{"id":54563,"date":"2026-07-14T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54563"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:54:38","slug":"violent-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/07\/14\/violent-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Reign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Deep Thunder Bass, Rolling Drums, Dark Piano Chords, Rising Synth Atmosphere, Distorted Guitar Swells]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nThe clouds gather&#8230;<br \/>\n(Energy rising)<br \/>\nThe waters come&#8230;<br \/>\n(No more hiding)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe rain&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is gonna reign over me)<br \/>\nAll pain<br \/>\n(No gain)<br \/>\nThe troubles we could see<\/p>\n<p>If we let the violent reign<br \/>\n(&#8230; remain&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nRain has always fallen down<br \/>\nRivers flow through every town<br \/>\nBut the energy has changed<br \/>\nAnd the balance rearranged<br \/>\nWhen the clouds release their load<br \/>\nFloods begin to overflow<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nMore water<br \/>\n(More force)<br \/>\nMore motion<br \/>\n(Off course)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nViolent reign<br \/>\n(Pouring down)<br \/>\nTurns a smile<br \/>\n(Int\u043e a frown)<\/p>\n<p>Heavy drops<br \/>\n(Falling fast)<br \/>\nChanging futures<br \/>\n(Changing past)<\/p>\n<p>Not just rain<br \/>\n(Not the same)<br \/>\nEnergy<br \/>\n(Feeds the game)<\/p>\n<p>If we let<br \/>\n(The violent reign)<br \/>\nRemain&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Heavy Bass Groove, Thunder Drums, Organ Waves, Synth Storm Effects]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWind and water carry weight<br \/>\nSmall increases escalate<br \/>\nRaindrops growing, rivers rise<br \/>\nFloodwaters take by surprise<br \/>\nWhat was once a passing storm<br \/>\nNow can break the strongest form<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nHigher heat<br \/>\n(More supply)<br \/>\nMore moisture<br \/>\n(In the sky)<\/p>\n<p>When it falls<br \/>\n(From above)<br \/>\nComes with force<br \/>\n(Not just love)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTemperature<br \/>\n(Is the clue)<br \/>\nEnergy<br \/>\n(Is what moves through)<\/p>\n<p>Heat becomes<br \/>\n(The storm and sea)<br \/>\nChanging what<br \/>\n(The world can be)<\/p>\n<p>Not only warmer&#8230;<br \/>\n(Not only hot&#8230;)<br \/>\nBut more powerful<br \/>\n(Than we thought)<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<br \/>\nViolent rain&#8230;<br \/>\nNot just more drops.<\/p>\n<p>More energy.<br \/>\nMore water.<br \/>\nMore force.<br \/>\n(Change our course)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nThe rain&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is gonna reign over me)<br \/>\nMore strain<br \/>\n(To gain)<br \/>\nThe troubles we could see<\/p>\n<p>If we let the violent reign<br \/>\n(&#8230; remain&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>More intense<br \/>\n(More extreme)<br \/>\nMore destructive<br \/>\n(Than it seems)<\/p>\n<p>Storms arrive<br \/>\n(From above)<br \/>\nOn the drive<br \/>\n(Drowning out the love)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Heavy Rain Effects, Echo Guitar, Deep Organ, Thunder Rolls Fading Into Silence]<br \/>\nThe rain&#8230;<br \/>\n(Is gonna reign&#8230;)<br \/>\nThe rain&#8230;<br \/>\n(Will remain&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Unless we change&#8230;<br \/>\n(The violent reign.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"float:right; width:50%; margin:0 0 1rem 1.5rem;\">\n  <a href=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Violent-Rain.png\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/global_warming\/pictures\/Violent-Rain.png\"\n      alt=\"The Reign of Violent Rain\"\n      loading=\"lazy\"\n      style=\"display:block; width:100%; height:auto;\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><figcaption style=\"text-align:center; font-size:0.9em;\">\n    The Reign of Violent Rain<br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\n&#8220;Climate change is increasing the amount of energy violent rain events contain, amplifying how much damage they can inflict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The physics of wind and rain are important to understand: their destructive force increases nonlinearly with velocity and is further amplified by density and mass. Even relatively small increases in wind speed or rainfall intensity can produce disproportionately larger impacts and damage.<\/p>\n<p>Many people equate global warming solely with increasing temperatures. This is a deadly misunderstanding. The additional energy accumulating within Earth&#8217;s climate system does not remain simply as heat. It is redistributed throughout the atmosphere and oceans, manifesting in many forms of extreme weather, including floods, stronger storms, atmospheric rivers, and increasingly destructive episodes of violent rain.<\/p>\n<p>Violent rain is not merely heavier rainfall. It is rainfall intensified by the additional energy and moisture now present in the climate system, producing larger raindrops, higher rainfall rates, more intense runoff, and more destructive flooding and erosion.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Violent-Rain.html\">The Reign of Violent Rain<\/a><\/h3>\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 Thunder Bass, Rolling Drums, Dark Piano Chords, Rising Synth Atmosphere, Distorted Guitar Swells] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] The clouds gather&#8230; (Energy rising) The waters come&#8230; (No more hiding) [Refrain] The rain&#8230; (Is gonna reign over me) All pain (No gain) [&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":[163],"class_list":["post-54563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54563","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=54563"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54569,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54563\/revisions\/54569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}