{"id":52454,"date":"2026-04-16T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52454"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:01:04","slug":"cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/16\/cork\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Stomping Blues Rock Groove, Gritty Guitar, Organ Swell, Snare Crack]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSteam was rising from the start<br \/>\nPressure building in his heart<br \/>\nShook the table, cracked a grin<br \/>\nYou could feel it closing in<br \/>\nWords were stacking, line by line<br \/>\nCrossing over every sign<br \/>\nOne more push, one more spark<br \/>\nLit a fuse out in the dark<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nTried to hold it, tried to cope<br \/>\nBut he slipped right off the rope<br \/>\nEvery second getting short<br \/>\nTill it hit the final port<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOf course<br \/>\n(He popped his cork)<br \/>\nFlip his lid, he did<br \/>\n(The barrel&#8217;s pork)<br \/>\n&#8230; could it be worse?<br \/>\nOut it came<br \/>\n(No reverse)<br \/>\nAll that fire<br \/>\n(Burst to curse)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Crunchy Guitar Riff, Organ Punches]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nGlass half full then overflowed<br \/>\nEvery feeling overrode<br \/>\nWhat was quiet now was loud<br \/>\nEchoed out into the crowd<br \/>\nNo more filter, no disguise<br \/>\nTruth came flying, no surprise<br \/>\nEvery thought he tried to cork<br \/>\nNow came crashing off the fork<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nToo much pressure, too much time<br \/>\nToo much rhythm out of rhyme<br \/>\nEvery warning left ignored<br \/>\nTill it couldn\u2019t be restored<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOf course<br \/>\n(He popped his cork)<br \/>\nFlip his lid, he did<br \/>\n(The barrel&#8217;s pork)<br \/>\n&#8230; could it be worse?<br \/>\nLet it fly<br \/>\n(No rehearse)<br \/>\nEvery word<br \/>\n(Rough and terse)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe it was bound to break<br \/>\nEvery give without a take<br \/>\nEvery silence held too long<br \/>\nTurns eventually to wrong<br \/>\nBlow it out or let it build<br \/>\nEither way, it won\u2019t stay still<br \/>\nWhat you bottle, what you store<br \/>\nFinds a way out even more<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Bass + Claps]<br \/>\nPop!<br \/>\n(There it goes)<br \/>\nStop?<br \/>\n(No one knows)<br \/>\n[Build: Drum Roll, Rising Guitar Feedback]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nOf course<br \/>\n(He popped his cork)<br \/>\nFlip his lid, he did<br \/>\n(The barrel&#8217;s pork)<br \/>\n&#8230; could it be worse?<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s done<br \/>\n(End of course)<br \/>\nAll that weight<br \/>\n(Blown off force)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Slow Blues Fade, Guitar Bends]<br \/>\nPopped his cork\u2026<br \/>\nLet it out\u2026<br \/>\nPopped his cork\u2026<br \/>\nNo more doubt\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Popped\/\">Popped<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Stomping Blues Rock Groove, Gritty Guitar, Organ Swell, Snare Crack] [Verse 1] Steam was rising from the start Pressure building in his heart Shook the table, cracked a grin You could feel it closing in Words were stacking, line by line Crossing over every sign One more push, one more spark Lit a [&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-52454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454","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=52454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52455,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454\/revisions\/52455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}