LYRICS
\nThe air pollution is fogging up the sky
\nHard to deny
\nThe ocean’s rising forever nigh
\nHard to deny<\/p>\n
Perpetuate the lie
\nPropagate the con
\nAnd the band played on
\nYou’re in the middle
\nWith Nero on fiddle
\nAnd the band played on<\/p>\n
For sure glaciers going bye-bye
\nHard to deny
\nWildfires burn high, high, high
\nHard to deny<\/p>\n
Perpetuate the lie
\nPropagate the con
\nAnd the band played on
\nYou’re in the middle
\nWith Nero on fiddle
\nAnd the band played on<\/p>\n
Our reservoir ran dry
\nHard to deny
\nA flood of mud up to the eye \/ I
\nHard to deny<\/p>\n
Perpetuate the lie
\nPropagate the con
\nAnd the band played on
\nYou’re in the middle
\nWith Nero on fiddle
\nAnd the band played on<\/p>\n
Chords: A\/7 \/ D E A \/ C G \/ G A; Part II @ 108 BPM
\nInstrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)<\/p>\n
The song portrays a poignant commentary on the devastating impacts of climate change with a reference to Nero, the Roman emperor famously associated with fiddling while Rome burned. The lyrics emphasize the visible consequences of environmental degradation, such as air pollution and rising oceans, and draw parallels to historical denial and inaction. The repeated refrain, “And the band played on,” suggests a metaphorical continuation of frivolous activities despite the impending crisis, highlighting the negligence and perpetuation of misinformation. The imagery of glaciers melting, wildfires raging, and reservoirs running dry vividly captures the urgency and severity of the climate crisis, making it “hard to deny.” Overall, the song serves as a powerful call to acknowledge the environmental challenges and take meaningful action.<\/p>\n
Climate fools that continue to deny and lie.\u00a0 Humans will have difficulty adapting to climate change<\/strong>.\u00a0 In 2023, I wrote the paper, “Climate Change: How Long Is ‘Ever’?<\/a>“. When we wrote the referenced Tunnel Under Thesis (1995), we forecast these extreme climate events would not happen for centuries. We underestimated Man’s ignorance and arrogance. Fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to set record highs. Humans have caused chain-reactions resulting in domino-effects, snowball effects, and feedback loops<\/a>.\u00a0 Events we thought would not happen in our lifetimes are happening now. The facts are hard to deny.<\/p>\n LYRICS The air pollution is fogging up the sky Hard to deny The ocean’s rising forever nigh Hard to deny Perpetuate the lie Propagate the con And the band played on You’re in the middle With Nero on fiddle And the band played on For sure glaciers going bye-bye Hard to deny Wildfires burn high, […]<\/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":[6,9,14,3878,19,3810],"tags":[163,3934,3933,3932],"class_list":["post-31238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chords","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-rawhide","category-sir-vent","category-speciman","tag-climate-change","tag-open-wide","tag-quite-on-the-set","tag-rawhide-away"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32232,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238\/revisions\/32232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}From the album: The Echoes of Earth’s Wrath:
\nA Musical Journey Through Mythical Metaphors on Human-Induced Climate Change<\/font><\/a><\/h3>\nWhat you can do today. How to save the planet.<\/a><\/h3>\n
A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"