{"id":53623,"date":"2026-05-25T14:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53623"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:24:22","slug":"yes-but-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/25\/yes-but-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes but No"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Tense Minimal Synth, Offbeat Percussion, Flickering Signal Noise, Low Pulsing Bass]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nWords collide<br \/>\nIn mid-air space<br \/>\nSignals subside<br \/>\nWithout a trace<\/p>\n<p>Clear becomes<br \/>\nUnclear again<br \/>\nBegin the truth<br \/>\nThen lose the end<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nPromises wrapped in fragile sound<br \/>\nLift you up then drag you down<br \/>\nMeaning bends in double speak<br \/>\nStrong on surface, underneath weak<\/p>\n<p>Signals dressed in certainty<br \/>\nBreak apart unpredictably<br \/>\nEvery phrase a shifting line<br \/>\nNever fixed in space or time<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nSay it straight<br \/>\nOr say it bent<br \/>\nHalf delivered<br \/>\nNo intent<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nYou say yes<br \/>\n(But mean no)<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know<br \/>\n(Second guess)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nMaybe so<br \/>\n(Maybe not)<br \/>\nTie the knot<br \/>\n(Untie the thought)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Glitching Vocal Samples, Syncopated Drum Hits, Distorted Bass Swells]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nReading signs that contradict<br \/>\nEvery signal deals conflict<br \/>\nYes dissolves into a maybe<br \/>\nClarity slips away completely<\/p>\n<p>Truth and fiction overlap<br \/>\nFolding back on mental maps<br \/>\nEvery answer turns around<br \/>\nLost before it hits the ground<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs it yes<br \/>\n(Or is it no)<br \/>\nOr the space<br \/>\n(Between the flow)<\/p>\n<p>Language cracks<br \/>\n(Under weight)<br \/>\nIndecision<br \/>\n(Forms the state)<\/p>\n<p>[Build Section: Layered Vocals, Rising Electronic Tension, Stuttering Rhythm]<\/p>\n<p>Hold the line<br \/>\nThen erase<br \/>\nNo fixed point<br \/>\nIn this place<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nYou say yes<br \/>\n(But mean no)<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know<br \/>\n(Second guess)<\/p>\n<p>Truth bends<br \/>\n(Slips away)<br \/>\nNothing stays<br \/>\nIn place today<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Fading Static, Soft Echoed Vocals, Bass Diminishes Into Silence]<br \/>\nYes becomes<br \/>\nA quiet sound<br \/>\nLost before<br \/>\nIt\u2019s ever found<\/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: Tense Minimal Synth, Offbeat Percussion, Flickering Signal Noise, Low Pulsing Bass] [Intro] Words collide In mid-air space Signals subside Without a trace Clear becomes Unclear again Begin the truth Then lose the end [Verse 1] Promises wrapped in fragile sound Lift you up then drag you down Meaning bends in double speak Strong [&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-53623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53623","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=53623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53624,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53623\/revisions\/53624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}