{"id":50479,"date":"2026-01-28T13:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50479"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:06:02","slug":"endless-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/01\/28\/endless-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Endless Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nOur situation&#8230;<br \/>\nWhere to begin?<br \/>\nHuman ambition<br \/>\n(Is at it again)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs that the goal<br \/>\nSpending the rest of eternity<br \/>\nWandering in misery<br \/>\n(&#8220;Devouring your own soul.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThe scoop: (an endless loop)<br \/>\nLoop (loop) loop<br \/>\nWalk the walk<br \/>\n(Push that rock)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMake the same mistake<br \/>\n(Twice n&#8217; thrice)<br \/>\nOur final hour<br \/>\n(Seeking power)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Outro]<br \/>\nJumping through hoops<br \/>\n(and endless loops)<br \/>\nLoop (loop) loop<br \/>\n(Endless loop)<br \/>\nLoop (loop) loop<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nBecause of his chronic deceit and greed, Zeus eventually condemned Sisyphus to Tartarus. His punishment\u2014rolling a massive boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down again for all eternity. This is often interpreted as a metaphor for the futility of human ambition and the hollow nature of seeking power for its own sake.<\/p>\n<p>Sisyphus grandson, Bellerophon, fell from grace due to excessive pride and spent the rest of his life wandering in misery and &#8220;devouring his own soul.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Sisyphus\/\">Sisyphus<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Verse 1] Our situation&#8230; Where to begin? Human ambition (Is at it again) [Chorus] Is that the goal Spending the rest of eternity Wandering in misery (&#8220;Devouring your own soul.&#8221;) [Bridge] The scoop: (an endless loop) Loop (loop) loop Walk the walk (Push that rock) [Verse 2] Make the same mistake (Twice n&#8217; thrice) Our [&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],"tags":[4202],"class_list":["post-50479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-sisyphus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50479","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=50479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50511,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50479\/revisions\/50511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}