{"id":55294,"date":"2026-09-02T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55294"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:30:09","slug":"hitting-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/02\/hitting-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Tight Drums; Rhythmic, Urgent Groove]<br \/>\n[Spoken]<br \/>\nDid you see&#8230;<br \/>\n(The energy)<br \/>\nComedy&#8230;<br \/>\n(Or tragedy?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nThe energy is everywhere<br \/>\nMoving through the air<br \/>\nHeat is rising<br \/>\nWinds are flying<br \/>\nWater&#8217;s going who-knows-where<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe energy<br \/>\n(Is hitting me)<br \/>\nFrom every side<br \/>\n(Both far and wide)<\/p>\n<p>A climate primate<br \/>\n(Getting hit)<br \/>\n&#8230; quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHow is it hitting you?<br \/>\n(How is it hitting me?)<br \/>\nEnergy<br \/>\n(Dramatically)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEvaporation till saturation<br \/>\nPulling the heat high<br \/>\n(Way across the sky)<br \/>\nHow long will it stay&#8230;<br \/>\nWaiting for the day<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nThe energy<br \/>\n(Is hitting me)<br \/>\nFrom every side<br \/>\n(Both far and wide)<\/p>\n<p>A climate primate<br \/>\n(Getting hit)<br \/>\n&#8230; quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Heavy Guitar Riff, Hammond Organ, Bass and Drums; Sudden Stop-and-Start Rhythms]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nEnergy&#8230; transformed!<\/p>\n<p>[Response]<br \/>\nTRANSFORMED!<\/p>\n<p>Energy&#8230; transported!<\/p>\n<p>[Response]<br \/>\nTRANSPORTED!<\/p>\n<p>Store, store store!<br \/>\n(Some more)<\/p>\n<p>[Response]<br \/>\nSTORE!<br \/>\nRELEASED<br \/>\n(Doesn&#8217;t cease)<\/p>\n<p>[Spoken]<br \/>\nNever created.<\/p>\n<p>Never destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>[Pause]<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Where does it go?<\/p>\n<p>[Whisper]<\/p>\n<p>(You&#8217;ll soon know)<\/p>\n<p>[Rap Vocal Break]<br \/>\nHit!<br \/>\n(Hit!)<\/p>\n<p>From the side!<\/p>\n<p>Wide!<br \/>\n(Wide!)<\/p>\n<p>Far and wide!<\/p>\n<p>Where it goes<br \/>\nNobody knows?<br \/>\n(Feel the flows)<\/p>\n<p>Pour!<\/p>\n<p>More!<br \/>\n(More!)<\/p>\n<p>Knocking at the door!<\/p>\n<p>Extreme&#8230;<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>Primate!<br \/>\n(Irate!)<\/p>\n<p>Climate!<\/p>\n<p>Getting hit<br \/>\nQuite a bit!<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Music Drops to Bass Pulse and Sparse Piano]<\/p>\n<p>The question&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is no longer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Whether the energy exists.<\/p>\n<p>[Pause]<\/p>\n<p>It does.<\/p>\n<p>[Pause]<\/p>\n<p>The question is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>How&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is that energy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hitting you?<br \/>\n(Tell me do)<\/p>\n<p>[Build]<br \/>\n[Drums Enter Slowly; Guitar and Hammond Rise]<br \/>\nThe energy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Synergy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>HITTING!<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nThe energy<br \/>\n(Is hitting me)<br \/>\nFrom every side<br \/>\n(Both far and wide)<\/p>\n<p>A climate primate<br \/>\n(Getting hit)<br \/>\n&#8230; quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>[Climactic Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Full Progressive-Rock Finale: Massive Guitar, Bass, Hammond Organ, Synth and Drums; Rhythmic Repetition of the Main Hook]<br \/>\n[Spoken Over Instrumental]<\/p>\n<p>Energy cannot be created.<\/p>\n<p>Energy cannot be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Not the norm&#8230; not the mean<br \/>\n(Mean extreme)<\/p>\n<p>[Pause]<\/p>\n<p>And eventually&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Destructively<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<\/p>\n<p>HOW IS CLIMATE ENERGY HITTING YOU?<br \/>\n(Tell me, do)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Fade: Guitar Feedback, Deep Bass and Distant Thunder]<\/p>\n<p>The energy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is hitting me.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a bit.<br \/>\n(Feel the hit)<\/p>\n<p>About the Song<br \/>\nEnergy cannot be created or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>But it can be transformed.<\/p>\n<p>It can be transported.<\/p>\n<p>It can be stored.<\/p>\n<p>And it can be released.<\/p>\n<p>The climate system is doing all four.<\/p>\n<p>The question is no longer whether the energy exists.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: How is that energy hitting you?<br \/>\nHow Is Climate Energy Hitting You?<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Fluidization\/\">Fluidization<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro] [Driving Bass, Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Tight Drums; Rhythmic, Urgent Groove] [Spoken] Did you see&#8230; (The energy) Comedy&#8230; (Or tragedy?) [Verse 1] The energy is everywhere Moving through the air Heat is rising Winds are flying Water&#8217;s going who-knows-where [Refrain] The energy (Is hitting me) From every side (Both far and wide) A [&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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294","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=55294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55296,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55294\/revisions\/55296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}