{"id":51042,"date":"2026-02-22T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51042"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:43:17","slug":"rewilding-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/02\/22\/rewilding-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Rewilding (Album)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Rewilding<\/p>\n

Rewilding<\/div>\n

<\/a>
\nThe Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rewilding<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nFrom wild…
\n(To mild)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nPave, pave, pave
\n(Man’s slave)
\nNever gave
\n(To the grave)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nFrom wild…
\n(To mild)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh the shame
\n(Of the wild tamer)
\nWilding tame
\n(Nature’s claimer)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nRewilding
\nWild finding<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWow! Plow, plow
\n(Look at man now)
\nNever gave
\n(To his grave)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nFrom wild…
\n(To mild)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh the shame
\n(Of the wild tamer)
\nWilding tame
\n(Nature’s claimer)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nRewilding
\nWild finding<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nOh the shame
\n(Of the wild tamer)
\nMan’s to blame
\n(Nature’s claimer)<\/p>\n

Resurgence<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBack to roots\u2026
\n(To the bloom)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nGrow, grow, grow
\n(Life will show)
\nRivers run
\n(Free from sun)
\nTrees reclaim
\n(Their domain)
\nGrass extends
\n(Beyond our pens)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nBack to roots\u2026
\n(To the bloom)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh the joy
\n(Of the wild returning)
\nNature thrives
\n(Human yearning)<\/p>\n

[Bridge 2]
\nRestore the streams
\n(Reclaim dreams)
\nReturn to wild
\n(Life reconciled)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nBirds on wing
\n(Songs we bring)
\nForests grow
\n(Seeds we sow)
\nMeadows bloom
\n(Chasing gloom)
\nOceans swell
\n(Tales to tell)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nBack to roots\u2026
\n(To the bloom)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh the joy
\n(Of the wild returning)
\nNature thrives
\n(Human yearning)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBack to roots\u2026
\n(Life renewed)
\nWild and free
\n(Reclaimed by you and me)<\/p>\n

Circle of Life<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nRound and round\u2026
\n(No straight line)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nAsh to soil
\n(Endless toil)
\nSeed to tree
\n(Tree to sea)
\nFall and rise
\n(Changing skies)
\nLose to gain
\n(Sun and rain)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nNothing wasted
\n(All is traced)
\nWhat decays
\n(Feeds the days)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCircle of life
\n(Not conquest or strife)
\nBalance the scale
\n(Or systems fail)
\nRound and round
\n(Common ground)<\/p>\n

We were never above it
\n(But part of it)<\/p>\n

Every action returns
\n(The planet learns)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nRiver bends
\n(Does not pretend)
\nForest breathes
\n(Oxygen leaves)
\nOcean turns
\n(Carbon burns)
\nIce will flow
\n(Fast or slow)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nFeedback sings
\n(In widening rings)
\nWhat we take
\n(We remake)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCircle of life
\n(Not conquest or strife)
\nBalance the scale
\n(Or systems fail)
\nRound and round
\n(Common ground)<\/p>\n

Macro view
\n(Old yet new)
\nZooming wide
\n(Turn the tide)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nRound and round\u2026
\n(No straight line)
\nFrom wild\u2026
\n(To wise)<\/p>\n

Trilogy Flow
\nRewilding \u2192 Humanity overreaches
\nResurgence \u2192 Restoration begins
\nCircle of Life \u2192 Systems thinking & equilibrium<\/p>\n

This closes the arc in a way that aligns beautifully with the last album “Macroscopic Perspective<\/a>” theme \u2014 with the motif of zooming out to see system dynamics and feedback loops.<\/p>\n

Long in the Tooth?<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nLong in the tooth
\n(Get back to your youth)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWere you high on the hog
\n(The oyster’s pearl)
\nNow way down in a bog
\n(The boisterous peril)<\/p>\n

[Bridge – Breakdown]
\nLong in the tooth
\n(Get back to your youth)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nRemind (how to be kind)
\nComes to mind (re-find)
\nThe wild (in your child)
\nBack to youth<\/p>\n

