{"id":54038,"date":"2026-06-13T14:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54038"},"modified":"2026-06-13T14:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T14:11:38","slug":"off-his-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/13\/off-his-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Off His Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Funk-rock groove, punchy bass, distorted electric guitar riffs, tight drum kit, occasional siren-like synth stabs.]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Watch him go)<br \/>\nNo leash<br \/>\n(Whoa, oh, oh)<\/p>\n<p>Something snapped<br \/>\n(It&#8217;s gonna blow)<br \/>\nBetter step back<br \/>\n(Let it show)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nUsed to be calm<br \/>\n(Used to sit still)<br \/>\nNow it\u2019s all chaos<br \/>\n(Against the will)<\/p>\n<p>Circling faster<br \/>\n(Barking loud)<br \/>\nLost in the motion<br \/>\n(Running proud)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nToo much pressure<br \/>\n(Breaking free)<br \/>\nToo much tension<br \/>\n(In the energy)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nActing unrestrained<br \/>\n(Has he got no brain?)<br \/>\nAggressive&#8230; or out of control<br \/>\n(Impressive? Nooo, I&#8217;m gonna roll)<\/p>\n<p>Acting unchained<br \/>\n(Lost in the game)<br \/>\nBreaking loose<br \/>\n(From every chain)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThat dog&#8217;s gone mad<br \/>\n(Off his chain)<br \/>\nThings lookin&#8217; bad<br \/>\n(Won\u2019t remain)<\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ve had enough fun<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m gonna run)<br \/>\nRun, run, run<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nNeighborhood shaking<br \/>\n(From the sound)<br \/>\nPacing in circles<br \/>\n(All around)<\/p>\n<p>Fence line rattling<br \/>\n(Metal and bone)<br \/>\nNo longer answering<br \/>\n(The call of home)<\/p>\n<p>Is it instinct?<br \/>\n(Is it fear?)<br \/>\nOr just something<br \/>\n(That got too near?)<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nSignal\u2019s gone<br \/>\n(Control is thin)<br \/>\nSomething\u2019s shifted<br \/>\n(Under the skin)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nActing unrestrained<br \/>\n(Has he got no brain?)<br \/>\nAggressive&#8230; or out of control<br \/>\n(Impressive? Nooo, I&#8217;m gonna roll)<\/p>\n<p>No direction<br \/>\n(Only pain)<br \/>\nRunning wild<br \/>\n(Off the chain)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nPush it far enough<br \/>\n(It will bend)<br \/>\nTill the beginning<br \/>\n(Meets the end)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Guitar solo: sharp bends, chaotic rhythm stabs]<br \/>\n[Synth siren rise]<br \/>\n[Drum breakdown]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nActing unrestrained<br \/>\n(No longer contained)<br \/>\nAggressive&#8230; or out of control<br \/>\n(The system\u2019s derailed from its role)<\/p>\n<p>Acting unrestrained<br \/>\n(No longer tamed)<br \/>\nRunning wild<br \/>\n(Unnamed)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThat dog&#8217;s gone mad<br \/>\n(Off his chain)<br \/>\nThings lookin&#8217; bad<br \/>\n(Will not remain)<\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019ve had enough fun<br \/>\n(I&#8217;m gonna run)<br \/>\nRun, run, run<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nOff his chain&#8230;<br \/>\n(Off his chain&#8230;)<br \/>\nGone again&#8230;<br \/>\n(Off his chain&#8230;)<br \/>\n&#8230; lame membrane.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Unwritten\/\">Unwritten<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Funk-rock groove, punchy bass, distorted electric guitar riffs, tight drum kit, occasional siren-like synth stabs.] [Intro] Hey! (Watch him go) No leash (Whoa, oh, oh) Something snapped (It&#8217;s gonna blow) Better step back (Let it show) [Verse 1] Used to be calm (Used to sit still) Now it\u2019s all chaos (Against the will) [&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-54038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54038","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=54038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54039,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54038\/revisions\/54039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}