{"id":52291,"date":"2026-04-06T13:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52291"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:48:30","slug":"where-man-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/06\/where-man-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Man Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Driving Bass, Funk Guitar Chops, Organ Swell, Snare March]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Around the board)<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Without reward)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWe built the roads<br \/>\nWe named the game<br \/>\nWe stacked the rules<br \/>\nTo spread the blame<br \/>\nWe passed the buck<br \/>\nWe sold the lie<br \/>\nThen wondered why<br \/>\nThe numbers died<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nRoll the dice<br \/>\nAdvance too far<br \/>\nBuild a tower<br \/>\nThen crash the car<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAre we where man can?<br \/>\n(Then, again)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you know<br \/>\n(Do not pass Go)<br \/>\nThe crowd hollers:<br \/>\n(Do not collect 200 dollars!)<br \/>\nAre we where man can?<br \/>\n(Or where man can&#8217;t?)<br \/>\nThe crowd hollers:<br \/>\n(You lost your chance!)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Organ Stabs, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThey bought the railroad<br \/>\nSold the land<br \/>\nThey built the jail<br \/>\nWith their own hands<br \/>\nThey owned the banks<br \/>\nThey rigged the wheel<br \/>\nThen acted shocked<br \/>\nAt what is real<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nEpic fail<br \/>\n(Go directly to jail)<br \/>\nNo appeal<br \/>\n(You signed the deal)<br \/>\nEpic fail<br \/>\n(The house always wins)<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Until it ends)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Percussion, Bass Drone, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nOne more roll<br \/>\n(One more debt)<br \/>\nOne more lie<br \/>\n(One more bet)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nAre we where man can?<br \/>\n(Then, again)<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you know<br \/>\n(Do not pass Go)<br \/>\nThe crowd hollers:<br \/>\n(Do not collect 200 dollars!)<br \/>\nAre we where man can?<br \/>\n(Or where man can&#8217;t?)<br \/>\nThe crowd hollers:<br \/>\n(You lost your chance!)<br \/>\n&#8230; that damned demand<\/p>\n<p>The crowd hollers:<br \/>\n(Game over, man!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Slow Piano, Fading Organ, Wind FX]<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Around the board)<br \/>\nRound and round<br \/>\n(Without reward)<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] [Instrumental Intro: Driving Bass, Funk Guitar Chops, Organ Swell, Snare March] [Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal] Round and round (Around the board) Round and round (Without reward) [Verse 1] We built the roads We named the game We stacked the rules To spread the blame We [&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-52291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52291","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=52291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52292,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52291\/revisions\/52292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}