{"id":53176,"date":"2026-05-10T12:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53176"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:35:43","slug":"is-it-plugged-in-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/10\/is-it-plugged-in-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Plugged In?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Single clean guitar note repeating, soft electrical hum, minimal synth pulse, distant cymbal swells]<br \/>\n[Playful vocal harmonies, tight groove, bouncing bass line, light electronic percussion]<br \/>\nWhere to begin<br \/>\n(Is it plugged in?)<br \/>\nWhat could be wrong<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Laid-back rhythm, muted guitar strums, organ stabs answering vocals]<br \/>\nThe screen is dark<br \/>\nThe lights are dead<br \/>\nI checked the wires<br \/>\nJust like you said<\/p>\n<p>Every switch<br \/>\nEvery line<br \/>\nStill no signal<br \/>\nStill no sign<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Drums build slightly, synth filter opening slowly]<br \/>\nPush the button<br \/>\nWait again<br \/>\nMaybe this is all pretend<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Bigger backing vocals, brighter synth layers]<br \/>\nWhere to begin<br \/>\n(Is it plugged in?)<br \/>\nWhat could be wrong<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nNothing will start<br \/>\n(What\u2019s going on?)<br \/>\nLost in the dark<br \/>\n(All night long)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Short funky guitar solo with synth accents and punchy bass fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Mechanical groove, playful stop-start drum pattern]<br \/>\nRead the manual<br \/>\nPage by page<br \/>\nStill feels like<br \/>\nA locked-up cage<\/p>\n<p>Every answer<br \/>\nSounds the same<br \/>\nSame &#8216;ole problem<br \/>\nDifferent name<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Rising harmonies, tom fills, growing tension]<br \/>\nFlip the breaker<br \/>\nCross your hands<br \/>\nPray the system understands<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full band energy, crowd-style backing vocals]<br \/>\nWhere to begin<br \/>\n(Is it plugged in?)<br \/>\nWhat could be wrong<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s not right<br \/>\n(What did we miss?)<br \/>\nOne little spark<br \/>\n(Could fix all this)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Music drops to bass and hand percussion, spoken vocal with vocoder echoes]<br \/>\nCheck the cable<br \/>\n(Check the fuse)<br \/>\nCheck the things<br \/>\n(You always lose)<\/p>\n<p>Try again<br \/>\n(One more time)<br \/>\nSometimes failure<br \/>\n(Needs a rhyme)<\/p>\n<p>[Synth and Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Call-and-response between soaring synth lead and bluesy guitar phrases]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Anthemic arrangement, layered harmonies, cymbal crashes, energetic drum fills]<br \/>\nWhere to begin<br \/>\n(Is it plugged in?)<br \/>\nWhat could be wrong<br \/>\n(Is it turned on?)<br \/>\nFinally alive<br \/>\n(Now we have sound!)<br \/>\nEverything works<br \/>\n(Spin it around!)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Band gradually strips down to bass pulse and electrical hum]<br \/>\nIs it plugged in?<br \/>\n(Once again&#8230;)<br \/>\nIs it turned on?<br \/>\n(Come on, come on)<br \/>\n[Ending]<br \/>\n[Soft click sound, then sudden burst of full power guitar chord fading into silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Connection\/\">Connection<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Single clean guitar note repeating, soft electrical hum, minimal synth pulse, distant cymbal swells] [Playful vocal harmonies, tight groove, bouncing bass line, light electronic percussion] Where to begin (Is it plugged in?) 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