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bookmark_borderBoiling Frog

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LYRICS
Aren’t you reaching?
Touch the sky
All done preaching
Next to die?
Take warning
The warming
Is boiling
The price of procrastinating
Hesitating
Debating… endless debating
About our jumping
The habitat
Has turned scalding
Imagine that?

Aren’t you reaching?
Touch the sky
All done preaching
Next to die?
Take warning
The warming
Is boiling
The price of procrastinating
Hesitating
Debating… endless debating
Mental masturbating
About our jumping
The habitat
Has turned scalding
Imagine that?
The frog said
You’re pulling my leg
Cooked?

About dead
Ain’t pulling your leg
Too late to beg
Cooked, cracked, croaked
Cooked
The End of the Book

“The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.” — Wikipedia

“The era of global warming has ended and the era of ‘global boiling’ has arrived. Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning”, UN secretary general, António Guterres, said after scientists confirmed July 2023 was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record.

Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: E A D A C G E / E A C G E / E/7/m7; Part II @ 114 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderGet Ready (The Remedy)

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LYRICS
Should I be getting ready?

Can’t you see it coming
Doesn’t appear to be petty
I wouldn’t be nose thumbing
(I wouldn’t be “no’s” thumbing)
With the speed of light
She’ll set things right
Millions of years in mere moments
Our fears and tears
Tails of comets
(Tales of comets)

Forget about holding steady
Run, run, run already
I wouldn’t be nose/no’s thumbing
Done dumbing
Start running
With the speed of light
She’ll set things right
Millions of years in mere moments
Our fears and tears
Tails of comets
(Tales of comets)

Surely there’s a remedy?

Remedy? You kidding me?
Can’t you see the remedy
… think extinct
Back to stardust (Start dust)
For the Earth to be just
Millions of years in mere moments
Our fears and tears
Tails of comets
(Tales of comets)

A song about humans being made of stardust. “Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood – was created inside a star before Earth was born.” (American Museum of Natural History) What do you think nature’s remedy to the human induced climate crisis will be… back to stardust?

Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: E G E / B E / E C E / C D E; Part II @ 113 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderIn Living Color

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LYRICS
In living color
I’m a lover
Love the shades and sheen
Take on the scene
Know what I mean?
Life comes to life
Hue comes to view
Under the light
Comes the sight
(Comes the sight
Under the light)
… the daylight
It’s dawning on me
I can see

Chords: Esus4 E / B G A E / E G A / C D E; Part II @ 108 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderHard to Deny

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LYRICS
The air pollution is fogging up the sky
Hard to deny
The ocean’s rising forever nigh
Hard to deny

Perpetuate the lie
Propagate the con
And the band played on
You’re in the middle
With Nero on fiddle
And the band played on

For sure glaciers going bye-bye
Hard to deny
Wildfires burn high, high, high
Hard to deny

Perpetuate the lie
Propagate the con
And the band played on
You’re in the middle
With Nero on fiddle
And the band played on

Our reservoir ran dry
Hard to deny
A flood of mud up to the eye / I
Hard to deny

Perpetuate the lie
Propagate the con
And the band played on
You’re in the middle
With Nero on fiddle
And the band played on

Chords: A/7 / D E A / C G / G A; Part II @ 108 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

The song portrays a poignant commentary on the devastating impacts of climate change with a reference to Nero, the Roman emperor famously associated with fiddling while Rome burned. The lyrics emphasize the visible consequences of environmental degradation, such as air pollution and rising oceans, and draw parallels to historical denial and inaction. The repeated refrain, “And the band played on,” suggests a metaphorical continuation of frivolous activities despite the impending crisis, highlighting the negligence and perpetuation of misinformation. The imagery of glaciers melting, wildfires raging, and reservoirs running dry vividly captures the urgency and severity of the climate crisis, making it “hard to deny.” Overall, the song serves as a powerful call to acknowledge the environmental challenges and take meaningful action.

Climate fools that continue to deny and lie.  Humans will have difficulty adapting to climate change.  In 2023, I wrote the paper, “Climate Change: How Long Is ‘Ever’?“. When we wrote the referenced Tunnel Under Thesis (1995), we forecast these extreme climate events would not happen for centuries. We underestimated Man’s ignorance and arrogance. Fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to set record highs. Humans have caused chain-reactions resulting in domino-effects, snowball effects, and feedback loops.  Events we thought would not happen in our lifetimes are happening now. The facts are hard to deny.

