[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Rolling Thunder, Heavy Bass, Organ Swell, Distorted Guitar, Rising Synth, Building Drums]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
The sky grows dark…
(The kingdom forms)
A frozen crown…
(Inside the storm)
[Refrain]
All hail the king?
(But, here’s the thing)
It is hail hell
(King’s not so swell)
[Verse 1]
High above where cold winds blow
Tiny crystals start to grow
Lifted higher, falling low
Round and round they always go
[Pre-Chorus]
Up they go
(Down they fall)
Growing bigger
(After all)
[Chorus]
All hail!
(Hear the sound)
Ice comes crashing
(To the ground)
Breaking glass
(Bending steel)
Nature shows
(What storms can wield)
All hail the king?
(But, here’s the thing)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Heavy Bass Groove, Driving Drums, Organ Chords, Crackling Synth Effects]
[Verse 2]
Warm moist air begins to rise
Building towers to the skies
Power hidden in the cloud
Soon announced both hard and loud
[Pre-Chorus]
More energy
(Stronger lift)
Bigger stones
(The climate’s gift)
[Bridge]
One more trip
(Through freezing air)
One more layer
(Waiting there)
Until the weight
(Becomes too great)
Then the kingdom…
(Meets its fate)
[Breakdown]
[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
The stronger the storm…
…the larger the crown.
[Final Chorus]
All hail the king?
(But, here’s the thing)
It is hail hell
(King’s not so swell)
Oh, well (Oh, well)
Ice comes down
(Fast and hard)
Leaving every
(Yard well scarred)
Windows break
(Rooftops ring)
That’s the price
(Of hail’s king)
All hail!
(All hail!)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Thunder Fades, Echo Guitar, Organ Sustain, Falling Ice Sound Effects]
All hail…
(The king…)
Or maybe wail…
…all hail the storm
(The new norm.)
About the Song: Giant Hail and the Nonlinear Escalation of Severe Convective Storms
Hailstorms are among the most energetic convective weather systems on Earth. They develop inside powerful thunderstorms where intense upward air currents repeatedly lift developing ice particles through layers of supercooled water.
Each trip through the storm adds another layer of ice. If the updraft remains strong enough, hailstones continue growing until gravity finally overcomes the upward force. The stronger the storm, the larger the hail.
Large hail has become one of the fastest-growing sources of weather-related insurance losses worldwide, producing billions of dollars in damage each year
From the album “Extreme Energy“