[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Dark Piano, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Electric Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]
[Intro]
Look around…
(And around and around!)
Anybody home?
(Hello?)
… do you know?
Anybody listening?
(Suggesting…)
Anybody seein’ this?
(Seein’ what?)
Exactly…
(It’s time we see)
[Verse 1]
The warning light is flashing
But nobody looks
The pages keep on turning
But nobody reads the books
The smoke is in the distance
The sirens start to sound
Everybody keeps on asking:
“What’s that noise?”
(As it’s all around!)
[Pre-Chorus]
Eyes wide open
(Mind asleep)
Standing at the edge
(The water’s deep)
Something’s happening
Right before our eyes
But somehow everybody
Seems surprised
[Refrain]
Is it just me… or are all of us
(Oblivious)
I mean… get serious
(About the oblivious)
… they’re dangerous
(To all of us!)
Oblivious
[Verse 2]
The scientist says, “Look!”
(We look away)
The numbers say, “Now!”
(We say, “Some other day”)
All in all declining
The carbon think is weak
The trouble keeps accumulating
While nobody wants to speak
“Everything’s fine!”
(Everything?)
Meanwhile the present
Becomes the future
One day at a time
[Refrain]
Is it just me… or are all of us
(Oblivious)
I mean… get serious
(About the oblivious)
… they’re dangerous
(To all of us!)
Oblivious
[Bridge]
Oblivious…
(To the obvious)
Are we?
(We are)
… oh how bizarre
Could it be…
(Certainly)
[Refrain]
Is it just me… or are all of us
(Oblivious)
I mean… get serious
(About the oblivious)
… they’re dangerous
(To all of us!)
Oblivious
Oblivious…
(To the obvious)
[Break]
Wake up!
(WAKE UP!)
What?
(What’s up?)
What’s happening?
Right now!
(Pow and wow!)
Right here!
(It’s clear!)
Present tense!
(In intense!)
[Instrumental]
[Deep Bass Groove]
[Distorted Guitar Riff]
[Organ Swells]
[Saxophone Screams]
[Drums Build]
[Final Refrain]
Is it just me… or are all of us
(Oblivious)
I mean… get serious
(About the oblivious)
… they’re dangerous
(To all of us!)
Oblivious
… we’re dangerous
(To all of us!)
Oblivious
(To the obvious)
[Outro]
Oblivious
(To the obvious)
What’s that?
(What’s what?)
That…
(That what?)
Right there!
[Pause]
Unaware
[Whisper]
Oblivious
(To the obvious)
[Silence]
From the album “Present Tense“