{"id":55583,"date":"2026-09-20T13:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55583"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:25:55","slug":"present-tense-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/20\/present-tense-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Tense (Album)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Present<\/p>\n

Present Tense<\/div>\n

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From the album “Present Tense<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Present Tense<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nRight now\u2026
\n(Right here!)
\nSomehow\u2026
\n(Raises fear?)<\/p>\n

Not yesterday\u2026
\n(Not tomorrow\u2026)
\nToday
\n(Hence:)
\nPresent tense!<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nYesterday\u2019s gone
\nTomorrow\u2019s not here
\nAll the while tomorrow
\nDraws near<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nIs the present tense
\n(Tense)
\nIs the state of the state
\n(Irate)<\/p>\n

Are you presently tense
\n(In the present tense?)<\/p>\n

[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam Interlude, Percussion Solo]<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe present is tense
\nWhen the pressure is high
\nEverybody\u2019s watchin\u2019
\nThe numbers fry<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nPresent tense!
\n(Tense!)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the state of the state?
\n(Irate!)<\/p>\n

Present tense!
\n(Tense!)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the state of the state?<\/p>\n

Are we presently tense?
\n(Presently tense!)<\/p>\n

Or just pretending
\n(Everything\u2019s fine?)<\/p>\n

Forever defending
\n(Me, my, mine)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIs it a grammar lesson?
\n(Is it?)<\/p>\n

Is it a state of mind?
\n(Bad habit?)<\/p>\n

Is it the state of the state?
\n(Irate!)<\/p>\n

Or all of the above?
\n(Have we forgot love?)<\/p>\n

[Break]
\nRight now!
\n(Not later!)<\/p>\n

Not before!
\n(Once more!)<\/p>\n

Right now!
\n(Hence:)
\nPresent!
\n(Tense!)<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nIs the present tense
\n(Tense)
\nIs the state of the state
\n(Irate)<\/p>\n

Are you presently tense
\n(In the present tense?)<\/p>\n

Is the present tense
\n(Tense)<\/p>\n

Or is it just the debate
\n(We communicate?)<\/p>\n

Are you presently tense
\n(In the present tense?)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nIs the present tense
\n(Tense)
\nIs the state of the state
\n(Irate)<\/p>\n

Are you presently tense
\n(In the present tense?)<\/p>\n

[Whisper]
\n(Hence:)
\nAre you presently tense?<\/p>\n

#26 Jerk Surge<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nTwenty-six!
\n(What?)
\nJerk surge!
\n(What was that?)
\nTake a chance\u2026
\n(Here we go!)
\nDance!<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nSomething\u2019s coming through the circuit
\nSomething\u2019s moving way too fast
\nFeel it twitching in the system
\nFeel the future hit the past<\/p>\n

First you think you\u2019ve got it handled
\nThen the signal starts to switch
\nOne little unexpected movement
\nAnd the whole thing makes you twitch
\n(Twitch, twitch, twitch)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nReady?
\n(Ready!)
\nSteady?
\n(No!)
\nSomething\u2019s coming\u2026
\n(Here we go!)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nGet your 26 fix
\n(Jerk surge)
\nTake a chance
\n(A modern dance)
\nSplurge
\n(26 jerk surge)<\/p>\n

First
\n(You get completely)
\nThen you jerk a knee
\n(Real, real fast)
\nLike whiplash!
\n(Splash!)
\nSplurge
\n(26 jerk surge)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nOne-two-three and then you stumble
\nFour-five-six and lose the beat
\nSeven-eight and something\u2019s jumping
\nNine-ten underneath your feet<\/p>\n

Eleven-twelve, the rhythm\u2019s shifting
\nThirteen-fourteen, don\u2019t ask why
\nFifteen-sixteen, something\u2019s jerking
\nSeventeen\u2014it\u2019s passing by!<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nJerk surge!
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nFeel the jolt!
\n(Feel the jolt!)
\nSomething\u2019s moving
\n(Out of control!)<\/p>\n

Take a chance!
\n(Modern dance!)
\nMove your feet
\n(Advance!)<\/p>\n

Twenty-six!
\n(Why twenty-six?)
\nIn the know!
\n(Let\u2019s go!)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nJah, jah, jah
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nJerk!
\n(Urge!)
\nJerk!
\n(Surge!)<\/p>\n

Left!
\n(Right!)
\nUp!
\n(Down!)<\/p>\n

Fast!
\n(Real fast!)
\nWhiplash!
\n(Splash!)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t stand still\u2026
\n(Use freewill!)
\nUntil\u2026<\/p>\n

[Break]
\nFirst you get completely\u2026
\n(Out of your mind)
\nThen you jerk a knee!
\n(The funny bone you\u2019ll find)
\nReal, real fast!
\n(Like whiplash!)<\/p>\n

Twenty-six!
\n(That\u2019s the fix!)
\nTwenty-six!
\n(That\u2019s the trick!)
\nJah, jah, jah
\n(Jerk surge!)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nJerk surge!
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nFeel it hit!
\n(Feel it hit!)
\nTake a chance
\n(A modern dance!)
\nDon\u2019t resist!
\n(Don\u2019t resist!)<\/p>\n

Twenty-six!
\n(Get your fix!)
\nSplurge!
\n(26 jerk surge!)<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nGet your 26 fix
\n(Jerk surge)
\nTake a chance
\n(A modern dance)
\nSplurge
\n(26 jerk surge)
\nJah, jah, jah
\n(Jerk surge!)<\/p>\n

First
\n(You get completely)
\n\u2026 hit with reality\u2026<\/p>\n

Then you knee-jerk
\n(Twerk)
\nHit that funny bone
\n(Now take it on home!)
\nFuture to past\u2026
\n(Real, real fast)
\nLike whiplash!
\n(Splash!)
\nSplurge
\n(26 jerk surge)<\/p>\n

Twenty-six!
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nTwenty-six!
\n(Jerk surge!)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBy the year 2 aught twenty-six
\n(We learned the twitch)
\nThe jerk surge
\n(Due to over urge)<\/p>\n

When it jerks\u2026
\n(You move!)<\/p>\n

Feel the splurge\u2026
\n(And groove!)<\/p>\n

Twenty-six\u2026
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nJah, jah, jah
\n(Jerk surge!)
\nJah, jah, jah
\n(Jerk surge!)<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s new release \u201c#26 Jerk Surge\u201d is a lil\u2019 dance ditty inspired by tonight\u2019s homework assignment \u201c2022\u20132026 Jerk Surge\u201d. A new dance craze influenced by all the versions of Locomotion, from Little Eva to Grand Funk to Kylie, plus Funk #49 by Joe Walsh. It attempts to explain the climate jerk experienced in 2026 as a cultural experiment experience. Everybody\u2019s doin\u2019 it.<\/p>\n


\n\"Albedo\u2013Cloud\u2013Ocean
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n

About the Song<\/p>\n

Climate Jerk Surge: Albedo\u2013Cloud\u2013Ocean Heat Content Triad<\/h3>\n

A 2026 study found that the recent change in climate-system dynamics is being expressed not simply as continued warming, but as increasing synchronization among multiple radiative and thermal feedback pathways.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning most notably around 2022, an increasingly interconnected pattern emerges among six major climate-system variables: cloud cover, planetary albedo, sea ice extent, atmospheric water vapor, ocean heat content, and surface temperature.<\/p>\n

The three largest interaction paths form a closely connected Albedo\u2013Cloud\u2013Ocean Heat Content triad:<\/strong><\/p>\n