{"id":52586,"date":"2026-04-20T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52586"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:47:37","slug":"flying-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/20\/flying-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Bright Horn Stabs, Swing Beat, Whistling Synth Lead, Upright Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Spoken, Lightly Comedic]<br \/>\nThey said it would never happen\u2026<br \/>\nBut then again, they said a lot of things\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Beat kicks in \u2013 jaunty rhythm]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nOut in the sky where the rumors go<br \/>\nPast the places we think we know<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s flipping the rules around<br \/>\nUpside logic, skyward bound<\/p>\n<p>Barnyard legends breaking free<br \/>\nDefying gravity casually<br \/>\nWings or will or just pure spite<br \/>\nTaking off in plain daylight<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nShake your head but don\u2019t deny<br \/>\nYou just saw one pass you by<br \/>\nTruth gets weird when vision shifts<br \/>\nReality starts doing flips<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nFlying pigs<br \/>\n(Doing aerial jigs)<br \/>\nHave you seen stranger things<br \/>\n(Flying with wings)<br \/>\nBarnyard myths on silver springs<br \/>\n(Loop-de-looping everything)<\/p>\n<p>Now you know why<br \/>\n(You hear them say)<br \/>\nWhen pigs can fly<br \/>\n(That&#8217;ll be the day)<br \/>\nBut here they are<br \/>\n(Up in the sky)<br \/>\nSo don\u2019t be shocked<br \/>\nJust blink and try<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Swinging Guitar Solo, Trumpet Flourish, Light Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nFarm below in disbelief<br \/>\nRubbed their eyes in shared relief<br \/>\nSome called magic, some called joke<br \/>\nSome just stared and quietly spoke<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuess the world has changed its tune\u201d<br \/>\nUnderneath a rising moon<br \/>\nEven logic takes a break<br \/>\nWhen impossible\u2019s awake<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery rule begins to bend<br \/>\nEvery ending has a friend<br \/>\nWhat was fixed is up and gone<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s flying all along<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nFlying pigs<br \/>\n(Doing aerial jigs)<br \/>\nHave you seen stranger things<br \/>\n(Flying with wings)<br \/>\nEven doubt begins to swing<br \/>\n(As they loop through everything)<\/p>\n<p>Now you know why<br \/>\n(You hear them say)<br \/>\nWhen pigs can fly<br \/>\n(That&#8217;ll be the day)<br \/>\nBut look again<br \/>\n(They\u2019re passing by)<br \/>\nSo maybe truth<br \/>\nJust learned to fly<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Soft Jazz Breakdown, Upright Bass Solo]<br \/>\nIf the ground can lose its hold<br \/>\nAnd stories start to grow bold<br \/>\nThen maybe \u201cimpossible\u201d<br \/>\nWas just mislabeled all along<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Big, Joyful, Full Band Swing]<br \/>\nFlying pigs<br \/>\n(Doing aerial jigs)<br \/>\nReality\u2019s doing flips<br \/>\n(On unpredictable trips)<br \/>\nSky is full of little myths<br \/>\n(That no longer fit the scripts)<\/p>\n<p>Now you know why<br \/>\n(You hear them say)<br \/>\nWhen pigs can fly<br \/>\n(That\u2019ll be the day)<br \/>\nBut here they soar<br \/>\n(Above the fray)<br \/>\nGuess \u201cnever\u201d just got updated today<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Whistling Melody, Light Laughs, Fading Horns]<br \/>\nIf pigs can fly\u2026<br \/>\nWhat else might try\u2026<br \/>\n(They say today)<br \/>\n&#8230; it&#8217;s do or die.<\/p>\n<p>[Soft final chord]<\/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 Bright Horn Stabs, Swing Beat, Whistling Synth Lead, Upright Bass] [Intro] [Spoken, Lightly Comedic] They said it would never happen\u2026 But then again, they said a lot of things\u2026 [Beat kicks in \u2013 jaunty rhythm] [Verse 1] Out in the sky where the rumors go Past the places we think we know [&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-52586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52586","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=52586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52598,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52586\/revisions\/52598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}