{"id":52554,"date":"2026-04-19T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52554"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:13:28","slug":"threw-the-looking-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/19\/threw-the-looking-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Threw the Looking Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Reverse Piano, Glass Chimes, Low Ambient Pad]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Soft Whisper, Echoed]<br \/>\nIs it you\u2026 or the view\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>[Glass Tap, Subtle Crack Sound]<br \/>\nOne step closer\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou framed the world in a perfect line<br \/>\nCut out the noise, called it \u201cmine\u201d<br \/>\nEdges sharp where doubt should be<br \/>\nLocked it down so you could see<\/p>\n<p>Every answer fit the mold<br \/>\nEvery story neatly told<br \/>\nNothing left to rearrange<br \/>\nTruth reduced to something strange<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nBut every mirror bends the light<br \/>\nJust enough to feel like right<br \/>\nTilt it once, then tilt again<br \/>\nNow you can\u2019t tell where you\u2019ve been<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThrough the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nCrossed the line you couldn\u2019t see<br \/>\nNow you\u2019re stuck in what you believe<\/p>\n<p>Through the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nShattered truth into your view<br \/>\nNow it only reflects you<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Glass Percussion, Echo Guitar, Pulsing Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEvery crack became a frame<br \/>\nEvery fracture shaped the same<br \/>\nPieces pointing back at you<br \/>\nLike it\u2019s all you ever knew<\/p>\n<p>Voices fade that don\u2019t align<br \/>\nOut of sight and out of mind<br \/>\nWhat was wide is closing fast<br \/>\nTrapped inside your looking glass<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t notice as it grows<br \/>\nHow the narrow current flows<br \/>\nEvery thought begins to bend<br \/>\nToward the same familiar end<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nThrough the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nBuilt a world you can\u2019t escape<br \/>\nEvery edge a mirrored shape<\/p>\n<p>Through the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nTruth is filtered, bent, and cast<br \/>\nOn the other side you\u2019re fast\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Minimal Piano, Distant Echoes]<br \/>\nDid you cross\u2026 or did you throw\u2026<br \/>\nThe only way you used to know?<\/p>\n<p>Was it truth\u2026 or just the frame\u2026<br \/>\nThat slowly rewrote every name?<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown \u2013 Whispered, Fragmented]<br \/>\nPass\u2026<br \/>\nSmash\u2026<br \/>\nPass\u2026<br \/>\nSmash\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Build, Layered Vocals, Rising Intensity]<br \/>\nThrough the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nNo return to what was clear<br \/>\nOnly reflections drawing near<\/p>\n<p>Through the looking glass<br \/>\n(Pass)<br \/>\nThrew the looking glass<br \/>\n(Smash)<br \/>\nEvery shard becomes your past<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019re living in the glass<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft Glass Tones, Fading Drone, Final Crack Sound]<br \/>\nWas it something you went through\u2026<br \/>\nOr something that you threw\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Stranger-Than-Fiction\/\">Stranger Than Fiction<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental \u2013 Reverse Piano, Glass Chimes, Low Ambient Pad] [Intro] [Soft Whisper, Echoed] Is it you\u2026 or the view\u2026? [Glass Tap, Subtle Crack Sound] One step closer\u2026 [Verse 1] You framed the world in a perfect line Cut out the noise, called it \u201cmine\u201d Edges sharp where doubt should be Locked it down so [&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-52554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52554","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=52554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52559,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52554\/revisions\/52559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}