{"id":53711,"date":"2026-05-30T12:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=53711"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:30:49","slug":"pour-some-water-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/05\/30\/pour-some-water-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Pour Some Water on It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Funky Bass Groove, Wah Guitar Licks, Hand Percussion, Rising Organ Swells]<br \/>\nSmoke curling up into the air<br \/>\nWhy ya&#8217;ll standing there<br \/>\nWatching sparks become a blaze<br \/>\nAre we trapped inside a phase?<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Tight Drum Pocket, Syncopated Bassline, Clean Rhythm Guitar, Bright Synth Stabs]<br \/>\nTempers rising, markets crash<br \/>\nWatch it all moving way too fast<br \/>\nAnother headline screams alarm<br \/>\nWhy are people adding harm<\/p>\n<p>Heatwaves rolling through the town<br \/>\nStill nobody slows it down<br \/>\nFueling every fire lit<br \/>\nInstead of cooling any bit<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Big Brass Synth Hits, Layered Vocals, Driving Rock Drums, Wide Guitar Chords]<br \/>\nThat thing is on fire<br \/>\n(Pour some water on it)<br \/>\nBefore it gets any higher<br \/>\n(Pour some water on it)<\/p>\n<p>Cool it down<br \/>\n(Before we drown)<br \/>\nTurn around<br \/>\n(And think about it)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Pulsing Synth Bass, Funk Guitar Chops, Percussive Keyboard Rhythm, Crowd Clap Accents]<br \/>\nArguments burn through the night<br \/>\nWho really wants to fight<br \/>\nFanned flames don\u2019t care who\u2019s right or wrong<br \/>\nThey just spread along and on<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps wisdom starts with pause<br \/>\nNot just pushing harder cause<br \/>\nSometimes strength is knowing when<br \/>\nTo cool the fire again<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Chant Vocals, Tom Drum Groove, Organ Layer, Call-and-Response Backing Vocals]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s way too hot<br \/>\n(Oh, so hot)<br \/>\nSo why not&#8230;<br \/>\n(Pour some water on it)<\/p>\n<p>Take a breath<br \/>\n(Count the cost)<br \/>\nBefore it all<br \/>\n(Gets totally lost)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Half-Time Breakdown, Deep Bass Drone, Echo Guitar Feedback, Tension Synth Rise]<br \/>\nThis system has a seam<br \/>\nEach pressure builds up steam<br \/>\nAnd if nobody cuts the heat<br \/>\nThe fire becomes complete<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Full Band Explosion, Anthemic Harmonies, Crashing Cymbals, Massive Bass Pulse]<br \/>\nThat thing is on fire<br \/>\n(Pour some water on it)<br \/>\nBefore it gets any higher<br \/>\n(Pour some water on it)<\/p>\n<p>Save the frame<br \/>\n(Without more flame)<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t need<br \/>\n(To keep feeding it)<br \/>\n&#8230; gasoline&#8230;<br \/>\n(Know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nDrop by drop the temperature falls<br \/>\nEcho cooling through the halls<br \/>\nMaybe not too late to quit<br \/>\nAnd pour some water on it.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Song<\/h3>\n<p><b>A Follow-Up to <em>Heat Stress, Human Survivability, and the Emerging Physiological Limits of Climate Change<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"Heat-Survivability-Thresholds.html\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Heat-Survivability-Thresholds.html<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Q: How Adaptable Are Humans to Rising Heat and Compounding Environmental Stressors?<\/h2>\n<h3>A: Far less adaptable than many assume.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\nFor decades, many researchers assumed humans could generally survive \u201cwet-bulb\u201d temperatures near 35\u00b0C (95\u00b0F at 100% humidity) for limited periods. This threshold was widely treated as the upper survivability boundary for healthy individuals under shaded and ventilated conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Many newer experiments now indicate that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>31\u00b0C wet-bulb (~87.8\u00b0F)<\/strong> may already be dangerous or unsurvivable for many healthy adults after prolonged exposure.<\/li>\n<li>\n    For elderly individuals or vulnerable populations, critical stress may begin closer to:<br \/>\n    <strong>28\u201330\u00b0C wet-bulb (~82\u201386\u00b0F)<\/strong>.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"\/global_warming\/Health-Collapse.html\">Heat Stress, Environmental Stressors, and the Limits of Human Adaptability<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Raze\/\">Raze<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Intro] [Instrumental Intro: Funky Bass Groove, Wah Guitar Licks, Hand Percussion, Rising Organ Swells] Smoke curling up into the air Why ya&#8217;ll standing there Watching sparks become a blaze Are we trapped inside a phase? [Verse 1] [Arrangement: Tight Drum Pocket, Syncopated Bassline, Clean Rhythm Guitar, Bright Synth Stabs] Tempers rising, markets crash Watch it [&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":[3,5],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-53711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","tag-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53711","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=53711"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53720,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53711\/revisions\/53720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}