{"id":43266,"date":"2025-04-28T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43266"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:59:32","slug":"under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/04\/28\/under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Under Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-0.mp3\">Under-Control-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-0.mp4\">Under-Control-0.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-I.mp3\">Under-Control-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-I.mp4\">Under-Control-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-II.mp3\">Under-Control-II.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-II.mp4\">Under-Control-II.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-Reggae.mp3\">Under-Control-Reggae.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-Reggae.mp4\">Under-Control-Reggae.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Under-Control-intro.mp3\">Under-Control-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nUnder control of the resident president<br \/>\n(Nothing is under control)<br \/>\nHis role&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is out of control)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nAs our eyes roll<br \/>\n(Heads roll)<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s taking his toll<br \/>\nOn our nation&#8217;s soul<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nUnder control of the resident president<br \/>\n(Nothing is under control)<br \/>\nHis role&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is out of control)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nChaos (upon us)<br \/>\nDisastrous (economy)<br \/>\nDisastrous (in all we see)<br \/>\nRidiculousness (mess)<br \/>\nThick in slapstick<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nUnder the control<br \/>\n(Of moles and trolls)<br \/>\nThey have no goals<br \/>\n(&#8220;Let the heads roll&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nUnder control of the resident president<br \/>\n(Nothing is under control)<br \/>\nHis role&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is out of control)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nChaos (upon us)<br \/>\nDisastrous (economy)<br \/>\nDisastrous (in all we see)<br \/>\nRidiculousness (mess)<br \/>\nThick in slapstick<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nChaos (upon us)<br \/>\nDisastrous (economy)<br \/>\nDisastrous (in all we see)<br \/>\nRidiculousness (mess)<br \/>\nThick in slapstick<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"509\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"509\"><strong data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"324\">Verse 1 (&#8220;eyes roll,&#8221; &#8220;taking his toll on our nation&#8217;s soul&#8221;)<\/strong> suggests widespread <em data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"384\">public disillusionment and exhaustion<\/em> as Trump continues \u2014 after already being in power \u2014 to <em data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"493\">further damage the moral and foundational integrity<\/em> of the country.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"855\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"855\"><strong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"594\">Chorus (&#8220;under control of the resident president \/ nothing is under control&#8221;)<\/strong> is deeply ironic. It highlights a <em data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"644\">contradiction<\/em> \u2014 although Trump firmly holds presidential power during his second term, the situation feels <em data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"775\">increasingly chaotic and leaderless<\/em>, suggesting <em data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"854\">either heightened incompetence, authoritarian overreach, or both<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"1153\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1153\"><strong data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"946\">Bridge (&#8220;chaos upon us,&#8221; &#8220;disastrous economy,&#8221; &#8220;ridiculousness thick in slapstick&#8221;)<\/strong> paints a picture of <em data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1012\">accelerating societal and economic collapse<\/em>. The government\u2019s actions seem <em data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1064\">absurd or clownish<\/em>, resembling <em data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1095\">slapstick comedy<\/em> \u2014 but the outcomes are <em data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1152\">gravely serious and destructive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1491\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1491\"><strong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1222\">Verse 2 (&#8220;under the control of moles and trolls,&#8221; &#8220;no goals&#8221;)<\/strong> suggests that Trump&#8217;s second-term administration is <em data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1340\">dominated by bad actors, conspiracy theorists, and opportunists<\/em> \u2014 people focused more on <em data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1396\">disruption and personal gain<\/em> than on governance, with <em data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1437\">no real goals<\/em> other than perpetuating chaos (&#8220;let the heads roll&#8221;).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1493\" data-end=\"1698\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1698\"><strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1544\">Repetition of chaos and disaster in the outro<\/strong> emphasizes that <em data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1606\">disorder and decline are no longer shocking<\/em> \u2014 they have become <em data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1664\">entrenched and inescapable realities<\/em> under Trump&#8217;s ongoing leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/under-control\/\">Under Control<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Also found on the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/reggae-spray\/\">Reggae Spray<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under-Control-0.mp3 Under-Control-0.mp4 Under-Control-I.mp3 Under-Control-I.mp4 Under-Control-II.mp3 Under-Control-II.mp4 Under-Control-Reggae.mp3 Under-Control-Reggae.mp4 Under-Control-intro.mp3 [Intro] Under control of the resident president (Nothing is under control) His role&#8230; (Is out of control) [Verse 1] As our eyes roll (Heads roll) He&#8217;s taking his toll On our nation&#8217;s soul [Chorus] Under control of the resident president (Nothing is under control) His role&#8230; [&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":[9,14,17],"tags":[4114,4122],"class_list":["post-43266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-narley-marley-reggae","tag-reggae-spray","tag-under-control"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266","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=43266"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43289,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43266\/revisions\/43289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}