{"id":52327,"date":"2026-04-09T13:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52327"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:21:18","slug":"junk-drawer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/09\/junk-drawer\/","title":{"rendered":"Junk Drawer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nYou call this the junk drawer?<br \/>\nAre you sure?<br \/>\n(There&#8217;s so much more)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental: Organ Solo, Guitar Scratches, Light Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Muted Guitar, Soft Piano Chords, Light Bass Pulse]<br \/>\nOld keys to a door that\u2019s gone<br \/>\nAn expired credit card<br \/>\nSoft taffy that&#8217;s gone hard<br \/>\nMatchbook cover that&#8217;s hand-drawn<\/p>\n<p>Rubber bands and loose guitar picks<br \/>\nTiny screws and candle sticks<br \/>\nBroken watch and mystery wire<br \/>\nJust takes a while to admire<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Organ Swell, Percussion Build, Background Vocal Harmony]<br \/>\nYou see clutter<br \/>\nI see what&#8217;s better<br \/>\nEvery little thing\u2019s got something at heart<br \/>\nIf you know where to start<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Funk Guitar, Driving Bass, Organ Chops]<br \/>\nYou call this junk?<br \/>\nAre you sure?<br \/>\n(I call it treasure)<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s funk<br \/>\nFusion to explore<br \/>\n(&#8230; and so much more)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Guitar Riff, Organ Chops, Slap Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Piano Groove, Bass Walk, Tight Drum Beat]<br \/>\nTicket stubs from years ago<br \/>\nTiny lock with nowhere to go<br \/>\nPicture frame without the glass<br \/>\nOld notes from driver&#8217;s class<\/p>\n<p>Pocket knife that lost a blade<br \/>\nBirthday card that someone made<br \/>\nHalf a map and copper wire<br \/>\nLots of things that spark a fire<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Echoed Organ Notes]<br \/>\nSome of this<br \/>\nKnow what it is<br \/>\n(Some of that)<br \/>\nWhat?<\/p>\n<p>Some old dreams<br \/>\nSome old parts<br \/>\nHalf of belong to broken hearts<\/p>\n<p>Some of this<br \/>\nMight still shine<br \/>\nIf you give it just a little time<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]<br \/>\n[Synth Lead Duel with Guitar]<br \/>\n[Drums Double-Time, Organ Glide]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\n[Loose Percussion, Organ Pad, Funk Bass]<br \/>\nBottle caps and mystery coins<br \/>\nTiny gears and tangled joins<br \/>\nPostcard from a distant place<br \/>\nOld blue ribbon, worn shoelace<\/p>\n<p>Dusty things you threw away<br \/>\nStill got something left to say<br \/>\nEvery drawer and every shelf<br \/>\nHolds a little piece of self<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Big Chorus Harmony, Crunchy Guitar, Organ Flourish]<br \/>\nYou call this junk?<br \/>\nAre you sure?<br \/>\n(I call it treasure)<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s funk<br \/>\nFusion to explore<br \/>\n(&#8230; and so much more)<\/p>\n<p>You call this junk?<br \/>\nNo, no way<br \/>\n(It only gets better)<\/p>\n<p>Maybe one day<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll see it my way<br \/>\n(&#8230; and keep it forever)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo, Loose Guitar Noodles, Fading Tambourine]<br \/>\nYou call this junk?<br \/>\nAre you sure?<br \/>\n(&#8230; but there&#8217;s so much more)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Whatnot\/\">Whatnot<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] You call this the junk drawer? Are you sure? (There&#8217;s so much more) [Instrumental: Organ Solo, Guitar Scratches, Light Percussion] [Verse 1] [Muted Guitar, Soft Piano Chords, Light Bass Pulse] Old keys to a door that\u2019s gone An expired [&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-52327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52327","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=52327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52328,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52327\/revisions\/52328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}