{"id":52247,"date":"2026-04-05T14:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52247"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:21:55","slug":"the-host-rejects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/05\/the-host-rejects\/","title":{"rendered":"The Host Rejects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Low Drone, Distant Thunder, Pulsing Bass, Slow Piano Chords]<br \/>\n[Whispered Vocals, Echoed Guitar, Organ Swell]<br \/>\nThe fever rises<br \/>\n(The host rejects)<br \/>\nThe warning spreads<br \/>\n(Of man&#8217;s neglects)<br \/>\nCausing of rifts<br \/>\n(Through every vein)<br \/>\nThe balance shifts<br \/>\n(And fight begins)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Steady Beat, Deep Bass, Muted Guitar, Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\nThe waters overflow now<br \/>\nThe boundaries disappear<br \/>\nThe forests burn in silence<br \/>\nThe smoke replaces air<br \/>\nThe insects leave the flowers<br \/>\nThe coral turns to stone<br \/>\nThe world begins to fight back<br \/>\nAgainst what it has grown<br \/>\n(Fight back)<br \/>\nAttack!<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Snare Roll, Rising Synth, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nOne more flood<br \/>\nOne more flame<br \/>\nOne more storm without a name<br \/>\nOne more drought<br \/>\nOne more scar<br \/>\nOne more warning from afar<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band, Heavy Drums, Distorted Guitar, Choir Vocals]<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nThe parasite<br \/>\n(You got that right)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nWhat feeds inside<br \/>\n(No place to run&#8230; no place to hide)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What drains its veins)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n<p>The host rejects<br \/>\n(What spread too far)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What we are)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[Organ Solo, Guitar Echoes, Heavy Bass Pulse]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Beat Drops Back, Piano Chords, Low Synth, Warm Bassline]<br \/>\nThe oceans rise around us<br \/>\nThe weather turns disastrous<br \/>\nThe heat goes ever higher n&#8217; dire<br \/>\nThe species in fear disappear<br \/>\nThe sky turns strange and angry<br \/>\nThe seasons lose their shape<br \/>\nAnd every wall we built now<br \/>\nCannot help us escape<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[Building Tension, Cymbal Swells, Layered Harmony]<br \/>\nOne more failure<br \/>\nOne more cost<br \/>\nOne more line already crossed<br \/>\nOne more empire<br \/>\nOne more throne<br \/>\nOne more reason we&#8217;re alone<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Full Band Returns, Bigger Synths, Double Kick Drums]<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nThe parasite<br \/>\n(You got that right)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nWhat feeds inside<br \/>\n(No place to run&#8230; no place to hide)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What drains its veins)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n<p>The host rejects<br \/>\n(What spread too far)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What we are)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Half-Time Beat, Dark Synth Drone, Minimal Piano]<br \/>\nMother Nature has a memory<br \/>\nOlder than the walls we raise<br \/>\nOlder than our towers<br \/>\nOlder than our modern age<br \/>\nShe can wash away a city<br \/>\nShe can starve a nation dry<br \/>\nShe can bring the strongest empire<br \/>\nTo its knees beneath the sky<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge Build]<br \/>\n[Drums Return, Strings Rise, Choir Swells]<br \/>\nThe fever climbs<br \/>\n(The body fights)<br \/>\nThe fever climbs<br \/>\n(Through endless nights)<br \/>\nThe fever climbs<br \/>\n(And still we stare)<br \/>\nThe fever climbs<br \/>\n(As if it&#8217;s not there)<\/p>\n<p>[Guitar Solo]<br \/>\n[Wild Guitar Solo, Organ Stabs, Heavy Tom Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[Massive Chorus: Full Orchestra, Heavy Drums, Layered Choir, Synth Bass]<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nThe parasite<br \/>\n(You got that right)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\nWhat feeds inside<br \/>\n(No place to run&#8230; no place to hide)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What drains its veins)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n<p>The host rejects<br \/>\n(What spread too far)<br \/>\nThe host rejects<br \/>\n(What we are)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Outro: Fading Piano, Organ Drone, Distant Thunder, Slow Heartbeat Percussion]<br \/>\nNo surprises&#8230;<br \/>\nThe fever rises<br \/>\n(The host rejects)<br \/>\nThe warning spreads<br \/>\n(Through every vein)<br \/>\nBrings on the dreads<br \/>\n(The host rejects)<br \/>\nMan neglects<br \/>\n[Fade Out]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Laboratory\/\">Laboratory<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Low Drone, Distant Thunder, Pulsing Bass, Slow Piano Chords] [Whispered Vocals, Echoed Guitar, Organ Swell] The fever rises (The host rejects) The warning spreads (Of man&#8217;s neglects) Causing of rifts (Through every vein) The balance shifts (And fight begins) [Verse 1] [Steady Beat, [&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-52247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52247","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=52247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52248,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52247\/revisions\/52248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}