{"id":51684,"date":"2026-03-16T13:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51684"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:14:14","slug":"minions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/16\/minions\/","title":{"rendered":"Minions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Low Tape Hiss \u2014 distant crowd murmur]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2014 Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>Minions<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Single Piano Note Repeating \u2014 Slow Pulse]<br \/>\n[Sub Bass enters softly]<br \/>\n[Muted Guitar Harmonics]<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken Vocal \u2014 calm, reflective]<\/p>\n<p>Minions\u2026<br \/>\n(they said)<br \/>\nMinions\u2026<br \/>\n(they called us)<\/p>\n<p>[Organ swell]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Beat enters \u2014 steady kick, brushed snare]<\/p>\n<p>Morning bells and factory light<br \/>\nPaper shifts and endless night<br \/>\nNames erased on numbered lines<br \/>\nLives reduced to bottom lines<\/p>\n<p>Hands that build the shining towers<br \/>\nTrade their days for borrowed hours<br \/>\nEvery promise carved in stone<br \/>\nEvery worker stands alone<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Synth pulse rising]<\/p>\n<p>They count the gold<br \/>\nThey write the rules<br \/>\nThey crown the kings<br \/>\nThey forge the tools<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(so they say)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(in their way)<\/p>\n<p>Minions<br \/>\n(in their eyes)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(in disguise)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar riff \u2014 gritty blues tone]<br \/>\n[Organ stabs, bass groove]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Beat heavier \u2014 driving snare]<\/p>\n<p>Cities humming, engines loud<br \/>\nNumbers floating in a cloud<br \/>\nEvery tower made of hands<br \/>\nEvery throne on shifting sands<\/p>\n<p>Screens declare the rising gain<br \/>\nBut the streets remember pain<br \/>\nEvery ledger hides the cost<br \/>\nEvery victory someone lost<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Organ swell, tom rolls]<\/p>\n<p>Count the wealth<br \/>\nCount the lies<br \/>\nCount the silence<br \/>\nIn their eyes<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<\/p>\n<p>Minions<br \/>\n(so they say)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(in their way)<\/p>\n<p>Minions<br \/>\n(in their eyes)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(in disguise)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Awakening]<\/p>\n<p>[Drums drop out \u2014 bass heartbeat]<\/p>\n<p>But minions learn<br \/>\nAnd minions see<br \/>\nAnd minions speak<br \/>\nEventually<\/p>\n<p>[Organ builds]<\/p>\n<p>Every whisper grows a sound<br \/>\nEvery step shakes the ground<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Interlude]<\/p>\n<p>[Extended Guitar Solo \u2014 blues-psychedelic]<br \/>\n[Synth Jam \u2014 swirling filter sweep]<br \/>\n[Drums build \u2014 tom march]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Turning]<\/p>\n<p>[Full band drops to half tempo]<\/p>\n<p>Minions build the roads and rails<br \/>\nMinions write forgotten tales<br \/>\nMinions hold the hidden keys<br \/>\nMinions move the histories<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken Vocal \u2014 rising]<\/p>\n<p>Without the minions\u2026<br \/>\nthere are no millions.<\/p>\n<p>Without the millions\u2026<br \/>\nthere are no billions.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Band Explosion]<\/p>\n<p>Minions<br \/>\n(so they say)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(not today)<\/p>\n<p>Minions<br \/>\n(standing tall)<br \/>\nMinions<br \/>\n(after all)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<\/p>\n<p>[Organ Choir, Guitar Feedback, Slow Drum Fade]<\/p>\n<p>[Soft Vocal]<\/p>\n<p>Minions\u2026<br \/>\nturn to millions.<\/p>\n<p>Millions\u2026<br \/>\nturn to billions.<\/p>\n<p>Billions\u2026<br \/>\nfall to dust.<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental fades]<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Billions\/\">Billions<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Low Tape Hiss \u2014 distant crowd murmur] [Instrumental \u2014 Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] Minions [Intro] [Single Piano Note Repeating \u2014 Slow Pulse] [Sub Bass enters softly] [Muted Guitar Harmonics] [Spoken Vocal \u2014 calm, reflective] Minions\u2026 (they said) Minions\u2026 (they called us) [Organ swell] [Verse 1] [Beat enters \u2014 steady kick, brushed 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