{"id":52575,"date":"2026-04-20T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52575"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:15:34","slug":"sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/20\/sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Pulsing Bass, Distant Radio Static, Rising Synth Drones, Mechanical Rhythm]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThey call it sci-fi<br \/>\n(I wonder why?)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Glitching Synth Layers, Filtered White Noise, Echoed Guitar Licks]<br \/>\n[Synth Solo \u2013 Warped, Modulating Pitch, Futuristic but Uneasy]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe head hog blob<br \/>\n(An attack on science)<br \/>\nAn angry mob<br \/>\n(Lacking coming sense)<br \/>\nSpinning words into broken code<br \/>\n(Walking down a fractured road)<\/p>\n<p>Facts get bent into new disguise<br \/>\nUnderneath artificial skies<br \/>\nSignals lost in a feedback loop<br \/>\nTruth diluted in the group<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery signal starts to fade<br \/>\nIn the stories that we made<br \/>\nWhat is real gets redefined<br \/>\n(Left behind, left behind)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nThey call it sci-fi<br \/>\n(Now ya know why?)<br \/>\nFuture dressed in yesterday<br \/>\n(Truth rewritten every day)<br \/>\nLines are blurred until they die<br \/>\n(That\u2019s why they call it sci-fi)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nRemoving all couth<br \/>\n(Watching children die)<br \/>\nBuilding worlds on fractured ground<br \/>\n(Where nothing solid can be found)<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nTurning reason into why<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Heavy Synth Bass, Industrial Percussion, Distorted Guitar Surge]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nScreens glow bright with altered facts<br \/>\nHistory bending in the cracks<br \/>\nEvery voice becomes a thread<br \/>\nPulling toward what\u2019s misread<\/p>\n<p>Signals echo, multiply<br \/>\nTruth gets filtered through the sky<br \/>\nWhat was known becomes unclear<br \/>\nLost in manufactured fear<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nAnd the louder that they speak<br \/>\nThe more the structure starts to leak<br \/>\nReality begins to bend<br \/>\nWhere does truth begin or end?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nRemoving all couth<br \/>\n(Watching children die)<br \/>\nSystems built on shifting sand<br \/>\n(Slipping through the grasp of man)<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nTill even reason asks you why<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Minimal Piano, Low Drone]<br \/>\nIs it fiction? Is it fact?<br \/>\n(Or just a mirror looking back?)<br \/>\nIf we lose what we define<br \/>\n(Do we cross a final line?)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Arrangement, Driving Drums, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nRemoving all couth<br \/>\n(Watching children die)<br \/>\nWhat we build begins to fade<br \/>\n(In the choices that we\u2019ve made)<br \/>\nReplacing truth<br \/>\n(With a lie)<br \/>\nWhile the real world passes by<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft Synth Fade, Distant Static, Organ Dissolves Into Noise]<br \/>\nThey called it sci-fi\u2026<br \/>\nBut never asked why\u2026<br \/>\nNow the signal\u2019s gone\u2026<br \/>\nAnd the silence stays on\u2026<br \/>\n(On and on and on)<\/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 Pulsing Bass, Distant Radio Static, Rising Synth Drones, Mechanical Rhythm] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] They call it sci-fi (I wonder why?) 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