{"id":51627,"date":"2026-03-14T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=51627"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:53:47","slug":"tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/14\/tumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Low Pulsing Bass, Distant Thunder Synth, Slow Organ Swell]<br \/>\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<\/p>\n<p>Did you see the t, t, t, tumble<br \/>\n(Feel the heat)<br \/>\nOne stone falling<br \/>\n(Shifts beneath our feet)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Bass Drone]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Slow Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nIce in the north<br \/>\n(Cracked away)<br \/>\nCurrents are shifting<br \/>\n(Day by day)<\/p>\n<p>Forests are burning<br \/>\n(Sky turns gray)<br \/>\nRivers are turning<br \/>\n(Far from their way)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]<br \/>\n[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]<\/p>\n<p>Did you see the t, t, t, tumble<br \/>\n(One by one)<br \/>\nClimate dominoes<br \/>\n(Now begun)<\/p>\n<p>Glacier to ocean<br \/>\n(Ocean to air)<br \/>\nFeedback motion<br \/>\n(Everywhere)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHear the tumble<br \/>\n(Dominoes fall)<br \/>\nClimate calling<br \/>\n(Warning us all)<\/p>\n<p>Heat keeps rising<br \/>\n(Feel the toll)<br \/>\nEvery stumble<br \/>\n(Takes its toll)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Piano Motif \u2014 minor and repeating]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 tense, bending notes]<br \/>\n[Synth Solo \u2014 rising siren tone]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPermafrost breathing<br \/>\n(Methane sighs)<br \/>\nStorms grow restless<br \/>\n(Angrier skies)<\/p>\n<p>Oceans swelling<br \/>\n(Shorelines fade)<br \/>\nOld foundations<br \/>\n(Start to cascade)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Tension Build]<br \/>\n[Percussion Roll, Sub Bass Pulse, Spoken Vocal]<\/p>\n<p>Did you see the t, t, t, tumble<br \/>\n(Tipping point)<br \/>\nEvery system<br \/>\n(Disjoint)<\/p>\n<p>Arctic whisper<br \/>\n(Tropical roar)<br \/>\nClimate shifting<br \/>\n(More and more)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nHear the tumble<br \/>\n(Dominoes fall)<br \/>\nClimate calling<br \/>\n(Warning us all)<\/p>\n<p>Lines are breaking<br \/>\n(Out of control)<br \/>\nEvery tumble<br \/>\n(Takes its toll)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental \u2013 Extended Jam]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo \u2014 deep, swirling]<br \/>\n[Saxophone Solo \u2014 urgent, breathy]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 soaring distortion]<br \/>\n[Driving Bass, Snare March, Percussion Build]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nHear the tumble<br \/>\n(Dominoes fall)<br \/>\nClimate calling<br \/>\n(Warning us all)<\/p>\n<p>Did you see it<br \/>\n(When it crumbled)<br \/>\nDid you feel it<br \/>\n(When it tumbled)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Minimal Piano, Low Bass Pulse, Wind Synth]<\/p>\n<p>First the fumble<br \/>\n(Then the stumble)<br \/>\nSoon the crumble<br \/>\n(Then the t, t, t, tumble)<\/p>\n<p>Listen closely<br \/>\n(Feel the role)<br \/>\nEvery domino<br \/>\n(Takes its toll)<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">Tipping points<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a>\u00a0drive the\u00a0<a href=\"\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-Acceleration-Rate.html\">acceleration of climate change<\/a>. When one tipping point is toppled and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the\u00a0<em><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\">Domino Effect<\/a><\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Rumble\/\">Rumble<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Low Pulsing Bass, Distant Thunder Synth, Slow Organ Swell] [Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal] Did you see the t, t, t, tumble (Feel the heat) One stone falling (Shifts beneath our feet) [Instrumental] [Bass Drone] [Organ Stabs, Slow Snare March] [Verse 1] [&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-51627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51629,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51627\/revisions\/51629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}