{"id":52676,"date":"2026-04-23T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52676"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:40:31","slug":"planet-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/23\/planet-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Soft Piano, Distant Ambient Noise]<br \/>\nA pale blue dot in the dark unknown<br \/>\nSpinning quiet, all alone<br \/>\nWe drew the lines, we claimed the land<br \/>\nLike we could shape it with our hands<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWe built our towers to the sky<br \/>\nWatched the oceans slowly rise<br \/>\nTurned the forests into flame<br \/>\nStill we said it\u2019s not our blame<\/p>\n<p>We chased the stars for somewhere new<br \/>\nLike there\u2019s another world in view<br \/>\nBut every map we try to read<br \/>\nLeads us back to what we need<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nWe keep pretending there\u2019s a place to run<br \/>\nBut every road begins and ends in one<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAre you telling me<br \/>\nThere is no planet B<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\nI guess we all forgot<br \/>\nThis is all we&#8217;ve got<br \/>\n(Why? Why not?)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(We chart our destiny)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(Just planet A&#8230; what else can I say?)<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(No reset, no guarantee)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(It\u2019s slipping away)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2 \u2013 Drums + Bass Enter]<br \/>\nEvery warning in the air<br \/>\nStill we act like we don\u2019t care<br \/>\nEvery headline, every sign<br \/>\nDraws a sharper, thinner line<\/p>\n<p>We debate while seconds pass<br \/>\nFuture buried in the past<br \/>\nEvery choice we fail to make<br \/>\nIs another risk we take<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nIf we keep waiting for a better plan<br \/>\nWe might not get another chance to stand<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAre you telling me<br \/>\nThere is no planet B<br \/>\n(Really)<br \/>\nI guess we all forgot<br \/>\nThis is all we&#8217;ve got<br \/>\n(Why? Why not?)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(We chart our destiny)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(Just planet A&#8230; what else can I say?)<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(No backup we can see)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(It\u2019s slipping away)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown, Piano + Atmospheric Synth]<br \/>\nWe reach for rockets, reach for space<br \/>\nWhile losing touch with this one place<br \/>\nDreaming of escape velocity<br \/>\nIgnoring our reality<\/p>\n<p>We had the answer all along<br \/>\nBut we kept choosing what was wrong<br \/>\nNow every second, every breath<br \/>\nFeels like we\u2019re bargaining with death<\/p>\n<p>[Build \u2013 Full Band Rising]<br \/>\nCan we turn before the end?<br \/>\nCan we break or can we bend?<br \/>\nIs there time to change the way<br \/>\nOr is this where we fade away?<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Big, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(We chart our destiny)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(Just planet A&#8230; what else can I say?)<br \/>\nOh, no planet B<br \/>\n(No second chance to see)<br \/>\nWoe, oh no planet B<br \/>\n(Don\u2019t throw it away)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro \u2013 Piano + Fading Ambient Noise]<br \/>\nAre you telling me\u2026<br \/>\nThere is no planet B\u2026<br \/>\n(Really\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Exit-Strategy\/\">Exit Strategy<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro \u2013 Soft Piano, Distant Ambient Noise] A pale blue dot in the dark unknown Spinning quiet, all alone We drew the lines, we claimed the land Like we could shape it with our hands [Verse 1] We built our towers to the sky Watched the oceans slowly rise Turned the forests into flame Still [&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-52676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52676","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=52676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52694,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52676\/revisions\/52694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}