{"id":52584,"date":"2026-04-20T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52584"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:21:13","slug":"strange-brew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/20\/strange-brew\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Brew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Psychedelic Guitar Swirl, Warped Organ, Pulsing Bass, Loose Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Slurred Spoken Vocal, Echoed]<br \/>\nPour more flow\u2026 don\u2019t need to know\u2026<br \/>\nJust drink it down\u2026<br \/>\n(And, pass it &#8217;round)<\/p>\n<p>[Glass Clink, Reverse Cymbal Rise]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThey lined it up in crooked rows<br \/>\nNobody asks where it goes<br \/>\nRed in color, sweet in taste<br \/>\nBut something\u2019s off in mental waste<\/p>\n<p>Eyes get heavy, thoughts get thin<br \/>\nTruth dissolves and slips right in<br \/>\nSmiles get stuck a little too wide<br \/>\nLike something else is on the inside<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery sip takes something more<br \/>\nThan you ever bargained for<br \/>\nTil the world begins to sway<br \/>\nAnd logic slowly fades away<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know about you<br \/>\nBut they&#8217;re drinking<br \/>\n(A strange brew)<br \/>\nReality&#8217;s shrinking<br \/>\n(Drinkin&#8217; a strange brew)<br \/>\nMore red Kool-Aid<br \/>\nWatch sanity fade<br \/>\n(Strange, strange brew)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nSip it down and don\u2019t resist<br \/>\nTaste the edge of what exists<br \/>\nEvery drop a new belief<br \/>\nHiding deeper underneath<\/p>\n<p>Strange brew in the air tonight<br \/>\nBlurring wrong and turning far-right<br \/>\nNothing here is what it seems<br \/>\nIt\u2019s dissolving all your dreams<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Acid Guitar Solo, Swirling Synths, Reverse Echo Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nNow the room begins to tilt<br \/>\nBuilt on something poorly built<br \/>\nWords repeat but don\u2019t align<br \/>\nSpinning out of space and time<\/p>\n<p>Crowds are laughing just the same<br \/>\nBut nobody recalls their name<br \/>\nEvery story starts to blend<br \/>\nWith a loop that won\u2019t end<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWhat is real and what is sold?<br \/>\nSomething warm but growing cold<br \/>\nEvery thought begins to bend<br \/>\nTil it breaks or can\u2019t defend<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know about you<br \/>\nBut they&#8217;re drinking<br \/>\n(A strange brew)<br \/>\nReality&#8217;s shrinking<br \/>\n(Drinkin&#8217; a strange brew)<br \/>\nMore red Kool-Aid<br \/>\nWatch sanity fade<br \/>\n(Strange, strange brew)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs it poison? Is it peace?<br \/>\nIs it just a false release?<br \/>\nEvery answer starts to blur<br \/>\nIn the taste of what they stir<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown \u2013 Minimal Groove, Whispered Vocals]<br \/>\nDrink it slow\u2026<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let go\u2026<br \/>\nYou won\u2019t know\u2026<br \/>\nTil it shows\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Psychedelic Explosion, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nSip it down and don\u2019t resist<br \/>\nNothing here is what exists<br \/>\nStrange brew in every vein<br \/>\nRiding down into the brain<\/p>\n<p>Strange brew, don\u2019t ask why<br \/>\nWatch the clear turn into lie<br \/>\nStrange brew, drink it deep<br \/>\nTil reality won\u2019t keep<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Slow Fade \u2013 Warped Organ, Dripping Sound, Distant Laughter]<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know about you\u2026<br \/>\n(But I hope to make it through\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 Psychedelic Guitar Swirl, Warped Organ, Pulsing Bass, Loose Drums] [Intro] [Slurred Spoken Vocal, Echoed] Pour more flow\u2026 don\u2019t need to know\u2026 Just drink it down\u2026 (And, pass it &#8217;round) [Glass Clink, Reverse Cymbal Rise] [Verse 1] They lined it up in crooked rows Nobody asks where it goes Red in color, sweet [&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-52584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52584","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=52584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52585,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52584\/revisions\/52585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}