{"id":52940,"date":"2026-05-01T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52940"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:49:23","slug":"one-track-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/01\/one-track-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"One Track Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Click Track, Metronome Tick, Muted Guitar, Sub Bass Pulse, Light Hi-Hat]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, Slight Echo]<br \/>\nStraight line\u2026 no deviation<br \/>\n(No hesitation)<br \/>\nAttempts at proving&#8230;<br \/>\n(Keep it moving)<br \/>\n[Beat locks in, groove builds]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Mid-Tempo Groove, Bass Guitar, Clean Electric Guitar, Tight Drums]<br \/>\nEvery thought runs in a row<br \/>\nSame direction, same old flow<br \/>\nSignals flash but you don\u2019t see<br \/>\nAnything but what will be<\/p>\n<p>Switches there but never thrown<br \/>\nEvery path is overgrown<br \/>\nBy the rhythm in your head<br \/>\nPulling forward, never spread<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build-Up, Snare Crescendo, Synth Rise, Guitar Layering]<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t hear the crosswinds call<br \/>\nDon\u2019t see cracks along the wall<br \/>\nEverything is streamlined tight<br \/>\nRunning blind into the night<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Driving Drums, Heavy Bass, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nYou have a:<br \/>\n(One track mind)<br \/>\nIf you trace<br \/>\n(You will find)<br \/>\nLa, la, la<br \/>\n(You have a:)<br \/>\nOne track mind!<br \/>\n(One track mind)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Reduced Instrumentation, Piano Motif, Subtle Bass, Soft Percussion]<br \/>\nEvery answer fits the same<br \/>\nDifferent question, same old frame<br \/>\nEcho chamber, steel and sound<br \/>\nSpinning but it stays unbound<\/p>\n<p>Lines converge but you don\u2019t turn<br \/>\nEvery lesson left unlearned<br \/>\nStill the engine drives ahead<br \/>\nOn the rails inside your head<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Intensity Builds, Percussion Layers, Synth Swell]<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a world beyond the line<br \/>\nCurves and corners undefined<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s easier to stay<br \/>\nOn the track that feels okay<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Energy, Guitar Distortion, Harmony Vocals]<br \/>\nYou have a:<br \/>\n(One track mind)<br \/>\nIf you trace<br \/>\n(You will find)<br \/>\nLa, la, la<br \/>\n(You have a:)<br \/>\nOne track mind!<br \/>\n(One track mind)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown, Ambient Pad, Reversed Guitar, Minimal Beat]<br \/>\nWhat if there\u2019s another way?<br \/>\nWhat if you could shift the play?<br \/>\nEvery rail you hold so tight<br \/>\nMight be blinding you from sight<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up, Rising Noise, Drum Crescendo, Feedback Guitar]<br \/>\nLet it bend, let it break<br \/>\nEvery turn you never take<br \/>\nCould be leading somewhere new<br \/>\nIf you only changed your view<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Maximum Intensity, Full Instrumentation, Choir-Like Layers]<br \/>\nYou have a:<br \/>\n(One track mind)<br \/>\nIf you trace<br \/>\n(You will find)<br \/>\nLa, la, la<br \/>\n(You have a:)<br \/>\nOne track mind!<br \/>\n(One track mind)<\/p>\n<p>You have a:<br \/>\n(One track mind)<br \/>\nBreak the line<br \/>\n(Leave it behind)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Stripped Down, Piano and Soft Synth, Metronome Fades Out]<br \/>\nTick\u2026 tick\u2026 tick\u2026<br \/>\n(or change the time\u2026)<br \/>\nHear the clock chime<br \/>\n(Time&#8230; time&#8230; it&#8217;s time.)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rail\/\">Rail<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Click Track, Metronome Tick, Muted Guitar, Sub Bass Pulse, Light Hi-Hat] [Spoken Vocal, Slight Echo] Straight line\u2026 no deviation (No hesitation) Attempts at proving&#8230; (Keep it moving) [Beat locks in, groove builds] [Verse 1] [Mid-Tempo Groove, Bass Guitar, Clean Electric Guitar, Tight Drums] Every thought runs in a row Same direction, same old flow [&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-52940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940","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=52940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52942,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52940\/revisions\/52942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}