{"id":53535,"date":"2026-05-22T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53535"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:33:13","slug":"wrong-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/22\/wrong-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Driving Bassline, Angular Guitar Riffs, Fast Drums, Rising Synth Noise, Beeping Horns]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nStreetlights blur in coded rain<br \/>\nRunning hard but chasing pain<br \/>\nSignals flashing red and gray<br \/>\nStill you race the wrong way<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSpeeding past the warning signs<br \/>\nTrading truth for easy lines<br \/>\nMirrors crack but pride won\u2019t bend<br \/>\nHeadlights fade beyond the end<\/p>\n<p>Voices call from far behind<br \/>\nBut momentum floods the mind<br \/>\nForward feels too good to stop<br \/>\nEven near the final drop<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn the wheel<br \/>\nBreak the spin<br \/>\nNo one wins<br \/>\nBy doubling down again<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\nWouldn&#8217;t you say<br \/>\n(You&#8217;re going the wrong way)<\/p>\n<p>Turn around<br \/>\n(Reverse bound)<br \/>\n&#8230; to stop from going further astray<\/p>\n<p>Slow it down<br \/>\n(Look around)<br \/>\nBefore the walls all begin to close in<\/p>\n<p>Wrong way<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t delay)<br \/>\nYou can still begin again<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Distorted Guitar Solo, Syncopated Drum Fills, Pulsing Synth Arpeggios]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMaps were burned for certainty<br \/>\nBlind conviction posing free<br \/>\nRoads divide beneath the tires<br \/>\nFueling fear and feeding fires<\/p>\n<p>Echo chambers guide the lane<br \/>\nLooping anger back again<br \/>\nPast the point where facts can steer<br \/>\nNoise becomes the thing you hear<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge: Half-Time Groove, Heavy Sub Bass]<br \/>\nReverse the motion<br \/>\nUndo the drive<br \/>\nNot all momentum<br \/>\nKeeps truth alive<\/p>\n<p>One step back<br \/>\nCan clear the haze<br \/>\nA change of course<br \/>\nCan change your days<\/p>\n<p>[Build Section: Layered Chant Vocals, Intensifying Percussion]<br \/>\nWrong way<br \/>\n(Wrong way)<br \/>\nWrong way<br \/>\n(Change lane)<br \/>\n&#8230; go sane<\/p>\n<p>Wrong way<br \/>\n(Wake up)<br \/>\nWrong way<br \/>\n(Turn around)<br \/>\n&#8230; get found<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\nWouldn&#8217;t you say<br \/>\n(You&#8217;re going the wrong way)<\/p>\n<p>Turn around<br \/>\n(Reverse bound)<br \/>\n&#8230; to stop from going further astray<\/p>\n<p>Raise your eyes<br \/>\n(Recognize)<br \/>\nThe edge is closer than it seems<\/p>\n<p>Wrong way<br \/>\n(Change today)<br \/>\nBefore collapse outruns your dreams<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Bass Pulse Slowing, Guitar Feedback Stretching Into Silence]<\/p>\n<p>Wrong way&#8230;<br \/>\n(Hey! Hey! Hey!)<br \/>\nWrong way&#8230;<br \/>\n(Hey! Hey! Hey!)<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Opposite\/\">Opposite<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Driving Bassline, Angular Guitar Riffs, Fast Drums, Rising Synth Noise, Beeping Horns] [Intro] Streetlights blur in coded rain Running hard but chasing pain Signals flashing red and gray Still you race the wrong way [Verse 1] Speeding past the warning signs Trading truth for easy lines Mirrors crack but pride won\u2019t bend Headlights [&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-53535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53535","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=53535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53539,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53535\/revisions\/53539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}