[Intro]
Look around…
(What do you see?)
What is found…
(Reality.)
[Verse 1]
We built our cities
(Out of the ground)
We built our highways
(All around)
We built our factories
(We built our machines)
We built our systems
(And all the in-betweens)
We thought we stood
(Outside the scene)
Looking down
(At the living machine)
But every breath
(Every bite)
Every drop
(Every night)
[Pre-Chorus]
We’re not visitors
(We’re participants)
Not observers
(… inhabitants)
[Refrain]
Humanity’s greatest threat
(You bet…)
Humanity
The insanity
(Of self-imposed destiny)
… I mean really..
(Reality)
[Verse 2]
More energy coming in
(Than going out)
That’s the imbalance
(Without a doubt)
Joules moving
(Here and there)
Heat accumulating
(Almost everywhere)
We call it climate
(We call it change)
But underneath it
(The energy rearranges)
[Pre-Chorus]
And when the system shifts
(The system responds)
Feedbacks start coupling
(They don’t ask our bonds)
[Refrain]
Humanity’s greatest threat
(You bet…)
Humanity
The insanity
(Of self-imposed destiny)
… I mean really..
(Reality)
[Verse 3]
We draw a boundary
(And call it mine)
Put up a fence
(Draw a line)
“This is private!”
(This is public!)
“This is ours!”
(This is subject!)
[Bridge]
Human…
(Humane?)
Nature…
(For sure.)
So why…
(Don’t we try…)
Why? Why? Why!
(Have we forgot…)
Separate…
(We’re not.)
Who are we?
(Humanity!)
Come on… really…
(Where are we?)
We had our birth on Earth!
(Nature!)
… For sure.
[Final Refrain]
Humanity’s greatest threat
(You bet…)
Humanity
The insanity
(Of self-imposed destiny)
… I mean really..
(Reality)
[Outro]
Humanity’s greatest threat
(Can become the solution)
Humanity…
(Through restoration)
The insanity
(Can become clarity)
Self-imposed destiny…
(Change the trajectory)
Energy imbalance…
(Find the balance.)
Climate change…
(Rearrange.)
Humanity…
(Seek clarity…)
We are nature.
We are nature…
(That’s for sure)
About the Song
Humanity’s Greatest Threat Is Humanity
Energy Imbalance → Climate Change
The Solution = Balance
Human beings are part of nature.
We cannot separate ourselves from the natural systems that sustain us.
Balance with nature requires understanding that human communities are participants in ecosystems—not observers standing outside them.
The goal is not to eliminate human interaction with nature.
It is to make that interaction sustainable.
We must restore the balance.
We are nature.
From the album “Present Tense“