{"id":53594,"date":"2026-05-24T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53594"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:48:28","slug":"obtuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/24\/obtuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Angular Synth Stabs, Uneven Drum Pattern, Distorted Bassline, Echoed Spoken Fragments]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nBent perspective<br \/>\nTwisted frame<br \/>\nClear signals<br \/>\nRenamed again<\/p>\n<p>Looking sideways<br \/>\nMissing truth<br \/>\nSharp confusion<br \/>\nTurns obtuse<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nSimple patterns left ignored<br \/>\nFacts abandoned, lines distorted<br \/>\nQuestions answered with deflect<br \/>\nMeaning tangled to protect<\/p>\n<p>Circles drawn around belief<br \/>\nComfort chosen over grief<br \/>\nEvidence falls out of view<br \/>\nWhen denial feels more true<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nAngles widen<br \/>\nReason bends<br \/>\nClarity breaks<br \/>\nBefore it ends<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nWhy are you being obtuse<br \/>\n(I mean&#8230; what\u2019s the use)<br \/>\nOpposite of reality<br \/>\n(Really quite a tragedy)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nTurn away<br \/>\n(From the proof)<br \/>\nHide inside<br \/>\n(The uncouth)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Glitch Effects, Mechanical Percussion, Bass Pulses Growing More Chaotic]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nSignals filtered through the noise<br \/>\nTruth reduced to tribal choice<br \/>\nMocking what you fail to test<br \/>\nConfidence without the depth<\/p>\n<p>Sharp conclusions, shallow ground<br \/>\nLouder claims don\u2019t make them sound<br \/>\nThought collapses into spin<br \/>\nWhen reflection can\u2019t begin<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nAn acute mind seeks the line<br \/>\nChecks assumptions over time<br \/>\nBut obtuse reactions spread<br \/>\nWhen fear outpaces what is read<\/p>\n<p>Not all angles face the light<br \/>\nSome avoid it out of spite<br \/>\nTilting farther from the real<br \/>\nBreaking trust in what we feel<\/p>\n<p>[Build Section: Layered Vocals, Off-Kilter Rhythms, Rising Synth Dissonance]<\/p>\n<p>Bend the facts<br \/>\n(Break the frame)<br \/>\nCall it truth<br \/>\n(Change the name)<\/p>\n<p>Push away<br \/>\n(What you fear)<br \/>\nLose the signal<br \/>\n(Disappear)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nWhy are you being obtuse<br \/>\n(I mean&#8230; what\u2019s the use)<br \/>\nOpposite of reality<br \/>\n(Really quite a tragedy)<\/p>\n<p>Running blind<br \/>\n(Through the spin)<br \/>\nClosing thought<br \/>\n(From within)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Sparse Piano Notes, Low Distorted Drone, Echoed Voices Fade]<br \/>\nTruth remains<br \/>\nEven still<br \/>\nPast the noise<br \/>\nBeyond the will<\/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: Angular Synth Stabs, Uneven Drum Pattern, Distorted Bassline, Echoed Spoken Fragments] [Intro] Bent perspective Twisted frame Clear signals Renamed again Looking sideways Missing truth Sharp confusion Turns obtuse [Verse 1] Simple patterns left ignored Facts abandoned, lines distorted Questions answered with deflect Meaning tangled to protect Circles drawn around belief Comfort chosen over [&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-53594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53594","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=53594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53595,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53594\/revisions\/53595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}