[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Dark Synth Atmosphere, Slow Burning Guitar, Deep Bass Pulse, Distant Thunder, Echoing Drums]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Look to the sky…
(Where blue has faded)
Breathe in the air…
(The smoke has invaded)
[Refrain]
In a haze…
(For days and days and days)
The world… ablaze
(Does it yet amaze)
[Verse 1]
The summer sun is burning bright
But skies are covered out of sight
A distant fire across the land
Moves with the wind we cannot command
Smoke travels hundreds of miles
Changing skies for countless lives
A warning carried through the air
That something different waits out there
[Pre-Chorus]
Heat builds high
(Drought remains)
Fire grows
(Through the plains)
[Chorus]
In a haze
(We disappear)
Through the smoke
(The skies aren’t clear)
Ash falls down
(From far away)
A changing world
(From day to day)
In a haze…
(For days and days and days)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Heavy Bass Groove, Organ Swells, Synth Smoke Effects, Slow Driving Drums]
[Verse 2]
The heat dome locks the summer in
The dry winds fan the flames again
Forests waiting, fields so dry
Smoke rises into the sky
Canada burns, the north ignites
Minnesota glows beneath the lights
A season once considered rare
Now returns year after year
[Pre-Chorus]
More intense
(More extreme)
More frequent
(Than it seemed)
[Bridge]
What was unusual
(Becomes the norm)
What was distant
(Comes in the storm)
The smoke reminds us
(Every breath)
Climate change
(Is not abstract)
[Breakdown]
[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
A wildfire does not stay where it starts.
The smoke travels.
The impacts spread.
The atmosphere connects us all.
(After all… we caused the fall.)
[Final Chorus]
In a haze…
(For days and days and days)
The world… ablaze
(Does it yet amaze)
Through the smoke
(Through the flame)
Every summer
(Feels the same)
In a haze…
(We watch the skies)
As the fire season
(Continues to rise)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Slow Guitar Echo, Distant Fire Crackle, Deep Organ Fade, Wind Effects]
In a haze…
For days…
And days…
And days…
About the Song: Summer of 2026
Thick plumes of choking wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota are blanketing the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, triggering dangerous air quality alerts for more than 100 million people. This severe environmental event highlights the real-time impacts of climate change, as an extreme summer heat dome has combined with drought conditions to fuel an unprecedented outbreak of out-of-control blazes across several Canadian provinces.
This has become an annual event since 2023.
From the album “Extreme Energy“