{"id":52203,"date":"2026-04-04T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52203"},"modified":"2026-04-04T12:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:56:52","slug":"mad-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/04\/mad-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(not angry)<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(plain crazy)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Low Drone, Distant Siren Synth, Heartbeat Percussion]<br \/>\n[Build: Bass Pulse, Tremolo Guitar, Organ Swell]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Steady Beat, Fuzzy Bass, Muted Guitar Chops, Low Organ]<br \/>\nLocked inside his tower<br \/>\nSurrounded by machines<br \/>\nTalking to reflections<br \/>\nLiving in his dreams<br \/>\nEvery wire connected<br \/>\nEvery switch in place<br \/>\nSearching for the answer<br \/>\nTo the human race<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Snare Roll, Rising Synth, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nOne more spark<br \/>\n(One more scream)<br \/>\nOne more broken laser beam<br \/>\n(One more cure)<br \/>\nOne more lie<br \/>\n(One more reason not to die)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Heavy Drums, Distorted Guitar, Choir Vocals]<br \/>\nMan, a mad scientist<br \/>\n(With an evil twist)<br \/>\nMan, a caged lab rat<br \/>\n(Us&#8230; imagine that)<br \/>\nMan, he pulls the strings<br \/>\n(Over everything)<br \/>\nMan, he lights the fuse<br \/>\n(Then we all lose)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo, Guitar Echoes, Mechanical Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Back, Dark Piano, Pulsing Bass]<br \/>\nWorking through the midnight<br \/>\nUnder flashing lights<br \/>\nDrawing up equations<br \/>\nBuilding bigger fights<br \/>\nHe says it is for progress<br \/>\nHe says it is for peace<br \/>\nBut every new invention<br \/>\nMakes the pressure increase<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Building Tension, Cymbal Swells, Layered Harmony]<br \/>\nOne more drug<br \/>\n(One more gun)<br \/>\nOne more race that can&#8217;t be won<br \/>\n(One more wall)<br \/>\nOne more war<br \/>\n(One more thing we&#8217;re fighting for)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band Returns, Bigger Synths, Double Kick Drums]<br \/>\nMan, a mad scientist<br \/>\n(With an evil twist)<br \/>\nMan, a caged lab rat<br \/>\n(Us&#8230; imagine that)<br \/>\nMan, he breaks the chain<br \/>\n(Only to restrain)<br \/>\nMan, he sells the cure<br \/>\n(Then invents the plague)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Beat, Dark Synth Drone, Whispered Vocals]<br \/>\nInside the laboratory<br \/>\nNobody hears the screams<br \/>\nNobody sees the shadows<br \/>\nHiding in the steam<br \/>\nThe test tubes keep on breaking<br \/>\nThe warning lights all glow<br \/>\nBut nobody stops the madness<br \/>\nBecause nobody wants to know<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge Build]<br \/>\n[Drums Return, Rising Strings, Choir Swell]<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Not angry)<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Plain crazy)<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Still building)<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Still waiting)<\/p>\n<p>[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Wild Guitar Solo, Organ Stabs, Heavy Tom Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Massive Chorus, Layered Vocals, Orchestra, Heavy Distorted Guitar]<br \/>\nMan, a mad scientist<br \/>\n(With an evil twist)<br \/>\nMan, a caged lab rat<br \/>\n(Us&#8230; imagine that)<br \/>\nMan, he owns the game<br \/>\n(But we&#8217;re not to blame)<br \/>\nMan, he shuts the door<br \/>\n(While we beg for more)<\/p>\n<p>Man, a mad scientist<br \/>\n(Still inside his cage)<br \/>\nMan, a mad scientist<br \/>\n(Writing history&#8217;s page)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro, Fading Organ, Siren Synth, Slow Heartbeat Percussion]<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Not angry)<br \/>\nMad<br \/>\n(Plain crazy)<br \/>\nSad<br \/>\n(All&#8217;s going hazy)<br \/>\nThe mad scientist<br \/>\n(Twist)<br \/>\n[Fade Out]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Laboratory\/\">Laboratory<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] Mad (not angry) Mad (plain crazy) [Instrumental, Guitar Solo] [Low Drone, Distant Siren Synth, Heartbeat Percussion] [Build: Bass Pulse, Tremolo Guitar, Organ Swell] [Verse 1] [Steady Beat, Fuzzy Bass, Muted Guitar Chops, Low Organ] Locked inside his tower Surrounded by machines Talking to reflections Living [&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-52203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52203","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=52203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52207,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52203\/revisions\/52207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}