[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Bright Garage-Rock Guitar, Driving Bass, Punchy Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and Rising Analog Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]
Raise it…
(Why?)
Raise the bar.
(But how high…)
Can we go?
(Do you know?)
[Verse 1]
One more step
One more climb
Move the marker
One more time
Set the standard
Set the pace
Push the limit
Change the race
Yesterday
Was yesterday
Tomorrow
Moves away
What we thought
Was far enough
Suddenly
Is gettin’ tough
[Refrain]
Raising the bar
(Sound bizarre)
Gonna see how far
(We push, push, push)
Gotta raise the bar
(To accommodate the state)
… the state we’re in…
(Begin!)
[Verse 2]
Heat goes up
Water climbs
Storms arrive
At different times
Old assumptions
Lose their grip
When the system
Starts to shift
What was rare
Becomes routine
What was distant
Now is seen
Adaptation
Isn’t fear
It’s responding
To what’s already here
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Energetic Blues-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Synth Arpeggios and Driving Drums]
[Bridge]
The bar was built
For yesterday
Yesterday
Is gone
If the baseline
Moves beneath us
Then the baseline
Must move on
[Rap Vocal Break]
Raise the standard
Raise the floor
Measure more
Of what’s in store
Don’t pretend
The old scale
Still explains
Your fairytale
New data
(New day)
New limits
(New way)
New conditions
Need knew vision
Don’t wait
Until the water
Reaches the door
(No, we can’t wait any more!)
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Sparse Piano and Percussion]
Raising the bar…
Sound bizarre…
How far?
[Whispered]
The state we’re in…
Begin.
[Final Refrain]
Raising the bar
(Sound bizarre)
Gonna see just how far
(We can push, push, push)
… push the lush
Gotta raise the bar
(To accommodate the state)
… the state we’re in…
(Begin!)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Crescendo With Electric Guitar, Bass, Hammond Organ, Synth and Heavy Drums; Sudden Stop]
Raise…
The bar…
Push…
[Spoken, fading]
Accommodate…
The modern state.
From the album “Robust“