{"id":52314,"date":"2026-04-08T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52314"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:48:09","slug":"whatnot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/08\/whatnot\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatnot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Fuzzy Guitar Riff, Organ Swell, Punchy Bass, Loose Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCoffee cup rings on the table<br \/>\nHalf a thought hanging our fable<br \/>\nKeys on the table, shoes by the door<br \/>\nSomething I meant to say before<\/p>\n<p>Old guitar leaning by the wall<br \/>\nPictures crooked in the hall<br \/>\nA hundred little pieces in the light<br \/>\nAll the random things that make it right<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nBits and pieces, scraps and dreams<br \/>\nNothing\u2019s ever what it seems<br \/>\nBroken plans and tangled knots<br \/>\nLife is made of whatnots<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSay what?<br \/>\n(This is whatnot)<br \/>\nOh that&#8230;<br \/>\n(Almost forgot)<br \/>\nWhatnot<br \/>\nLittle things we never got<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nEverything and all the rest<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nThe mess we somehow love the best<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Guitar Hook, Organ Stabs, Walking Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nTicket stubs and old receipts<br \/>\nDusty books and tangled sheets<br \/>\nWords we said and words we lost<br \/>\nWondering what they might have cost<\/p>\n<p>Rusty bike out in the rain<br \/>\nA melody stuck in my brain<br \/>\nPieces of a life half done<br \/>\nStill shining in the afternoon sun<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nOdds and ends and afterthoughts<br \/>\nAll the things that can\u2019t be bought<br \/>\nEvery crack and every spot<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the beauty of whatnot<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSay what?<br \/>\n(This is whatnot)<br \/>\nOh that&#8230;<br \/>\n(Almost forgot)<br \/>\nWhatnot<br \/>\nAll the little maybes caught<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nEverything we left to rot<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nStill matters more than what we thought<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe life\u2019s not meant to fit<br \/>\nNeatly in a box somewhere<br \/>\nMaybe all the scattered bits<br \/>\nAre the reason that we care<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Bridge: Bass Solo, Guitar Feedback, Organ Drone]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nSay what?<br \/>\n(This is whatnot)<br \/>\nOh that&#8230;<br \/>\n(Almost forgot)<br \/>\nWhatnot<br \/>\nTiny pieces tied in knots<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nAll the little things we\u2019re not<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nEverything we have and haven\u2019t got<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nSay what?<br \/>\n(This is whatnot)<br \/>\nOh that&#8230;<br \/>\n(Almost forgot)<br \/>\nWhatnot<br \/>\n(Whatnot)<br \/>\nWhatnot&#8230; and just plain not<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Fuzzy Guitar Riff, Organ Swell, Punchy Bass, Loose Drums] [Verse 1] Coffee cup rings on the table Half a thought hanging our fable Keys on the table, shoes by the door Something I meant to say before Old guitar leaning by the wall Pictures crooked in the hall A hundred little pieces in [&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":[14],"tags":[4220],"class_list":["post-52314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrics","tag-whatnot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52314","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=52314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52321,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52314\/revisions\/52321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}