{"id":43393,"date":"2025-05-02T11:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43393"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T11:41:38","slug":"to-the-touch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/05\/02\/to-the-touch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

To-the-Touch-0.mp3<\/a>
\nTo-the-Touch-0.mp4<\/a>
\nTo-the-Touch-I.mp3<\/a>
\nTo-the-Touch-I.mp4<\/a>
\nTo-the-Touch-intro.wav<\/a><\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nHow does it feel
\nTo the touch
\n(For real)
\nHurt much?<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nDid you put your finger to it
\nAnd, if so… is it lit
\nHad you forgot…
\nIt’s way too hot<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHow does it feel
\nTo the touch
\n(For real)
\nHurt much?<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nDid you learn
\nHow to burn
\nDid you earn
\nYour degree…
\nIn degrees
\n(Oh, please)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHow does it feel
\nTo the touch
\n(For real)
\nHurt much?<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nOuch!
\nThe third degree
\n(Is getting to me)
\nBeyond dead
\n(Skin’s dead)
\nI’m tellin’ ya sister
\n(It’s turned to blister)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHow does it feel
\nTo the touch
\n(For real)
\nHurt much?<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBurnt black
\n(Ain’t no growing back)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE
\nOur latest climate model<\/b><\/a> — now incorporating complex social-ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, non-linear system — projects that global temperatures could rise by up to 9\u00b0C (16.2\u00b0F) within this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates, which predicted a 4\u00b0C rise over the next thousand years, and signals a dramatic acceleration of warming. <\/a><\/p>\n

At this level of heating, large regions of the planet will become uninhabitable due to extreme heat, sea level rise, agricultural collapse, and mass migration. Critically, parts of the U.S. are already experiencing wet-bulb temperatures approaching or exceeding 31\u00b0C (87.8\u00b0F)<\/a> — a physiological limit beyond which the human body can no longer regulate its internal temperature, even in the shade with ample water.<\/p>\n

This is no longer a distant threat. The climate system is entering a phase of compound risk and cascading collapse — and we are already seeing the early signs.<\/p>\n

Immediate, radical mitigation and adaptation efforts are now essential to preserve habitable zones, food systems, and public health.<\/p>\n

From the album “To Too Hot<\/a>“<\/h3>\n

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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