{"id":52173,"date":"2026-04-03T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52173"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:30:41","slug":"too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/03\/too\/","title":{"rendered":"Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Intro]<br \/>\n[Soft pulsing bass, muted guitar chops, rising synth filter]<br \/>\n[Warm organ swells, light piano accents]<br \/>\n[Minimal beat with sub bass and brushed snare]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nDid you think it was sugar?<br \/>\n(Too sweet\u2026)<br \/>\nOr artificial flavor?<\/p>\n<p>[Intro Build]<br \/>\n[Guitar arpeggio, organ stabs, light percussion enters]<br \/>\nSweet\u2026<br \/>\n(Too sweet\u2026)<br \/>\nSweet\u2026<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Driving bass, muted guitar rhythm, soft piano, organ accents]<br \/>\nShe walked in like calories on fire<br \/>\nBurning through the room with desire<br \/>\nEvery smile a little too bright<br \/>\nEvery word a little too light<\/p>\n<p>I chased the glow, I took the bait<br \/>\nDidn\u2019t see the cracks in the plate<br \/>\nEvery laugh, a subtle sting<br \/>\nEvery touch, a dangerous thing<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Tambourine, synth pulse, rising vocal harmonies]<br \/>\nI wanted more<br \/>\n(That&#8217;s for sure)<br \/>\nI couldn\u2019t see her<br \/>\n(Through all that glitter)<br \/>\nHides the debris<br \/>\n(Too much honey)<br \/>\nLeaves a scar<br \/>\n(Should of let &#8216;er be)<br \/>\n&#8230; and stayed afar<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full band, stacked vocals, bright synths]<br \/>\nShe was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>All the sugar<br \/>\n(Turns to pain)<br \/>\nShould&#8217;ve stayed further<br \/>\n(From her vain)<\/p>\n<p>She was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Heavier drums, walking bass, piano stabs, electric guitar]<br \/>\nLate night whispers, early regrets<br \/>\nPromises tangled in silhouettes<br \/>\nI thought it was heaven, I thought it was real<br \/>\nBut every delight had its steal<\/p>\n<p>Every kiss a little too sharp<br \/>\nEvery glance a poisoned dart<br \/>\nI fell too fast, I gave too much<br \/>\nAnd got burned by her tender touch<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Layered harmonies, synth rise]<br \/>\nI wanted more<br \/>\n(Then before)<br \/>\nI couldn\u2019t see<br \/>\n(To let her be)<br \/>\nAll that glitter<br \/>\nHides debris<br \/>\n(Should have left her)<br \/>\nWay too much money<br \/>\n(Leaves a scar)<br \/>\nLeft me silly<br \/>\n(Shouldn&#8217;t have strayed that far)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full power, louder drums, choir vocals]<br \/>\nShe was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>All the sugar<br \/>\n(Turns to pain)<br \/>\nLost it&#8217;s flavor<br \/>\n(It was all in vain)<\/p>\n<p>She was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Drop to bass groove, filtered drums, soft organ, whispered vocals]<br \/>\nToo sweet to handle<br \/>\n(Too fast to trust)<br \/>\nAll ends in scandal<br \/>\n(Then turns to dust)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]<br \/>\n[Guitar solo, organ swells, percussion fills, synth lead spirals]<br \/>\n[Call-and-response between guitar and synth]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Maximum energy, soaring guitars, stacked harmonies, crowd chants]<br \/>\nShe was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>All the sugar<br \/>\nTurns to pain<br \/>\nLeft me wanting<br \/>\nNothing to gain<\/p>\n<p>She was sweet<br \/>\n(Too, too sweet)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste<br \/>\n(Ended in waste)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft bass groove, fading organ, whispered vocals]<br \/>\nToo sweet\u2026<br \/>\n(Too sweet\u2026)<br \/>\nLeft a bad taste\u2026<br \/>\n(What a waste)<br \/>\nToo sweet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Single Organ Chord]<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Sweet\/\">Sweet<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro] [Soft pulsing bass, muted guitar chops, rising synth filter] [Warm organ swells, light piano accents] [Minimal beat with sub bass and brushed snare] [Spoken Vocal] Did you think it was sugar? (Too sweet\u2026) Or artificial flavor? [Intro Build] [Guitar arpeggio, organ stabs, light percussion enters] Sweet\u2026 (Too sweet\u2026) Sweet\u2026 (Too, too sweet\u2026) [&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-52173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52173","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=52173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52174,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52173\/revisions\/52174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}