{"id":52680,"date":"2026-04-22T22:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52680"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:36:13","slug":"random-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/22\/random-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Quirky Guitar Riff, Bouncy Bass]<br \/>\nStep out of line, don\u2019t ask me why<br \/>\nFlip a coin and let it fly<br \/>\nLeft or right or upside down<br \/>\nHe\u2019s the strangest guy in town<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWakes up late or not at all<br \/>\nAnswers questions with a drawl<br \/>\nStarts a sentence, ends it twice<br \/>\nRolls the dice and calls it nice<\/p>\n<p>Every plan gets rearranged<br \/>\nNothing steady, always changed<br \/>\nTalks in riddles, walks in loops<br \/>\nTrades his shoes for hula hoops<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t map what won\u2019t stay still<br \/>\nHe\u2019s chaos dressed in will<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHe goes around saying<br \/>\n(Yes, I am)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>He just keeps on playing<br \/>\n(Missing his brain pan)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 Drums Kick In]<br \/>\nPaints the sky a different hue<br \/>\nJust because he hates it blue<br \/>\nCalls it logic, calls it fate<br \/>\nShows up early when he\u2019s late<\/p>\n<p>Builds a bridge to nowhere fast<br \/>\nSays the future\u2019s in the past<br \/>\nLaughs before the joke is told<br \/>\nBreaks the mold, then breaks the mold<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery rule just slips away<br \/>\nHe rewrites them day by day<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHe goes around saying<br \/>\n(Yes, I am)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>He just keeps on playing<br \/>\n(Missing his brain pan)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Funk Groove]<br \/>\nIs it madness? Is it art?<br \/>\nIs it pieces torn apart?<br \/>\nOr a pattern we can\u2019t see<br \/>\nHidden in absurdity<\/p>\n<p>Every turn a brand-new spin<br \/>\nEvery loss a twisted win<br \/>\nIf there\u2019s meaning, he won\u2019t say<br \/>\nHe just laughs and walks away<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 Layered Vocals, Rising Energy]<br \/>\nTry to follow, lose the thread<br \/>\nEvery path you thought you read<br \/>\nLeads you somewhere unforeseen<br \/>\nIn his shifting in-between<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Big, Playful]<br \/>\nHe goes around saying<br \/>\n(Yes, I am)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>He just keeps on playing<br \/>\n(Missing his brain pan)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>Says it all without a plan<br \/>\n(Wave your hand)<br \/>\nRandom Man<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Instruments Drop One by One]<br \/>\nRandom steps\u2026<br \/>\n(Most regrets)<br \/>\nRandom chance\u2026<br \/>\n(Missed last dance)<br \/>\nNever still enough to land\u2026<br \/>\n(Doesn&#8217;t even understand)<\/p>\n<p>Random Man\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Exit-Strategy\/\">Exit Strategy<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Quirky Guitar Riff, Bouncy Bass] Step out of line, don\u2019t ask me why Flip a coin and let it fly Left or right or upside down He\u2019s the strangest guy in town [Verse 1] Wakes up late or not at all Answers questions with a drawl Starts a sentence, ends it twice Rolls [&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-52680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52680","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=52680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52682,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52680\/revisions\/52682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}