{"id":667,"date":"2021-05-23T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T09:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegincident.com\/?page_id=667"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T10:23:41","slug":"ok-is-the-new-great","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/lyrics\/ok-is-the-new-great\/","title":{"rendered":"OK Is the New Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the song:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5MsKg82nGtIBc1GghcCIoG?si=8f1ab8a70612407b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/thegincident\/porkchops-and-teardrops-the-gincident-live-in-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other streaming platforms<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PodECuwZOag\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/LawnchairRodeo\/song\/12837222-ok-is-the-new-great\">Lawnchair Rodeo Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was out on the town, all alone<br \/>\nWent back to our place, no one home<br \/>\nMade dinner for me, when it used to be we<br \/>\nHard times, though, are a matter of degree<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not the loneliest night I&#8217;ve had to date<br \/>\nAnd something darker could lie in wait<\/p>\n<p>Like red&#8217;s the new black, and black&#8217;s the new blue<br \/>\nIf awake&#8217;s the new sleep, alone&#8217;s the new two<br \/>\nI feel OK, so I&#8217;ll celebrate<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause OK &#8230; is the new great<\/p>\n<p>The kitchen is empty, the bedroom is cold<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s moved on to another pillow I&#8217;m told<br \/>\nHer perfume still lingers, it&#8217;s in the air<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m over that now, I don&#8217;t really care<br \/>\nI was number one, now I don&#8217;t even rate<br \/>\nI counted on love, did I miscalculate?<\/p>\n<p>Like red&#8217;s the new black, and black&#8217;s the new blue<br \/>\nIf awake&#8217;s the new sleep, alone&#8217;s the new two<br \/>\nYeah, I feel OK, if a bit desolate<br \/>\nAnd OK &#8230; is the new great<\/p>\n<p>When love is long past its sell-by date<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re on opposite sides of the Bering Strait<br \/>\nWhen pleasure is pain and passion is hate<br \/>\nHave you really suffered the worst possible fate?<br \/>\nAdmit to yourself, don&#8217;t dissimulate<br \/>\nOK &#8230; is the new great<\/p>\n<p>When I reach the depths of despair<br \/>\nI think that I&#8217;m done, nothing more I can bear<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll sit back and think it coulda been worse<br \/>\nI may be stuck, but I ain&#8217;t in reverse<br \/>\nSo if you ask me about my mental state<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll tell you the hurt will dissipate<br \/>\nMy perfect&#8217;s now middling, each night&#8217;s a blind date<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll soldier on, won&#8217;t capitulate<br \/>\nI feel OK, won&#8217;t exaggerate<br \/>\nI feel OK, let me tell you straight<br \/>\nI feel OK, so I&#8217;ll celebrate<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause OK &#8230; is the new great<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the song: Spotify Other streaming platforms YouTube Lawnchair Rodeo Version I was out on the town, all alone Went back to our place, no one home Made dinner for me, when it used to be we Hard times, though, are a matter of degree It&#8217;s not the loneliest night I&#8217;ve had to date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":462,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-667","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667\/revisions\/695"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegincident.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}