From the album: The Echoes of Earth’s Wrath:
A Musical Journey Through Mythical Metaphors on Human-Induced Climate Change

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAll in All

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LYRICS
All in all
Been a ball
Missed the call
Watch the fall
No matter how tall
They stand above
Can’t help but tell
In need of love
No matter how big
The stately pig
Know just as well
Push comes to shove
So in need of love

All in all
Been a ball
Missed the call
Watch the fall
Why not watch the plot
Go from “have” to “have not”
When you check the facts
About the climax
No matter how big
The stately pig
The Fat Lady’s swan song sung
Oh so done

This is a song about “Climate Change: The End of Times“. Do you feel privileged to be alive for The End? Did you think it would be this exciting?

Chords: C G D / A/7 D/9 / A D A / C D A / C E A; Part II @ 112
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWear Aware Where?

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LYRICS
Aware of your pollution there
Stare into thin air
No, no solution there
Up in arms
Didn’t hear the alarms
Little too late
To go irate

Aware how this life is rare
Share that you don’t care
No, no solution there
Up in arms
Didn’t sound the alarms
Little too late
To go irate

Aware of the damage done
No care for anyone
No, no solution won
Up in arms
Didn’t heed the alarms
Little too late
To go irate

This song is about people being aware of their impact on the climate, yet continuing to pollute.

“The increasing heating of our planet caused by fossil fuel use is not unexpected, it was predicted already in the 19th century after all,” said climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Germany. “But it is dangerous for us humans and for the ecosystems we depend on. We need to stop it fast.”

This is our current situation. Not “years away”. Not tomorrow. Today.

Stop burning fossil fuels today, stop consuming hydrocarbons today, or else….

In July of 2023, the study Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation was published in the journal Nature Communications. “Here we provide statistical significance and data-driven estimators for the time of tipping. We estimate a collapse of the AMOC to occur around mid-century (2050) under the current scenario of future emissions.”

Sidd added, “That’s only one paper, and the window is 2025-2095. I suspect there are many surprises in wait for us.”

Chords: Am Dm / AM Em DM AM; Part II @ 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

Feedback Loops and Tipping Points

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThugs of History

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LYRICS
The intensity’s igniting
Legitimacy is biting
Finding tumbling walls fall
Wrecking ball
Can’t look back
too late for that
No don’t look back
It’s ugly
Thugs of history

Crashed and dashed
Hopes and dreams
Smashed and thrashed
Slopes and scenes

Chords: A C / A C E A / G A / D A / A D A E A; Part II @ 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderInterest Do

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LYRICS
The numbers compounding
Interest is due/do
The blunders dumbfounding
Redresses few
Search for something new
What else can we do
To bring into view
The welcome sight
Of the guiding light
Alright / all right

Some sums are doubling
Interest is due/do
The outcomes are troubling
Redresses few
Search for something new
What else can we do
To bring into view
The welcome sight
Of the guiding light
Alright / all right

The totals staggering
Interest is due/do
Dissonance lingering
Redresses few
Search for something new
What else can we do
To bring into view
The welcome sight
Of the guiding light
Alright / all right

Chords: E A D G / G E / G D A / C B7 E; Part II @ 124 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Alarm Clock

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LYRICS
Hear the tick tock
Of the alarm clock
Before it goes off
In the morning
Forewarning

Steam coming to a head
Dreams hanging by a thread
Pre-mourning
Fare warning
Ingenuity coming
Genuinely brainstorming

Better think something up
about our cup
It’s not half-full
… on empty
Can you see

Steam coming to a head
Dreams hanging by a thread
Pre-mourning
Fare warning
Ingenuity coming
Genuinely brainstorming

So it’s said
We made our bed
6 feet under the daisies
All we dread
We bred their head
Who created the crazies?

