{"id":52685,"date":"2026-04-22T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52685"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:32:16","slug":"feet-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/22\/feet-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Feet First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Slow Build, Low Guitar Drone, Distant Drums]<br \/>\nCountdown whispers in the dark<br \/>\nEvery second leaves a mark<br \/>\nNo more room to second-guess<br \/>\nAll that\u2019s left is forward press<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nTried to reroute, tried to stall<br \/>\nBut the writing\u2019s on the wall<br \/>\nEvery fallback disappeared<br \/>\nEvery outcome now is clear<\/p>\n<p>Lines are drawn, no in-between<br \/>\nWhat we were and what we\u2019ve seen<br \/>\nEvery choice has led me here<br \/>\nPast the edge of doubt and fear<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWhen the moment locks you in<br \/>\nThere\u2019s no out\u2014just begin<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<br \/>\nToo late to abort<br \/>\n(Heading out feet first)<br \/>\nNo more time to distort<br \/>\n(Truth unrehearsed)<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 Drums Hit Harder]<br \/>\nEvery signal turns to go<br \/>\nEven when you don\u2019t quite know<br \/>\nIf it\u2019s right or if it\u2019s wrong<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve been moving all along<\/p>\n<p>Every fear you tried to fight<br \/>\nNow just fuels the final flight<br \/>\nEvery doubt that held you back<br \/>\nFades away into the black<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWhen retreat is just a word<br \/>\nAnd advance is all that\u2019s heard<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<br \/>\nToo late to abort<br \/>\n(Heading out feet first)<br \/>\nNo more time to distort<br \/>\n(Truth unrehearsed)<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Half-Time, Echoed Vocals]<br \/>\nNo return, no rewind<br \/>\nNo more pause, no more time<br \/>\nEvery step already made<br \/>\nEvery debt already paid<\/p>\n<p>Not defeat, not the end<br \/>\nJust the point where paths transcend<br \/>\nWhat was fear becomes release<br \/>\nIn the forward motion\u2019s peace<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 Rising Guitar, Snare Rolls]<br \/>\nFeel the ground begin to fall<br \/>\nHear the silence call it all<br \/>\nNot a crash but something new<br \/>\nBreaking through what once you knew<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full, Intense]<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<br \/>\nToo late to abort<br \/>\n(Heading out feet first)<br \/>\nNo more time to distort<br \/>\n(Truth unrehearsed)<br \/>\nAs a last resort<br \/>\n(Going out feet first)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Instruments Drop Away, Soft Echo]<br \/>\nFeet first\u2026<br \/>\nNo looking back\u2026<br \/>\n(Back, back, back)<br \/>\nJust forward\u2026<br \/>\n(Onward&#8230; toward)<\/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 Slow Build, Low Guitar Drone, Distant Drums] Countdown whispers in the dark Every second leaves a mark No more room to second-guess All that\u2019s left is forward press [Verse 1] Tried to reroute, tried to stall But the writing\u2019s on the wall Every fallback disappeared Every outcome now is clear Lines are drawn, [&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-52685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52685","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=52685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52686,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52685\/revisions\/52686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}