{"id":54541,"date":"2026-07-13T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54541"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:58:01","slug":"extreme-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/13\/extreme-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Deep Bass Pulse, Thunder Drum Rolls, Rising Synth, Distorted Guitar Swells, Organ Drone]<br \/>\n[Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nSomething&#8217;s changing&#8230;<br \/>\n(Feel the strain)<br \/>\nSomething&#8217;s building&#8230;<br \/>\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Overtakes me)<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Severe intensity)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHeat goes in and doesn&#8217;t hide<br \/>\nThe system feels the tide<br \/>\nAir and oceans store the gain<br \/>\nThen release it back again<\/p>\n<p>Storms grow larger, rain falls hard<br \/>\nFires race from yard to yard<br \/>\nDroughts expand and rivers fade<br \/>\nNew extremes are being made<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nMore than heat<br \/>\n(More than warm)<br \/>\nMore than numbers<br \/>\n(In a storm)<\/p>\n<p>Add more energy and see<br \/>\nFluctuations multiply<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Overtakes me)<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Severe intensity)<\/p>\n<p>More storms<br \/>\n(More droughts)<br \/>\nMore fires<br \/>\n(More floods)<br \/>\nMore swings<br \/>\n(Of every kind)<\/p>\n<p>What was rare<br \/>\n(Comes around)<br \/>\nWhat was distant<br \/>\n(Is now found)<\/p>\n<p>Extreme energy<br \/>\n(All around me)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Organ Stabs, Cymbal Crashes, Synth Lead Mimicking Sirens]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nOnce a century, they said<br \/>\nNow an annual visit instead<br \/>\nLonger lasting, spreading wide<br \/>\nNo place left to fully hide<\/p>\n<p>Coasts and valleys, plains and hills<br \/>\nFace intensifying drills<br \/>\nPatterns once considered strange<br \/>\nNow describe accelerating change<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nHas there ever<br \/>\n(Been this way?)<br \/>\nThis much change<br \/>\n(In one display?)<\/p>\n<p>Speed and scale<br \/>\n(At once combined)<br \/>\nAcross the Earth<br \/>\n(Of humankind)<\/p>\n<p>No comparison remains<br \/>\nWithin our memory&#8217;s domains<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Pulsing Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe laws of physics never vote.<br \/>\nThey simply operate.<\/p>\n<p>What we add&#8230;<br \/>\n(Changes everything)<br \/>\nWhat we burn&#8230;<br \/>\n(Fuels the swing)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Overtakes me)<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Severe intensity)<\/p>\n<p>More frequent<br \/>\n(More intense)<br \/>\nMore persistent<br \/>\n(More immense)<\/p>\n<p>Heat the system<br \/>\n(Watch it bend)<br \/>\nPush it farther<br \/>\n(See the trend)<\/p>\n<p>Extreme energy<br \/>\n(Overtakes me)<br \/>\nExtreme energy<br \/>\n(Severe intensity)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Thunder Drums Fade, Sustained Organ, Echo Guitar, Synth Dissolves Into Silence]<br \/>\nExtreme energy&#8230;<br \/>\n(All around me)<br \/>\nExtreme energy&#8230;<br \/>\n(Severe intensity)<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severe weather is becoming more frequent, more intense, and more persistent, with extreme events lasting longer and affecting larger areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Extreme-Energy-Events\">What Are Extreme \u201cEnergy\u201d Events<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"float:right; width:50%; margin:0 0 20px 20px; text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Energy-Transformation.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Energy-Transformation.png\" alt=\"Climate Change Energy Transfer\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-Advanced.html#extreme-energy-events\">Extreme Energy Events<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We are not saying that the Earth&#8217;s temperature is just going to rise. In general, as energy is added to a system, the fluctuations in the system increase. So, we expect more storms, more droughts, more wildfires, more floods, more fluctuations of all kinds. What we are saying is that weather conditions will become more volatile due to the impact of humans,&#8221; said Sidd Mukherjee and Daniel Brouse (2004)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What used to be a once-in-a-hundred-year event is now an annual event.&#8221; (2017)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u201cHas Earth ever experienced a climate change with this combination of speed, acceleration, and simultaneous disruption across Earth?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A: No.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"float:right; width:50%; margin:0 0 20px 20px; text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Extreme-Climate-Events.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Extreme-Climate-Events.png\" alt=\"Extreme Weather: Where We Are\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Extreme Weather: Where We Are<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is no comparison in the geological record. The present is revealing a system changing at a rate that may be outside the range experienced throughout human civilization and perhaps for millions of years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: \u201cWhat Are the Immediate Impacts?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A: More extreme weather.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Severe weather is becoming\u00a0<strong>more frequent, more intense, and more persistent, with extreme events lasting longer and affecting larger areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0We cannot control the laws of physics, but we can control the amount of heat-trapping gases we add to the atmosphere. The most effective action is to phase out fossil fuel combustion as quickly as possible. (2026)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-Advanced.html#extreme-energy-events\">Extreme Energy Events<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Extreme-Energy\/\">Extreme Energy<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Deep Bass Pulse, Thunder Drum Rolls, Rising Synth, Distorted Guitar Swells, Organ Drone] [Spoken Vocal] Something&#8217;s changing&#8230; (Feel the strain) Something&#8217;s building&#8230; (Again and again) [Refrain] Extreme energy (Overtakes me) Extreme energy (Severe intensity) [Verse 1] Heat goes in and doesn&#8217;t hide The [&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],"tags":[3901,4239],"class_list":["post-54541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","tag-cliamte-change","tag-extreme-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54541","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=54541"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54548,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54541\/revisions\/54548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}