{"id":51171,"date":"2026-02-23T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51171"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:46:45","slug":"ledger-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/23\/ledger-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ledger Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nShow your books<br \/>\n(Open the page)<br \/>\nEvery promise<br \/>\n(Comes of age)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Bass Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nNumbers climb<br \/>\n(While wages stall)<br \/>\nSign the line<br \/>\n(Then deny it all)<br \/>\nBalance sheet<br \/>\n(Black or red?)<br \/>\nCount the cost<br \/>\n(Of what you said)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nAudit time<br \/>\n(No disguise)<br \/>\nTruth accrues<br \/>\n(With compound lies)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nShow your ledger lines<br \/>\n(Every fraction)<br \/>\nHistory tallies<br \/>\n(Each action)<br \/>\nNo more smoke<br \/>\n(No abstraction)<br \/>\nAnswer now<br \/>\n(With satisfaction)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 sharp, rhythmic]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPolicy ink<br \/>\n(Bleeds downstream)<br \/>\nMarkets blink<br \/>\n(While children scream)<br \/>\nExternal cost<br \/>\n(Off the chart)<br \/>\nFuture billed<br \/>\n(Right from the start)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nInterest due<br \/>\n(Principal pain)<br \/>\nEvery shortcut<br \/>\n(Leaves a stain)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nShow your ledger lines<br \/>\n(Every fraction)<br \/>\nHistory tallies<br \/>\n(Each action)<br \/>\nNo more spin<br \/>\n(No distraction)<br \/>\nPay the price<br \/>\n(For the transaction)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nCan you account<br \/>\n(For your role?)<br \/>\nThe books remain<br \/>\n(As a whole)<br \/>\nDebits and credits<br \/>\n(Soul to soul)<br \/>\nReckoning comes<br \/>\n(Take control)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s roll!<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Account\/\">Account<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Show your books (Open the page) Every promise (Comes of age) [Instrumental] [Bass Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [Verse 1] Numbers climb (While wages stall) [&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-51171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51171","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=51171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51178,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51171\/revisions\/51178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}