{"id":51767,"date":"2026-03-19T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51767"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:57:09","slug":"pile-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/19\/pile-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Pile of Money"},"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 \/>\nYa know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s kinda funny)<br \/>\nHow can you show<br \/>\n(A pile of money)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Bass Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]\t<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSeems that cash<br \/>\n(Is a thing of the past)<br \/>\nPlastic and code<br \/>\n(Where did it go?)<br \/>\nNumbers on screens<br \/>\n(Not what it seems)<br \/>\nStackin\u2019 it high<br \/>\n(But nothing to show)<\/p>\n<p>Digits replace<br \/>\n(The weight and the space)<br \/>\nNo smell of ink<br \/>\n(No coins that clink)<br \/>\nTry to compare<br \/>\n(It isn\u2019t there)<br \/>\nA pile of air<br \/>\n(Do you dare?)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nSwipe it, tap it<br \/>\n(Watch it vanish)<br \/>\nCount it, track it<br \/>\n(Can\u2019t quite grasp it)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 Riffs]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<br \/>\nVirtual (digital)<br \/>\nSooo&#8230; how do you know<br \/>\nWhat you hold<br \/>\n(When there&#8217;s nothing to show&#8230; oh, oh, oh)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nYa know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s kinda funny)<br \/>\nHow can you show<br \/>\n(A pile of money)<br \/>\nStack it up high<br \/>\n(Reach for the sky)<br \/>\nBut all that you\u2019ve got<br \/>\n(Is numbers that lie)<\/p>\n<p>Ya know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It\u2019s kinda strange)<br \/>\nWhat once had weight<br \/>\n(Now slips through change)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Groove Break]<br \/>\n[Clav-style Keys, Bass Walk, Light Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFortunes rise<br \/>\n(In data disguise)<br \/>\nUp in the cloud<br \/>\n(Lost in the crowd)<br \/>\nFlash of a trade<br \/>\n(Gains that just fade)<br \/>\nBlink and it\u2019s gone<br \/>\n(Just like a con)<\/p>\n<p>Wealth without form<br \/>\n(The new kind of norm)<br \/>\nBuilt on a screen<br \/>\n(Not what it\u2019s been)<br \/>\nTry to withdraw<br \/>\n(Find the flaw)<br \/>\nNothing to hold<br \/>\n(Nothing at all)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2 \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nI dunno&#8230;<br \/>\n(Where did it go?)<br \/>\nUsed to be stacks<br \/>\n(Now just a flow)<\/p>\n<p>Invisible lines<br \/>\n(Define the design)<br \/>\nTrust in the code<br \/>\n(Along for the ride)<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 Tension Rising]<br \/>\n[Synth Swells, Snare Rolls, Guitar Feedback]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Bigger, Fuller]<br \/>\nYa know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s kinda funny)<br \/>\nHow can you show<br \/>\n(A pile of money)<br \/>\nCount it all day<br \/>\n(Watch it decay)<br \/>\nSomething so big<br \/>\n(Can just float away)<\/p>\n<p>Ya know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It\u2019s kinda wild)<br \/>\nAll of this wealth<br \/>\n(Feels like a file)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental &#8211; Psychedelic Jam]<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo, Driving Bass, Snare March]<br \/>\n[Drums Double-Time, Synth Spiral, Guitar Feedback]<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Dissolve]<br \/>\n[Instruments Drop Out Gradually, Leaving Piano + Ambient Synth]<\/p>\n<p>Ya know&#8230;<br \/>\n(It\u2019s kinda funny)<br \/>\nTried to build up<br \/>\n(A pile of money)<\/p>\n<p>[Soft Spoken]<br \/>\n\u201cBalance: zero point zero\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Final Piano Chord]<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] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Ya know&#8230; (It&#8217;s kinda funny) How can you show (A pile of money) [Instrumental] [Bass Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [Verse 1] Seems that cash [&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-51767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51767","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=51767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51768,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51767\/revisions\/51768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}