{"id":53507,"date":"2026-05-21T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53507"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:38:49","slug":"man-ually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/21\/man-ually\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMan\u201d-Ually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<\/p>\n<p>[mechanical ticking, distorted news static, slow synth pulse, distant alarm tones]<br \/>\nEvery age leaves fingerprints\u2026<br \/>\n(Some bumps and dents)<br \/>\nBut this one leaves smoke\u2026<br \/>\n(And, it ain&#8217;t no joke)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[driving industrial groove, muted guitar rhythm, deep bass pulse]<br \/>\nCoal-black skies and concrete veins,<br \/>\nEngines running through the strain,<br \/>\nCities glowing through the night,<br \/>\nBurning futures into light.<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\n[rising synth filter, tom buildup, layered vocal echoes]<br \/>\nShout into the void:<br \/>\n(Not by asteroid\u2026)<br \/>\nNot by chance\u2026<br \/>\n(Chosen dance)<br \/>\nDestroyed habitat<br \/>\n(&#8230; by habit\u2026)<br \/>\nBy man&#8217;s damned demand\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[explosive drop, distorted bass, giant gang vocals, heavy drums]<br \/>\nAnnually?<br \/>\n(Oh, no daily)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(Every minute)<br \/>\nMoment to moment<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>Annually?<br \/>\n(No \u2014 instantly)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(Continuously)<br \/>\nSystematic motion<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[groove intensifies, industrial percussion layers, ominous synth swells]<br \/>\nA greenhouse world rebuilt by hand,<br \/>\nFaster than life can understand,<br \/>\nNot over epochs, not through seas,<br \/>\nBut through markets, pipes, and economies.<\/p>\n<p>Weather twisting out of frame,<br \/>\nEvery season we&#8217;ve made lame,<br \/>\nFlood and drought&#8230; rotted fruits,<br \/>\nWhile denial still recruits.<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus 2]<br \/>\n[tension rise, choir pads, syncopated percussion]<br \/>\nHuman bodies evolved for calm,<br \/>\nNot endless thermal overload alarms,<br \/>\nYet still we push the system higher,<br \/>\nAdding fuel directly to the fire.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[expanded orchestration, layered choir, heavier low-end]<br \/>\nAnnually?<br \/>\n(Oh, no daily)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(Every minute)<br \/>\nMoment to moment<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>Annually?<br \/>\n(No \u2014 machine speed)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(With increasing greed)<br \/>\nAccelerating motion<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[half-time breakdown, sparse piano, distorted vocal ambience]<br \/>\nNot trapped in the experiment\u2026<br \/>\nBut conducting it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A civilization turning geological\u2026<br \/>\nAn economy becoming historical\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And every second\u2026<br \/>\nThe numbers climb\u2026<br \/>\n(Racing toward the end of time)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break]<br \/>\n[chaotic synth arpeggios, distorted guitar lead, pounding tribal-industrial percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\n[maximal intensity, full orchestra + industrial metal rhythm section + layered chants]<br \/>\nAnnually?<br \/>\n(Oh, no daily)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(Every minute)<br \/>\nMoment to moment<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>Annually?<br \/>\n(No \u2014 relentlessly)<br \/>\n\u201cMan\u201d-Ually<br \/>\n(Collectively)<br \/>\nSelf-inflicted motion<\/p>\n<p>The crime<br \/>\n(&#8230;of all time&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[tempo collapse, fading static, distant thunder, slow heartbeat bass]<br \/>\nWe got lost<br \/>\n(Misunderstood the cost\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>And now the experiment\u2026<br \/>\n(Made us famous\u2026)<br \/>\nIs that what we meant?<\/p>\n<p>In essence, humans entering a Cretaceous-style greenhouse world would not merely face dinosaurs, but an entire planetary system operating under climate conditions fundamentally hostile to modern human physiology. Ironically, instead of avoiding that experiment, humanity appears determined to recreate it \u201cman\u201d-ually \u2014 and to do so in record time.<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Nagatitan\/\">Nagatitan<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [mechanical ticking, distorted news static, slow synth pulse, distant alarm tones] Every age leaves fingerprints\u2026 (Some bumps and dents) But this one leaves smoke\u2026 (And, it ain&#8217;t no joke) [Verse 1] [driving industrial groove, muted guitar rhythm, deep bass pulse] Coal-black skies and concrete veins, Engines running through the strain, Cities glowing 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-53507","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\/53507","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=53507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53509,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507\/revisions\/53509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}