{"id":40586,"date":"2025-01-20T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=40586"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:01:19","slug":"tied-to-the-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/01\/20\/tied-to-the-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tied to the Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp3\"> Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp4\"> Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp3\"> Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp4\"> Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/Tied-to-the-Stake-intro.mp3\"> Tied-to-the-Stake-intro.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHow much can I take<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<br \/>\n&#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTrapped (in a difficult situation)<br \/>\nTrapped (inevitable&#8217;s inescapable)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHow much can I take<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<br \/>\n&#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTrapped (in a difficult situation)<br \/>\nTrapped (inevitable&#8217;s inescapable )<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nIntense pressure,<br \/>\nScrutiny &#8212; consequences<br \/>\nNo more leisure<br \/>\nGluttony&#8230; come to our senses<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHow much can I take<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<br \/>\n&#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTrapped (in a difficult situation)<br \/>\nTrapped (inevitable&#8217;s inescapable )<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nHow much can I take<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<br \/>\n&#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake<br \/>\n(Tied to the stake)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nThe phrase <strong>&#8220;tied to the stake&#8221;<\/strong> originates from historical practices where individuals were physically bound to a wooden stake, often as a form of punishment or execution, such as being burned at the stake. In a figurative sense, it means being <strong>trapped in a difficult or inescapable situation<\/strong>, facing intense pressure, scrutiny, or consequences without the ability to escape or change one&#8217;s circumstances.<\/p>\n<h3>Common Uses and Meanings:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Feeling trapped or helpless:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;m tied to the stake at this job with no way out.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facing inevitable judgment or punishment:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;With all the evidence against him, he&#8217;s practically tied to the stake.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Being under intense pressure or attack:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The politician was tied to the stake by the media after the scandal broke.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Essentially, the phrase conveys a sense of being powerless or at the mercy of external forces, often with an implication of suffering or sacrifice. Has humanity tied itself to the stake with what&#8217;s at stake? Can we change in time for climate change?<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/trapped\/\">Trapped<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp3 Tied-to-the-Stake-0.mp4 Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp3 Tied-to-the-Stake-I.mp4 Tied-to-the-Stake-intro.mp3 [Refrain] How much can I take (Tied to the stake) &#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake (Tied to the stake) [Bridge] Trapped (in a difficult situation) Trapped (inevitable&#8217;s inescapable) [Refrain] How much can I take (Tied to the stake) &#8217;til widow&#8217;s at wake (Tied to the stake) [Bridge] Trapped (in a difficult [&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":[9,14,3955],"tags":[546,563,4084],"class_list":["post-40586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-trapped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40604,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40586\/revisions\/40604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}