{"id":50873,"date":"2026-02-09T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=50873"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:21:30","slug":"wrong-way-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/09\/wrong-way-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong Way Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nSee that sign\u2026<br \/>\n(Glowin\u2019 red)<br \/>\nDead end line<br \/>\n(Ahead, ahead)<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2013 Tight Groove]<br \/>\n[Muted Guitar Riff, Pulsing Bass, Snare Rim Clicks]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWhite lines blur<br \/>\nTunnel sight<br \/>\nFoot on the spur<br \/>\n(Runnin\u2019 from right)<\/p>\n<p>Signal\u2019s bleedin\u2019<br \/>\n(Amber heat)<br \/>\nEgo\u2019s leadin\u2019<br \/>\n(Concrete street)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWould you say\u2026<br \/>\n(It\u2019s hard to compete)<br \/>\nWhen pride\u2019s in play<br \/>\n(On a one way street)<br \/>\nTurn around<br \/>\n(Admit defeat)<br \/>\nFind new ground<br \/>\n(Get back on your feet)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Guitar\/Synth Call &#038; Response]<br \/>\n[Drums Half-Time Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Swell Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMirror glance<br \/>\nCracked and bent<br \/>\nMissed your chance<br \/>\n(Time well spent?)<\/p>\n<p>Rubber\u2019s burnin\u2019<br \/>\n(Smell the heat)<br \/>\nLesson\u2019s turnin\u2019<br \/>\n(Bitter sweet)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWould you say\u2026<br \/>\n(It\u2019s hard to compete)<br \/>\nChasin\u2019 yesterday<br \/>\n(On a one way street)<br \/>\nSlow it down<br \/>\n(Feel the beat)<br \/>\nLost ain&#8217;t found<br \/>\n(In blind retreat)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nSee eyes flare!<br \/>\n(Stop and breathe)<br \/>\nSay a prayer?<br \/>\n(Or just believe)<\/p>\n<p>[Low Drone \u2192 Gradual Major Key Shift]<br \/>\n[Snare March Builds \u2192 Cymbal Wash Release]<\/p>\n<p>Reverse the spin<br \/>\n(Admit the flaw)<br \/>\nLet truth begin<br \/>\n(Rewrite the law)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo \u2013 Reflective then Bright]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2013 Lyrical, Sustained Notes]<br \/>\n[Synth Pad Opens Wide]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nWould you say\u2026<br \/>\n(It\u2019s hard to compete)<br \/>\nGoing your own way<br \/>\n(Off that one way street)<br \/>\nChoose your pace<br \/>\n(Not just speed)<br \/>\nFace to face<br \/>\n(With what you need)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nLost no more<br \/>\n(Admit the heat)<br \/>\nOpen door<br \/>\n(New two-way street)<br \/>\nTurn the wheel<br \/>\n(Feel complete)<br \/>\nOne way healed\u2026<br \/>\n(Repeat\u2026 repeat\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Wayward\/\">Wayward<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] See that sign\u2026 (Glowin\u2019 red) Dead end line (Ahead, ahead) [Instrumental \u2013 Tight Groove] [Muted Guitar Riff, Pulsing Bass, Snare Rim Clicks] [Verse 1] White lines blur Tunnel sight Foot on the spur (Runnin\u2019 from right) Signal\u2019s bleedin\u2019 (Amber heat) Ego\u2019s leadin\u2019 (Concrete street) [Chorus] [&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-50873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50873","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=50873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50884,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50873\/revisions\/50884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}