{"id":51769,"date":"2026-03-19T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51769"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:04:06","slug":"billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/19\/billionaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire"},"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 \/>\nHey there!<br \/>\n(Are you a billionaire)<br \/>\nWoe, I regret<br \/>\n(Not yet)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Drum Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Percussion]\t<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nGot to keep up with the Jones<br \/>\n(Everything they own)<br \/>\nBigger house, longer drive<br \/>\n(Just to feel alive)<br \/>\nShiny things, diamond rings<br \/>\n(Pulled by puppet strings)<br \/>\nChasing dreams that never land<br \/>\n(Slipping through your hands)<\/p>\n<p>Climb the ladder, rung by rung<br \/>\n(Still feel outdone)<br \/>\nEvery win just ups the bet<br \/>\n(Deeper into debt)<br \/>\nNumbers rise, pressure too<br \/>\n(What\u2019s enough for you?)<br \/>\nMirror says you&#8217;re falling short<br \/>\n(In this endless sport)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHey there!<br \/>\n(Are you a billionaire)<br \/>\nWoe, I regret<br \/>\n(Not yet)<\/p>\n<p>[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising, Snare Rolls]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI wanna be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Float above without a care)<br \/>\nStack it high into the air<br \/>\n(Prove to everyone I&#8217;m there)<\/p>\n<p>Count it up, compare and stare<br \/>\n(Life reduced to what you share)<br \/>\nI wanna be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Do you dare?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Groove Break]<br \/>\n[Guitar Riffs, Bass Walk, Organ Swell]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPrivate jets and quiet deals<br \/>\n(That\u2019s how power feels)<br \/>\nHidden rooms and coded trades<br \/>\n(Fortunes quietly made)<br \/>\nZeroes stacked in silent lines<br \/>\n(Digital designs)<br \/>\nWhat you see is just the show<br \/>\n(Not the undertow)<\/p>\n<p>Build it fast, build it tall<br \/>\n(Watch it start to fall)<br \/>\nMarkets turn, tides reverse<br \/>\n(Blessing into curse)<br \/>\nAll that glitters fades to gray<br \/>\n(Drifts and slips away)<br \/>\nWhat you hold can disappear<br \/>\n(Faster than you fear)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHey there!<br \/>\n(Are you a billionaire)<br \/>\nWoe, I regret<br \/>\n(Not yet)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus \u2013 Bigger, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nI wanna be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Float above without a care)<br \/>\nStack it high into the air<br \/>\n(Prove to everyone I&#8217;m there)<\/p>\n<p>Count it up, compare and stare<br \/>\n(Life reduced to what you share)<br \/>\nI wanna be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Is it fair?)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nHey there&#8230;<br \/>\n(What\u2019s it worth?)<br \/>\nAll that gold<br \/>\n(Leaves the earth)<\/p>\n<p>You got more<br \/>\n(Still want more)<br \/>\nEndless climb<br \/>\n(What\u2019s the score?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 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>[Bridge 2 \u2013 Dark Turn]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Groove, Distorted Bass]<br \/>\nBillion here<br \/>\n(Billion there)<br \/>\nStill not peace<br \/>\n(Still not care)<br \/>\nAll that gain<br \/>\n(All that strain)<br \/>\nEchoes hollow<br \/>\n(Just the same)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Stripped Then Full]<br \/>\n[Start Minimal \u2192 Full Band Hits]<\/p>\n<p>I wanna be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Why do I even care?)<br \/>\nStack it high into the air<br \/>\n(Nothing really there)<\/p>\n<p>Count it up, compare and stare<br \/>\n(Chasing something rare)<br \/>\nI wanted to be a billionaire<br \/>\n(Now I\u2019m aware)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft Piano, Fading Synth, Light Guitar Harmonics]<br \/>\nHey there&#8230;<br \/>\n(Are you a billionaire)<br \/>\nWoe, I regret<br \/>\n(Not yet\u2026 not yet\u2026)<\/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] [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] Hey there! (Are you a billionaire) Woe, I regret (Not yet) [Instrumental] [Drum Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Percussion] [Verse 1] Got to keep up with the [&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-51769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51769","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=51769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51770,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51769\/revisions\/51770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}