{"id":52726,"date":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52726"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","slug":"chasing-your-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/25\/chasing-your-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Your Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Circular Guitar Motif, Looping Bassline, Subtle Drum Pattern]<br \/>\nBack where you started, same old track<br \/>\nEvery step just circles back<br \/>\nFootprints fading in the dust<br \/>\nBuilt on memory and rust<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou write a story, then erase<br \/>\nEvery truth you can\u2019t replace<br \/>\nPages turning, but they bend<br \/>\nRight back to the same old end<\/p>\n<p>Every chapter feels the same<br \/>\nJust a mirror of your name<br \/>\nRewriting what you swore was real<br \/>\nTill you forget just how to feel<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou\u2019re chasing your own tail<br \/>\n.. does it never fail<br \/>\n(It never fails)<br \/>\nEvery turn becomes the same stale trail<br \/>\n(You never derail)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<br \/>\nChasing your tail<br \/>\n(Failed quasi-history)<br \/>\nBuilding myths that will derail<br \/>\n(From reality)<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 Groove Deepens, Slight Disorientation in Rhythm]<br \/>\nEvery version slightly skewed<br \/>\nTruth distorted, misconstrued<br \/>\nYou revise and you refine<br \/>\nTill it circles back in time<\/p>\n<p>What you were and what you claim<br \/>\nStart to sound exactly same<br \/>\nFiction stitched into your skin<br \/>\nWhere does ending even begin?<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery answer that you nail<br \/>\nJust becomes another tale<br \/>\n(It never fails)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<br \/>\nChasing your tail<br \/>\n(Failed quasi-history)<br \/>\nLost inside a winding trail<br \/>\n(Of identity)<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nGoing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<br \/>\nChasing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<br \/>\nNo solid ground<br \/>\n(Just echoes of the sound)<br \/>\nGoing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Echoed Vocals, Minimal Instrumentation]<br \/>\nIf every story feeds itself<br \/>\nThen nothing\u2019s left upon the shelf<br \/>\nJust fragments of a looped design<br \/>\nWhere every past becomes a sign<\/p>\n<p>You run ahead but face the rear<br \/>\nThe future looks just like last year<br \/>\nAnd every truth you try to hold<br \/>\nTurns back into the tale retold<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 Rising Guitar, Intensifying Rhythm]<br \/>\nBreak the loop or let it spin<br \/>\nWhere does truth end and begin?<br \/>\nEvery cycle pulling tight<br \/>\nTwirling wrong into \u201calright\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full, Hypnotic, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<br \/>\nChasing your tail<br \/>\n(Failed quasi-history)<br \/>\nNothing new to set the sail<br \/>\n(Just circularity)<br \/>\nChasing your tale<br \/>\n(The fallacy of your legacy)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain \u2013 Expanded, Trance-like]<br \/>\nGoing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<br \/>\nChasing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<br \/>\nNo end found<br \/>\n(Just looping sound)<br \/>\nGoing round and round<br \/>\n(Spiraling down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Guitar Loop Slowly Degrades, Tape-Warp Effect]<br \/>\nRound\u2026 and round\u2026 and down<br \/>\nA tale that won\u2019t come round\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 Circular Guitar Motif, Looping Bassline, Subtle Drum Pattern] Back where you started, same old track Every step just circles back Footprints fading in the dust Built on memory and rust [Verse 1] You write a story, then erase Every truth you can\u2019t replace Pages turning, but they bend Right back to the same 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