{"id":52887,"date":"2026-04-30T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52887"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:14:55","slug":"off-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/30\/off-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Off The&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Broken Signal Noise, Distant Train Horn, Glitchy Synth Stutters, Sub Bass Rumble]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, Slight Distortion]<br \/>\nYou sure about this?<br \/>\n(Careful what you wish)<br \/>\nHave you forgot<br \/>\n(Probably not\u2026)<br \/>\n[Beat Drops In, Irregular Drum Pattern, Warped Guitar Riff]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Mid-Tempo Groove, Bass Guitar, Dirty Electric Guitar, Loose Percussion]<br \/>\nMaps are burning in your hands<br \/>\nNone of this goes as you planned<br \/>\nSignals crossed and lines erased<br \/>\nYou\u2019re smiling while the world gets misplaced<\/p>\n<p>Logic bends and bends again<br \/>\nStarts where it stops, where it should\u2019ve been<br \/>\nEvery step\u2019s a question mark<br \/>\nWalking out into the dark<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build-Up, Rising Snare, Synth Swell, Vocal Layering]<br \/>\nOh no<br \/>\n(There ya go)<br \/>\nWhoa, oh, oh<br \/>\n(I dunno)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Driving Drums, Heavy Bass, Anthemic Vocals]<br \/>\nGoing!<br \/>\n(Off the rails)<br \/>\nKnowing<br \/>\n(Epic fails)<br \/>\nRolling!<br \/>\n(No control)<br \/>\nShowing<br \/>\n(You lose the whole)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Reduced Instrumentation, Clean Guitar Arpeggios, Soft Bass Pulse]<br \/>\nEvery rule you thought you knew<br \/>\nTurns around and lies to you<br \/>\nGravity forgot your name<br \/>\nNow everything feels slightly strange<\/p>\n<p>Steps repeat but lead nowhere<br \/>\nDoors appear and disappear<br \/>\nTime is laughing in your face<br \/>\nAs you drift from place to place<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Intensity Rising, Distorted Synth, Percussion Build]<br \/>\nOh no<br \/>\n(There ya go)<br \/>\nWhoa, oh, oh<br \/>\n(I dunno)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Energy, Layered Vocals, Guitar Distortion, Big Drums]<br \/>\nGoing!<br \/>\n(Off the rails)<br \/>\nKnowing<br \/>\n(Epic fails)<br \/>\nFalling<br \/>\n(No detail)<br \/>\nCalling<br \/>\n(The broken trail)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown, Ambient Pad, Reversed Guitar, Distant Metallic Clanks]<br \/>\nIf direction doesn\u2019t matter<br \/>\nWhy\u2019s everything still shatter?<br \/>\nIf the end is just a guess<br \/>\nWhy does it feel like less and less?<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up, Rising Noise, Drum Crescendo, Feedback Surge]<br \/>\nYou can laugh or you can run<br \/>\n(But the outcome\u2019s already done)<br \/>\nEvery choice becomes a spin<br \/>\n(And you don\u2019t know where to begin)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Maximum Intensity, Full Orchestra Synth, Double Kick Drums, Choir Layers]<br \/>\nGoing!<br \/>\n(Off the rails)<br \/>\nKnowing<br \/>\n(Epic fails)<br \/>\nSpinning<br \/>\n(Truth derails)<br \/>\nGrinning<br \/>\n(As reason pales)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Slow Fade, Minimal Piano, Soft Wind Noise, Distant Train Passing]<br \/>\nOff the\u2026<br \/>\n(off the\u2026)<br \/>\nrails\u2026<br \/>\n(Wails)<br \/>\n&#8230; off the rails&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rail\/\">Rail<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Broken Signal Noise, Distant Train Horn, Glitchy Synth Stutters, Sub Bass Rumble] [Spoken Vocal, Slight Distortion] You sure about this? (Careful what you wish) Have you forgot (Probably not\u2026) [Beat Drops In, Irregular Drum Pattern, Warped Guitar Riff] [Verse 1] [Mid-Tempo Groove, Bass Guitar, Dirty Electric Guitar, Loose Percussion] Maps are burning in your [&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-52887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52887","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=52887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52889,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52887\/revisions\/52889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}