[Bridge – Breakdown]
\nAs it’s sung
\n(Back to young!)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nAn ole’ dirty dog
\n(In need of repair)
\nThe drain’s gotta clog
\n(The wife’s in despair)<\/p>\n

[Bridge – Breakdown]
\nLong in the tooth
\n(Get back to your youth)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nRemind (how to be kind)
\nComes to mind (re-find)
\nThe wild (in your child)
\nBack to youth<\/p>\n

[Bridge – Breakdown]
\nAs it’s sung
\n(Back to young!)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nHere’s the thing
\n(You can come and sing)
\nBe an unsung young
\nAs it’s sung
\n(Back to young!)
\nCome on and sing
\n(Back to young)
\nNew life we’ll bring
\n(Back to young)<\/p>\n

Dust to Dust<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nHumanity flashes
\n(Light a must)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWhere did you come from
\n(Where are you going)
\nTrying to gain some
\n(Sense of knowing)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nHumanity flashes
\n(Light a must)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWhere did you now
\n(Do you know where you’ve been)
\nDo you know how
\n(You’ll return there again)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nHumanity flashes
\n(Light a must)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nAshes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nGaining insight
\n(Into the light)<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG
\nHumans are literally made of “stardust”\u2014the atoms, including carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, that constitute over 97% of our body mass were forged within ancient stars and released into the universe via supernovae and stellar winds billions of years ago. This, as Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson notes, means we are direct descendants of the cosmos.<\/p>\n

Forged in Fire<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBorn in a furnace
\n(Core of a star)
\nScattered in brilliance
\n(Traveling far)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nHydrogen whispers
\n(Fusing to flame)
\nGravity gathers
\n(Calling your name)<\/p>\n

Carbon and oxygen
\n(Forged in the blaze)
\nElements settling
\n(Through cosmic haze)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]<\/p>\n

Collide and collapse
\n(Explode and expand)
\nDust becomes body
\n(Body to sand)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nForged in fire
\n(Born of the sun)
\nEndless the choir
\n(Many made one)<\/p>\n

Ashes to ashes
\n(Cycles adjust)
\nWe are the flashes
\n(Rising from dust)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nSupernova thunder
\n(Tearing apart)
\nSeeding the wonder
\n(Atom by heart)<\/p>\n

Planets assembling
\n(Stone into bone)
\nLife slowly trembling
\n(Not alone)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nYou were ancient
\n(Before you were you)
\nLight was patient
\n(Waiting to move)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nForged in fire
\n(Born of the sun)
\nEndless the choir
\n(Many made one)<\/p>\n

Ashes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nMatter aspires
\n(Returning in trust)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nStardust breathing
\n(Living light)
\nCosmos seething
\n(Into sight)<\/p>\n

Ashes to ashes
\n(Dust to dust)
\nWe are the universe
\n(Learning to trust)<\/p>\n

Dust to Dust \u2013 Pt. 2 (Nucleosynthesis)<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nStellar nucleosynthesis
\n(Core collapse genesis)
\nType II supernova
\n(Heavy element nova)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nHydrogen fusion
\n(Proton-proton chain)
\nHelium burning
\n(Carbon remains)<\/p>\n

Triple-alpha process
\n(Oxygen forms)
\nNeon and silicon
\n(Pre-collapse storms)<\/p>\n

Iron core threshold
\n(End of the line)
\nNo more exothermic
\n(Fusion decline)<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nGravity wins
\n(Pressure within)
\nDegeneracy broken
\n(Collapse begins)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nShockwave ignition
\n(Type Two detonation)
\nRapid neutron capture
\n(r-process creation)<\/p>\n

Gold in your bloodstream
\n(Calcium in bone)
\nForged in explosion
\n(Not grown at home)<\/p>\n

Dust to dust
\n(Entropy climbs)
\nMatter disperses
\n(Through space and time)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nStellar winds
\n(Mass outflow)
\nPlanetary nebulae
\n(Elements sow)<\/p>\n

Angular momentum
\n(Disks align)
\nAccretion forming
\n(Design by design)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nIsotopic ratios
\n(Signature clear)
\nCarbon-twelve dominance
\n(We are from here)<\/p>\n

