{"id":53463,"date":"2026-05-19T12:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53463"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:28:26","slug":"eat-the-ditch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/19\/eat-the-ditch\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat the Ditch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<\/p>\n<p>[dark bass drone, metallic percussion, distant thunder, faint emergency broadcast static]<br \/>\nSupply lines fracture\u2026<br \/>\n(As does the future)<br \/>\nWater turns uncertain\u2026<br \/>\n(For sure&#8230; for certain)<br \/>\nThe table gets smaller\u2026<br \/>\n(Shadows grow taller&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[slow industrial groove, grimy bassline, muted guitar scratches]<br \/>\nFields once green now crack with heat,<br \/>\nFloods wash poison through the streets,<br \/>\nParasites and fungal rain,<br \/>\nMoving through the food chain.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[heavy drop, distorted bass, aggressive gang vocals]<br \/>\nWelcome:<br \/>\n(To the last supper)<br \/>\nHow come?<br \/>\n(Thrown to the gutter)<\/p>\n<p>Welcome:<br \/>\n(To the slow decline)<br \/>\nNo crumbs<br \/>\n(When the systems unwind)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n[stomping chant rhythm, sparse drums, crowd vocals]<br \/>\nThere are no rich<br \/>\n(Eat the ditch)<br \/>\nFor what it\u2019s worth<br \/>\n(Eat the earth)<\/p>\n<p>There are no kings<br \/>\n(When poison sings)<br \/>\nFor what remains<br \/>\n(Eat the pain)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[groove intensifies, pulsing synth bass, harsher percussion textures]<br \/>\nAlgal blooms across the shore,<br \/>\nTurning lives into no more,<br \/>\nImmune systems running thin,<br \/>\nAs contaminants move in.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[expanded orchestration, deeper low end, layered vocal harmonies]<br \/>\nWelcome:<br \/>\n(To the last supper)<br \/>\nHow come?<br \/>\n(Thrown to the gutter)<\/p>\n<p>Welcome:<br \/>\n(To the slow decline)<br \/>\nNo crumbs<br \/>\n(When the systems unwind)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n[larger chant ensemble, thunder percussion, distorted vocal layering]<br \/>\nThere are no rich<br \/>\n(Eat the ditch)<br \/>\nFor what it\u2019s worth<br \/>\n(Eat the earth)<\/p>\n<p>There are no kings<br \/>\n(When poison sings)<br \/>\nFor what remains<br \/>\n(Eat the pain)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[half-time atmospheric breakdown, sparse piano, distant storm ambience]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[chaotic industrial percussion, distorted synth leads, glitch effects, feedback guitar textures]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[maximal intensity, full industrial-rock ensemble, layered choir vocals]<br \/>\nWelcome:<br \/>\n(To the last supper)<br \/>\nHow come?<br \/>\n(Thrown to the gutter)<\/p>\n<p>Welcome:<br \/>\n(To the breakdown age)<br \/>\nNo crumbs<br \/>\n(Just ecological rage)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain \/ Outro]<br \/>\n[tempo slows, bass pulse fades, distant wind and static remain]<br \/>\nThere are no rich<br \/>\n(Eat the ditch)<br \/>\nFor what it\u2019s worth<br \/>\n(Eat the earth)<\/p>\n<p>[Whispered Vocal]<br \/>\n&#8220;everything enters the food chain\u2026&#8221;<br \/>\n(As we strain to remain)<\/p>\n<p>[fade into dripping water, low electrical hum, and distant thunder]<\/p>\n<p>About the Song: The Dietary and Ecological Barrier<br \/>\nClimate-driven ecosystem disruption may also increase exposure to unfamiliar microorganisms, parasites, harmful algal blooms, fungi, and waterborne pathogens. In many regions, warming temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are already altering the distribution of infectious diseases and environmental contaminants.<\/p>\n<p>Potential consequences include:<br \/>\nMalnutrition, dehydration, food insecurity, gastrointestinal illness, toxin exposure, weakened immune resilience, and long-term reductions in public health stability.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Nagatitan\/\">Nagatitan<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [dark bass drone, metallic percussion, distant thunder, faint emergency broadcast static] Supply lines fracture\u2026 (As does the future) Water turns uncertain\u2026 (For sure&#8230; for certain) The table gets smaller\u2026 (Shadows grow taller&#8230;) [Verse 1] [slow industrial groove, grimy bassline, muted guitar scratches] Fields once green now crack with heat, Floods wash poison through the [&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":[3],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-53463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53463","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=53463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53469,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53463\/revisions\/53469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}