{"id":52053,"date":"2026-03-29T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52053"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:56:02","slug":"a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/03\/29\/a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nEquations on the board<br \/>\n(Difficult to compute)<br \/>\nReality in disorder<br \/>\n(Hard to attribute)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nSolve it if you can<br \/>\n(Balance and expand)<br \/>\nCheck your math again<br \/>\n(Collapse at hand)<br \/>\n[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a physics problem<br \/>\n(Difficult to solve)<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a physical problem<br \/>\n(Dissolve and devolve)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nx plus y, what\u2019s the sum?<br \/>\nCan numbers tell the outcome?<br \/>\nAdd the heat, multiply the rain<br \/>\nDivide the loss, subtract the gain<\/p>\n<p>The system spins in loops unseen<br \/>\nFeedback forces push between<br \/>\nWhat we calculate, what we feel<br \/>\nThe solution hides, the spiral real<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental &#8211; Extended Psychedelic Jam &#8211; Percussion]<br \/>\n[Guitar Solo \u2014 sharper, angular]<br \/>\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEconomics meets the storm<br \/>\nInfrastructure bends, norms deform<br \/>\nMore damage \u2192 less defense<br \/>\nMore loss \u2192 heightened consequence<\/p>\n<p>A problem in the books<br \/>\nA problem in our looks<br \/>\nSymbols on the page, chaos on the stage<br \/>\nEquations fail to gauge<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a physics problem<br \/>\n(Difficult to solve)<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a physical problem<br \/>\n(Dissolve and devolve)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental &#8211; Percussion &#8211; Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\n[Drum Solo]<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge 2]<br \/>\nCheck your units, check your scope<br \/>\nConstants fail to hold our hope<br \/>\nFeedback loops accelerate<br \/>\nAnswers late, answers late<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nProblem, problem, every day<br \/>\nProblem, problem, find a way<br \/>\nMath or life, the line is thin<br \/>\nWhere one ends, the other begins<\/p>\n<p>About:<br \/>\n\u201cA Problem\u201d plays on the dual meaning of the word problem: a mathematical equation to be solved and a complex, real-world challenge. The song explores how climate and economic systems are intertwined in self-reinforcing feedback loops, making the \u201csolutions\u201d far more complicated than simple calculations. The lyrics juxtapose formal equations with chaotic real-life outcomes to reflect the accelerating nonlinear dynamics of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Third-Derivative\/\">Third Derivative<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] Equations on the board (Difficult to compute) Reality in disorder (Hard to attribute) [Bridge] Solve it if you can (Balance and expand) Check your math again (Collapse at hand) [Instrumental] [Guitar Solo] [Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March] [Chorus] It\u2019s a physics problem (Difficult to solve) [&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-52053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053","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=52053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52054,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52053\/revisions\/52054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}