\">Rollover<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Heavy Bass, Chugging Guitar, Rolling Drums, Organ Stabs] [Spoken Vocal] When the wheels are turning&#8230; Keep on learning. [Refrain] Thrown (Under the bus) Known (Nevertheless) It&#8217;s important for us (Not to rollover) We must recover [Verse 1] When the pressure starts to rise [&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-54923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923","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=54923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54924,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54923\/revisions\/54924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}