{"id":53621,"date":"2026-05-25T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53621"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:03:21","slug":"reverse-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/25\/reverse-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Reversed Guitar Swells, Steady Bass Pulse, Driving Electronic Drums, Ambient Synth Washes]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nWrong turn taken<br \/>\nMiles ago<br \/>\nSigns ignored<br \/>\nBut now I know<\/p>\n<p>Circles forming<br \/>\nPatterns repeat<br \/>\nRunning desaster<br \/>\nOn broken feet<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHeadlights fading in the rain<br \/>\nFollowing familiar pain<br \/>\nOld reactions steer the wheel<br \/>\nAway from what I really feel<\/p>\n<p>Spent too long defending pride<br \/>\nKeeping doubt and truth aside<br \/>\nBut reflection cuts the noise<br \/>\nPast the static of the voice<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nTurn around<br \/>\nReset the line<br \/>\nLeave the dead weight<br \/>\nFar behind<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOf course<br \/>\n(Reverse course)<br \/>\nRehearse<br \/>\n(Going in reverse)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nOn introspection<br \/>\n(The opposite direction)<br \/>\nGoing the wrong way<br \/>\n(No, not another day)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;gonna change my way<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Pulsing Bassline, Delayed Synth Arpeggios, Drum Build With Reverse Cymbals]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPaths collapse when fear takes hold<br \/>\nComfort keeps the story old<br \/>\nBut the road can still divide<br \/>\nToward another state of mind<\/p>\n<p>Step by step the pattern bends<br \/>\nCycles break and slowly end<br \/>\nWhat once pulled me off the track<br \/>\nDoesn\u2019t have to pull me back<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nNot too late<br \/>\n(To realign)<br \/>\nShift the course<br \/>\n(Change the mind)<\/p>\n<p>No perfection<br \/>\n(Just repair)<br \/>\nMove ahead<br \/>\n(From self-aware)<\/p>\n<p>[Build Section: Layered Vocals, Rising Percussion, Expanding Synth Textures]<\/p>\n<p>Face the past<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t remain)<br \/>\nLearn the loss<br \/>\n(Release the chain)<\/p>\n<p>Turn the wheel<br \/>\n(Change the flow)<br \/>\nDifferent path<br \/>\n(Different road)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nOf course<br \/>\n(Reverse course)<br \/>\nRehearse<br \/>\n(Going in reverse)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nOn introspection<br \/>\n(The opposite direction)<br \/>\nGoing the wrong way<br \/>\n(No, not another day)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;gonna change my way<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Slowing Drum Pulse, Reversed Piano Echoes, Synth Drone Fades Into Silence]<br \/>\nBacktrack slowly<br \/>\nFind the line<br \/>\nOne new choice<br \/>\nAt a time<\/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: Reversed Guitar Swells, Steady Bass Pulse, Driving Electronic Drums, Ambient Synth Washes] [Intro] Wrong turn taken Miles ago Signs ignored But now I know Circles forming Patterns repeat Running desaster On broken feet [Verse 1] Headlights fading in the rain Following familiar pain Old reactions steer the wheel Away from what I really [&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-53621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53621","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=53621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53622,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53621\/revisions\/53622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}