{"id":52431,"date":"2026-04-15T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52431"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:33:39","slug":"wrong-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/15\/wrong-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Driving Alt-Rock Groove, Muted Guitar Riff, Pulsing Bass, Steady Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nBlinking sign I almost missed<br \/>\nSplit-second call, I took the risk<br \/>\nLines diverge without a sound<br \/>\nNow I\u2019m somewhere I\u2019m not found<\/p>\n<p>Map keeps spinning in my head<br \/>\nEvery route a thread misread<br \/>\nThought I knew just where to go<br \/>\nNow I\u2019m deeper in the unknown<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery mile asks me why<br \/>\nEvery turn a blurred reply<br \/>\nNo rewind, no reset<br \/>\nJust the road and my regret<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis could be<br \/>\n(The wrong exit)<br \/>\nGuess we&#8217;ll see<\/p>\n<p>Mighta made a wrong turn<br \/>\n&#8230; will I ever learn&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or will it end ironically)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Guitar Lead, Rolling Tom Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nStreetlights flicker, numbers fade<br \/>\nEvery choice a gamble played<br \/>\nPassing signs I don\u2019t recall<br \/>\nDid I miss them after all?<\/p>\n<p>Voices echo in my mind<br \/>\n\u201cAll roads lead somewhere in time\u201d<br \/>\nBut somewhere doesn\u2019t feel like right<br \/>\nJust another endless night<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery doubt accelerates<br \/>\nEvery second hesitates<br \/>\nStill I push the engine on<br \/>\nHoping I\u2019m not too far gone<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThis could be<br \/>\n(The wrong exit)<br \/>\nGuess we&#8217;ll see<\/p>\n<p>Mighta made a wrong turn<br \/>\n&#8230; will I ever learn&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or will it end ironically)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe wrong is just a view<br \/>\nMaybe lost is something new<br \/>\nEvery detour, every bend<br \/>\nMight be more than just an end<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe I\u2019ve been here before<br \/>\nCircling the same old door<br \/>\nEvery lesson left unread<br \/>\nLooping lines inside my head<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Minimal Beat, Echo Guitar]<br \/>\nWrong exit\u2026<br \/>\nOr just different\u2026<br \/>\nWrong turn\u2026<br \/>\nOr just distance\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThis could be<br \/>\n(The wrong exit)<br \/>\nGuess we&#8217;ll see<\/p>\n<p>Mighta made a wrong turn<br \/>\n&#8230; will I ever learn&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or will it end ironically)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Fading Engine Sound, Distant Guitar Echo]<br \/>\nSignal lost\u2026<br \/>\n(At what cost)<br \/>\nRoad goes on\u2026<br \/>\n(And on and on)<br \/>\nWrong exit\u2026<br \/>\n(Perplex&#8230; yet&#8230;)<br \/>\nStill not gone\u2026<\/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: Driving Alt-Rock Groove, Muted Guitar Riff, Pulsing Bass, Steady Drums] [Verse 1] Blinking sign I almost missed Split-second call, I took the risk Lines diverge without a sound Now I\u2019m somewhere I\u2019m not found Map keeps spinning in my head Every route a thread misread Thought I knew just where to go Now [&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-52431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52431","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=52431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52437,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52431\/revisions\/52437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}