{"id":51759,"date":"2026-03-19T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51759"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:42:10","slug":"after-the-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/19\/after-the-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro \u2013 Ambient Fade In]<br \/>\n[Low Synth Drone,  Portamento Glide, Distant Guitar Swells, Heartbeat Kick]<br \/>\nBillions of decisions<br \/>\n(Opportunities&#8217; provisions)<br \/>\nConsequences\u2026<br \/>\n(Whispers in the dark)<br \/>\nAfter every spark<br \/>\n(Comes the mark)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1 \u2013 Sparse, Haunting]<br \/>\nYou took the road<br \/>\n(You felt was right)<br \/>\nBut every turn<br \/>\n(Carries a price)<br \/>\nEchoes remain<br \/>\n(They never leave)<br \/>\nTruth in the shadows<br \/>\n(Beneath belief)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental,  Portamento Glide]<br \/>\n[Sub Bass, Delayed Guitar Notes, Organ Pad]<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus \u2013 Rising Tension]<br \/>\nWhat did you gain?<br \/>\n(What did you lose?)<br \/>\nLines in the sand<br \/>\n(You didn\u2019t choose)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Full but Heavy]<br \/>\nEvery opportunity<br \/>\n(Casts a shadow you can\u2019t see)<br \/>\nEvery choice you make<br \/>\n(Is a line you can\u2019t erase)<br \/>\nFrom sea to shining seas<br \/>\n(There\u2019s no such thing as free)<br \/>\nConsequences\u2026<br \/>\n(For you and me)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Guitar\/Synth Call &#038; Response]<br \/>\n[Portamento Glide, bending notes, tension build]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 More Intense]<br \/>\nThe higher you climb<br \/>\n(The further you fall)<br \/>\nThe louder the silence<br \/>\n(After it all)<br \/>\nPromises fade<br \/>\n(But scars remain)<br \/>\nNothing is lost<br \/>\n(Without a stain)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Portamento Glide, Spoken Vocal, Glitch Effects]<br \/>\nOpportunity\u2026<br \/>\n(You took your shot)<br \/>\nOpportunity\u2026<br \/>\n(Now count the cost)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Distorted Build]<br \/>\n[Drums enter half-time, Bass growls, Synth rises]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Bigger, Darker]<br \/>\nEvery opportunity<br \/>\n(Casts a shadow you can\u2019t see)<br \/>\nEvery choice you make<br \/>\n(Is a line you can\u2019t erase)<br \/>\nFrom sea to shining seas<br \/>\n(It follows endlessly)<br \/>\nConsequences\u2026<br \/>\n(For you and me)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2 \u2013 Climactic Spiral]<br \/>\n[Drums Double-Time, Portamento Glide, Organ Swell, Synth Arpeggios]<br \/>\nNo rewind<br \/>\n(No return)<br \/>\nEvery lesson<br \/>\n(Left to burn)<br \/>\nOpportunity\u2026<br \/>\n(Becomes memory)<br \/>\nMemory\u2026<br \/>\n(Becomes gravity)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Dissolve]<br \/>\n[Instruments drop out one by one]<br \/>\nBillions of decisions<br \/>\n(Opportunities&#8217; provisions)<br \/>\nConsequences\u2026<br \/>\n(From see to shining sees)<br \/>\nOpportunity\u2026<br \/>\n(Fades into what will be)<br \/>\n[Portamento Glide]<br \/>\n[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] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro \u2013 Ambient Fade In] [Low Synth Drone, Portamento Glide, Distant Guitar Swells, Heartbeat Kick] Billions of decisions (Opportunities&#8217; provisions) Consequences\u2026 (Whispers in the dark) After every spark (Comes the mark) [Verse 1 \u2013 Sparse, Haunting] You took the road (You felt was right) But every [&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-51759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51759","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=51759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51761,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51759\/revisions\/51761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}