Neutrino burst
\n(Core rebound wave)
\nShock front propagates
\n(What fusion gave)<\/p>\n

Thermodynamics
\n(No appeal)
\nSecond law governs
\n(Entropy real)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nShockwave ignition
\n(Type Two detonation)
\nRapid neutron capture
\n(r-process creation)<\/p>\n

Iron to nickel
\n(Decay to light)
\nSupernova remnant
\n(Glowing bright)<\/p>\n

Dust to dust
\n(Cycles repeat)
\nEnergy gradients
\n(Drive the heat)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Scientific Breakdown]
\nBaryonic matter
\n(From the Big Bang)
\nThree-kelvin background
\n(Cosmic hum sang)<\/p>\n

Four point six billion
\n(Years ago)
\nSolar nebula collapse
\n(Angular flow)<\/p>\n

Planetesimal accretion
\n(Impacts align)
\nAbiogenesis
\n(Chemistry\u2019s climb)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nForged in stars
\n(Confirmed by lines)
\nSpectral analysis
\n(Converging signs)<\/p>\n

Carbon, nitrogen
\n(Oxygen trust)
\nWe are the evidence
\n(Dust to dust)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nEntropy rising
\n(Heat death far)
\nYet here we stand
\n(Remnants of star)<\/p>\n

Dust to dust
\n(Not metaphor)
\nMeasured, modeled
\n(Physics at core)<\/p>\n

Near Extinction<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nHow near is our situation
\n(To near extinction)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nOh, please
\n(Stop disease)
\nIt’s nothing to sneeze at
\n(Trajectory’s far from flat)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHow near is our situation
\n(To near extinction)
\nGetting closer day-by-day
\n(Time to change our way)<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nSooo… (let’s go!)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWhen it comes to war
\n(Say “no more!”)
\nTime for the fool
\n(To go to school)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nHow near is our situation
\n(To near extinction)
\nGetting closer day-by-day
\n(Time to change our way)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nSooo… (let’s go!)
\n[Guitar Solo]
\nYo! (We know)
\nShape up the shhh (it) show<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n

Important Caveat<\/h2>\n

Much of the world is becoming uninhabitable due to anthropogenic global warming. Billions of people might be reduced to millions, with severely diminished quality of life and drastically shortened life expectancy.<\/p>\n

The major difference between past paleoclimatic transitions and today is the presence of human civilization \u2014 and the behavioral, technological, and geopolitical dynamics that now influence the system. When we began our research, we assumed a baseline level of cooperation in response to clear scientific evidence. Unfortunately, that assumption has not held.<\/p>\n

Continued denial and politicization of climate change \u2014 coupled with intensified competition over water, food, and migration \u2014 could trigger large-scale conflict, including the potential for nuclear war<\/strong>. Such a collapse of human systems could lead to near-term extinction, even though the climate physics alone do not make that outcome likely.<\/p>\n

Research highlights another layer of risk: climate change aggravates infectious disease.<\/strong> Camilo Mora, data analyst and associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, found that climatic hazards exacerbate 58% of all known human pathogen \u2014 over half of the infectious diseases discovered since the end of the Roman Empire. Mora called this \u201cshocking,\u201d emphasizing that movement of humans and animals, as well as milder winters at higher latitudes allowing pathogen survival, are key factors.<\/p>\n

Mora notes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe human pathogenic diseases and transmission pathways aggravated by climatic hazards are too numerous for comprehensive societal adaptation, highlighting the urgent need to work at the source of the problem: reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He further explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe magnitude of the vulnerability \u2014 when you think about one or two diseases, okay, we can deal with that. But when 58% of diseases can be affected or triggered in a thousand different ways, it\u2019s clear we are not going to be able to adapt to climate change.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In short, while the physical limits of the Earth system constrain the ultimate magnitude of warming<\/strong>, human behavior, social instability, and geopolitical failures could still produce catastrophic outcomes far beyond what climate physics alone would dictate.<\/p>\n