{"id":55645,"date":"2026-09-23T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55645"},"modified":"2026-09-23T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:05:40","slug":"dubious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/23\/dubious\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Skanking Electric Guitar, Deep Dub Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s that you say?<br \/>\n(Dubious!)<br \/>\nTo all of us?<br \/>\n(Dubious!)<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t believe it?<br \/>\n(Nope!)<br \/>\nYou need more evidence?<br \/>\n(Asking at the end of your rope)<\/p>\n<p>Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Look around!<br \/>\n(Found to abound)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSomebody&#8217;s standing<br \/>\nWith their fingers in their ears<br \/>\nLack of understanding<br \/>\n(Building on their fears)<\/p>\n<p>Saying:<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s all coincidence!&#8221;<br \/>\n(For fifty years?)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nDubious<br \/>\n(To the obvious)<br \/>\nDoubtful<br \/>\n(Of it all)<\/p>\n<p>Suspicious<br \/>\n(Due to cluelessness)<br \/>\nVanity<br \/>\n(Versus reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n&#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s the sun&#8221;<br \/>\n(Well&#8230; some)<br \/>\n&#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s the clouds&#8221;<br \/>\n(Less sum)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nDubious<br \/>\n(To the obvious)<br \/>\nDoubtful<br \/>\n(Of it all)<\/p>\n<p>Suspicious<br \/>\n(Due to cluelessness)<br \/>\nVanity<br \/>\n(Versus reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nYou move the goalpost<br \/>\n(Again and again)<br \/>\nAsk for more proof<br \/>\n(Back to &#8220;Begin.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>When the proof arrives<br \/>\n(You change the claim)<br \/>\nWhen the claim falls apart<br \/>\n(&#8230; rename the game)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s too complicated!&#8221;<br \/>\n(So I&#8217;ll just berate it.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Models can&#8217;t predict!&#8221;<br \/>\n(Models aren&#8217;t perfect!)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scientists disagree!&#8221;<br \/>\n(No. Not really.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(&#8220;Know!&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs doubt the same<br \/>\nAs disbelief?<br \/>\n(No!)<\/p>\n<p>Is uncertainty<br \/>\nThe same as nothing?<br \/>\n(No!)<\/p>\n<p>Does not knowing<br \/>\nEverything&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mean we know<br \/>\nNothing?<\/p>\n<p>(Know!)<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\n[Dub Bass Drops \u2014 Organ Chords and Echoing Guitar]<\/p>\n<p>Dubious&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Dubious&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>To the obvious&#8230;<br \/>\n(Obviously)<\/p>\n<p>Dubiously<\/p>\n<p>(Due to cluelessness)<\/p>\n<p>Obvious&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230; to all of us.)<\/p>\n<p>[Drums return]<\/p>\n<p>End of oblivious<\/p>\n<p>[Band Hit]<\/p>\n<p>OBVIOUS!<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Extended Dub-Reggae Groove \u2014 Echo Guitar, Organ Bubble, Saxophone and Deep Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 4]<br \/>\nVanity says:<br \/>\n&#8220;I know better&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reality says:<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re getting wetter&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vanity says:<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reality says:<br \/>\n&#8220;Look and sea&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vanity says:<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m more mighty&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reality says:<br \/>\n&#8220;Meet reality!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nDubious<br \/>\n(To the obvious)<br \/>\nDoubtful<br \/>\n(Of it all)<\/p>\n<p>Suspicious<br \/>\n(Due to cluelessness)<br \/>\nVanity<br \/>\n(Versus reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2]<br \/>\nMaybe tomorrow<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll know more<\/p>\n<p>(More likely tomorrow the rain will poor)<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the models<br \/>\nWill improve<\/p>\n<p>(Maybe to prove&#8230;)<br \/>\nPOOF! <\/p>\n<p>The present<br \/>\n(Is the proof!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nDubious<br \/>\n(To the obvious)<br \/>\nDoubtful<br \/>\n(Of it all)<\/p>\n<p>Suspicious<br \/>\n(Due to cluelessness)<br \/>\nVanity<br \/>\n(Versus reality)<\/p>\n<p>Dubious!<br \/>\n(Dubious!)<\/p>\n<p>To the obvious!<\/p>\n<p>Doubtful!<br \/>\n(Doubtful!)<\/p>\n<p>But after all&#8230;<br \/>\n(reality calls!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDubious<br \/>\n(To the obvious)<br \/>\nDoubtful<br \/>\n(Of it all)<\/p>\n<p>Suspicious<br \/>\n(Due to cluelessness)<br \/>\nVanity<br \/>\n(Versus reality)<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Present-Tense\/\">Present Tense<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Skanking Electric Guitar, Deep Dub Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone] [Intro] What&#8217;s that you say? (Dubious!) To all of us? (Dubious!) You don&#8217;t believe it? (Nope!) You need more evidence? (Asking at the end of your rope) Well&#8230; Look around! (Found to abound) [Verse 1] Somebody&#8217;s standing With their fingers in [&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":[17,1],"tags":[4223],"class_list":["post-55645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-narley-marley-reggae","category-uncategorized","tag-reggae-takeaway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55645","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=55645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55646,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55645\/revisions\/55646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}