{"id":53815,"date":"2026-06-03T14:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53815"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:32:01","slug":"symmetry-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/03\/symmetry-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Symmetry Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental: Detuned Piano, Pulsing Bass, Fractured Synth Pads, Slow Industrial Percussion]<br \/>\n[Intro]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nSymmetry is what we assume when the world feels balanced.<br \/>\nWhen forces cancel.<br \/>\nWhen systems mirror themselves across time.<br \/>\n(Suddenly losing rhythm and rhyme)<br \/>\nComin&#8217; on nonlinear systems&#8230;<br \/>\nrarely stay symmetric for long.<br \/>\n(So here&#8217;s the song&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWe built our expectations<br \/>\nOn balance and on scale<br \/>\nOn averages behaving<br \/>\nEverlasting patterns that prevail<\/p>\n<p>But underneath the structure<br \/>\nA slight imbalance grew<br \/>\nA tilt that once was nothing<br \/>\nNow changes what we do<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nLeft side<br \/>\n(Meets right side)<br \/>\nOld truth<br \/>\n(Meets new guide)<br \/>\nStable frame<br \/>\n(Starts to slide)<br \/>\nSomething shifts inside<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<br \/>\nWere our choices wrong<br \/>\n(More major and less minor)<\/p>\n<p>Did the reflection break<br \/>\n(Or was it always thinner)<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe climate writes in gradients<br \/>\nNot equal left and right<br \/>\nFeedbacks amplify the uneven<br \/>\nInto day and night<\/p>\n<p>What once was neatly mirrored<br \/>\nAcross assumed constraints<br \/>\nNow leans toward amplification<br \/>\nOf asymmetry and strain<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nOne side<br \/>\n(Begins to win)<br \/>\nOne side<br \/>\n(Loses skin)<br \/>\nBalance fades<br \/>\n(From within)<br \/>\nThe shift is happening<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<br \/>\nWere our choices wrong<br \/>\n(More major and less minor)<\/p>\n<p>Did the system tilt<br \/>\n(Without us seeing clearer)<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Bass, Sparse Piano, Ambient Drone]<br \/>\nSymmetry is an assumption<br \/>\nOf reversible design<br \/>\nBut feedback breaks reversibility<br \/>\nOver nonlinear time<\/p>\n<p>Once a small deviation<br \/>\nIs allowed to persist<br \/>\nThe system stops returning<br \/>\nTo the equilibrium it missed<\/p>\n<p>[Build]<br \/>\nTilt becomes direction<br \/>\n(Direction becomes law)<br \/>\nLaw becomes trajectory<br \/>\n(Becomes a guiding flaw)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Distorted Guitar, Rising Synth, Irregular Drums]<br \/>\n[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<br \/>\nWhat we thought was balance<br \/>\n(Becomes ever clearer)<\/p>\n<p>No equal return<br \/>\n(No simple divider)<br \/>\nIs our symmetry gone<br \/>\n(Have we cracked our mirror)<\/p>\n<p>Were our choices wrong<br \/>\n(Or just nonlinear)<br \/>\nThe system bends<br \/>\n(Beyond the familiar)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Slow Piano, Fading Synth]<br \/>\nA mirror only reflects symmetry&#8230;<br \/>\nuntil it breaks.<br \/>\nThen it reveals&#8230;<br \/>\nthe asymmetry that was always there to take<br \/>\n[Silence]<br \/>\nSymmetry gone&#8230;<br \/>\n(So long)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Cracked-Windshield\/\">Cracked Windshield<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental: Detuned Piano, Pulsing Bass, Fractured Synth Pads, Slow Industrial Percussion] [Intro] [Spoken Vocal] Symmetry is what we assume when the world feels balanced. When forces cancel. When systems mirror themselves across time. (Suddenly losing rhythm and rhyme) Comin&#8217; on nonlinear systems&#8230; rarely stay symmetric for long. (So here&#8217;s the song&#8230;.) 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