[Silence]
[Intro]
Breathe in…
(Breathe out…)
Something’s changing
(All about)
[Verse 1]
Strike the match and feed the flame
Burn the ancient, shift the game
Once was buried out of sight
Brought to light… reactions ignite
[Chorus]
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
Assume to consume
(Make it hard to breathe)
Resume to consume
(Sure is hard to believe)
You take my breath away
(More and more day-by-day)
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
[Verse 2]
See… oh, oh climbing in the air
Oh, oh falling — there’s the pair
Chemistry tells another tale
A lighter signature in the gale
[Chorus]
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
Assume to consume
(Make it hard to breathe)
Resume to consume
(Sure is hard to believe)
You take my breath away
(More and more day-by-day)
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
[Bridge]
Follow the signal
(Back to the source)
Not just a cycle
(But a changing force)
[Instrumental]
Breathe in…
(Breathe out…)
Begin…
(… to wonder about)
Probe!
(Read the isotope)
[Final Chorus]
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
Assume to consume
(Make it hard to breathe)
Resume to consume
(Sure is hard to believe)
[Outro]
You take my breath away
(More and more day-by-day)
Thin oxygen
(Once again)
Thin oxygen
Our refrain…
(Leaves a stain)
Thin oxygen…
(Once again…)
Thin oxygen…
About the Song
When fossil fuels are burned, carbon combines with atmospheric oxygen:
C + O2 → CO2
The process consumes O2 and produces CO2. Because the additional atmospheric CO2 is accompanied by a measurable decline in atmospheric O2, the observations are consistent with large-scale combustion of carbon rather than simply a redistribution of carbon through the natural carbon cycle.
This is especially important because the ocean, vegetation, and atmosphere continuously exchange carbon and oxygen. Natural processes can move carbon between reservoirs, but they do not explain the simultaneous long-term pattern of rising CO2, falling O2, declining 13C/12C, and declining radiocarbon.
The four observations reinforce one another:
Rising atmospheric CO2
↓
Declining 13C/12C
↓
Declining 14C
↓
Declining atmospheric O2
From the album “Feedback Coupling“