{"id":52985,"date":"2026-05-03T12:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52985"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:32:22","slug":"queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/03\/queue\/","title":{"rendered":"Queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s your queue IQ?<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Bass Solo: Funky, Elastic, Syncopated]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March Builds Tension]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Tight Groove, Punchy Rhythm]<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t stand&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;to stand in line)<br \/>\nLose command&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;of my time)<br \/>\nWait and wait&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;just to move an inch)<br \/>\nAnticipate&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;then it starts again)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Drop to Groove: Clean Guitar, Walking Bass, Light Keys]<br \/>\nNumbers on a screen, never quite true<br \/>\nBlink and it changes, now you\u2019re forty-two<br \/>\nPeople shifting weight from foot to foot<br \/>\nEvery glance forward like a hook<\/p>\n<p>Time drips slow in a crowded space<br \/>\nEvery second stretches out of place<br \/>\nClocks don\u2019t tick, they hesitate<br \/>\nIn the gravity of \u201cplease just wait\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Build: Snare Rolls, Layered Vocals, Rising Synth]<br \/>\nStep by step, but nothing moves<br \/>\nLines rewrite their own grooves<br \/>\nOrder fades into delay<br \/>\nSystem bends but won\u2019t obey<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Fuller, Heavier, Added Harmonies]<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t stand&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;to stand in line)<br \/>\nLose command&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;of my time)<br \/>\nHold the place&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;but lose the thread)<br \/>\nFace to face&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;with what we dread)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Lead, Syncopated Drums, Bass Pops]<br \/>\n[Guitar Licks Bounce Between Channels]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Expanded Arrangement, Subtle Synth Arps]<br \/>\nQueue the code, the endless stream<br \/>\nDigital lines in a waiting dream<br \/>\nBuffered lives in a loading bar<br \/>\nAlways close, but never are<\/p>\n<p>Priority passes, hidden tiers<br \/>\nInvisible ladders built on years<br \/>\nSome move fast, some barely crawl<br \/>\nSame long line beneath it all<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Stronger Build, Percussion Layers Add Urgency]<br \/>\nEvery system has its flaw<br \/>\nInvisible but running law<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t see it, still you wait<br \/>\nAt the edge of \u201calmost late\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Explosive, Driving Beat, Vocal Layers Stack]<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t stand&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;to stand in line)<br \/>\nLose command&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;of my time)<br \/>\nBreak the chain&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;or fall in place)<br \/>\nSame refrain&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;in every space)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Minimal Beat]<br \/>\nA line in the store<br \/>\nA line in the code<br \/>\nA line at the door<br \/>\nA line that we load<\/p>\n<p>We think it\u2019s control<br \/>\nWe think it\u2019s by design<br \/>\nBut we\u2019re just the flow<br \/>\nInside the line<\/p>\n<p>[Build-Up]<br \/>\n[Snare Crescendo, Rising Synth, Guitar Feedback]<br \/>\n(What\u2019s your queue\u2026)<br \/>\n(What\u2019s your cue\u2026)<br \/>\n(What\u2019s your queue\u2026)<br \/>\n(IQ\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Double-Time Energy, Big Finish]<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t stand&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;to stand in line)<br \/>\nLose command&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;of my time)<br \/>\nCut ahead&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;or fall behind)<br \/>\nAll we dread&#8230;<br \/>\n(&#8230;by design)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Bass Pulse Fades, Organ Drone, Soft Guitar Echo]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Out Gradually]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal, fading]<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s your queue IQ\u2026<br \/>\nWhen the line\u2026<br \/>\nIs you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[End \u2192 Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Line\/\">Line<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] What\u2019s your queue IQ? 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