{"id":33928,"date":"2024-05-10T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=33928"},"modified":"2024-05-10T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:56:49","slug":"consequences-smunch-sequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/05\/10\/consequences-smunch-sequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Consequences Smunch-sequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp3\"> Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp4\"> Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Man: massive object<br \/>\nMan: massive destruction<br \/>\nPlight at the speed of light<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHow far do you think we are<br \/>\nFrom the nearest star<br \/>\n(Other than the sun,<br \/>\nCan we make the run?)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nFour slightly more<br \/>\nLight years&#8230;<br \/>\nBut, I have my fears<br \/>\nSo, before we sojourn<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d better learn<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nConsequences<br \/>\nUnder those circumstances<br \/>\nAs I get fatter&#8230;<br \/>\nWill my matter matter?<\/p>\n<p>Quick!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nHow fast can I last?<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Flute Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nToo far that we are<br \/>\nFrom the nearest star<br \/>\n(Other than the sun,<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t make that run)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nLight years&#8230;<br \/>\nCaught in the gears<br \/>\nRelative to relativity<br \/>\nI see, I see<br \/>\n(I see the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nConsequences<br \/>\nUnder those circumstances<br \/>\nAs I get fatter&#8230;<br \/>\nMy matter will splatter<\/p>\n<p>Quick!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nSlow down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nThat far, we&#8217;ll mare<br \/>\nFrom star to the nearest star<br \/>\n(Other than the sun,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d come undone)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nLight years&#8230;<br \/>\nCaught in the gears<br \/>\nRelative to relativity<br \/>\nI see, I see<br \/>\n(I see the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nConsequences<br \/>\nUnder those circumstances<br \/>\nAs I get fatter&#8230;<br \/>\nMy matter will splatter<\/p>\n<p>Quick!<br \/>\n[Break]<br \/>\nSlow down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nWhat would the consequences of a human reaching the speed of light be?<br \/>\nThe energy required to accelerate a massive object to the speed of light would likely have catastrophic effects on the surrounding environment, potentially causing massive destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The closest star, Proxima Centauri, is approximately 4.2 to 4.4 light years away. Therefore, we do not recommend making a run there at the speed of light.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;Nowadays&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp3 Consequences-Smunch-sequences.mp4 Man: massive object Man: massive destruction Plight at the speed of light [Verse 1] How far do you think we are From the nearest star (Other than the sun, Can we make the run?) [Bridge] Four slightly more Light years&#8230; But, I have my fears So, before we sojourn We&#8217;d better learn [Chorus] [&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":[3,9,14,3955],"tags":[546,563,3962],"class_list":["post-33928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-nowadays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33928","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=33928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33944,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33928\/revisions\/33944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}