Steam coming to a head
Dreams hanging by a thread
Pre-mourning
Fare warning
Ingenuity coming
Genuinely brainstorming

The-Alarm-Clock.mp3 (Free MP3 Download)

Chords: Bm G Em / G A7 Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderEnveloped

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LYRICS
Beyond the envelope
Unlocks
Outside the box
Given the depth and scope
Unbind
Your mind
We can find the time
To be kind

Inside the interlope
Unlocks
The paradox
Given the depth and scope
Unbind
Your mind
We can find the time
To be kind

At the end of the rope?
Unlock
Outside the box
Given the depth and scope
Unbind
Your mind
Envision death, say nope
Unwind
Your mind
We can find the time
To be kind

Climate Change: End of Times

Chords: CM7 Em / Em G A7 Em; Part II @ 116
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWord Search

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LYRICS
Search for the words
Put down the swords
The sounds of birds
Enchanting
It won’t be long
Till their songs are gone

To right our wrong
De-Man-ding
The thorns of the thistle
Set scorn with a bristle
Grasp the wasp’s stinger
To feel poison linger
The snake mistake
Men take in their own venom
Should have seen it comin’
These stories I can not make
As we watch Man overtake
Epic fail
Overtakes his own tail
Epic fail
Swallowing his own tale

This is a song about Man’s worst enemy — Man. In July of 2023 we wrote the paper, Climate Change: End of Times.

All of my life I have located my office and bedrooms in the uppermost southern exposure (preferably in the tree canopy.) I love sunlight, elevation, trees, fresh air, and wildlife. It is becoming ever more obvious my dreamlife is coming to an end, and I will be forced to tunnel under. For those forward thinkers, think about your poop. Pumping sewage above ground level will be a major problem at all times. In addition, the inability to pump flood water will become deadly during extreme weather events. In July of 2020 NPR reported, “The remnants of Hurricane Ida dropped unprecedented rainfall on several eastern states, killing dozens of people. Eleven of them were Queens residents who died when their basement apartments flooded.” In August of 2022 CNN reported, “Seoul has vowed to move some of the city’s poorest families out of underground and semi-subterranean homes after 13 people were killed in flooding caused by record rainfall this week, sparking public horror and calls for government accountability.” Drowning in your own poop may result for those unprepared.

Fresh air, water, food, and light will also be problematic; however, your most severe concern will likely be security. Those with supplies will be at high risk of being raped and looted. Good luck!

Chords: D D9 / D C / Am Em Em Am / C Em Am / C B7 Em; Part II starts at 88 BPM goes to 105 and 177
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderTrain of Thought

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LYRICS
Train of thought
Get ‘er running
Hey, why not
Make it stunning?
Let’s see if Man can
Start again
After we bring The End
Begin

Jumped the tracks
With their facts
Runaway train
Of harebrained
Let’s see if Man can
Start again
After we bring The End
Begin

Off the rails
Rides collide
Tattered sails
Crew divides
Let’s see if Man can
Start again
After we bring The End
Begin

All our trains of thought
Have come to their final stop
The last station on the line
Damnation of our time
Let’s see if Man can
Start again
After we bring The End
Begin

Chords: Bb Eb F / Eb F / Db Eb F; Part II @ 160 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWhen Humans Fly

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LYRICS
Out the southern exposure
A clear sky is on the make
While northern low pressure
Gives fear as it overtakes
In the middle
Of in between
Twist and meddle
A peaceful scene
Birds take flight toward the light
As men learn to fly… or die
My, oh, my
Do or die?
Touch the sky
Or kneel and cry?

In the middle
Of in between
Twist and meddle
A peaceful scene
Birds take flight toward the light
As men learn to fly… or die
When pigs grow wings
… and other things
(I’m flyyying)

Chords: A D A D A E / E A G A / C D A / A E; Part II @ 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAnswer

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LYRICS
To see with clarity
The facts we face
Human race,
Pick-up the pace
Answer questions
A smidge faster
Sinister suggestions
A risk factor

To be reality
Face-to-face
Human race,
Pick-up the pace
Answer questions
A smidge faster
Sinister suggestions
A risk factor

One with clarity
The truth we see
Human race
Razed the pace
Answer questions
A smidge faster
Sinister suggestions
A risk factor

Human race
Razed the pace
Human race,
Pick-up the pace
Human race,
Pick-up the place

Chords: A / C G A / C D A / A E E A; Part II @ starts at 86 BPM / Accelerando
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFree Time

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LYRICS
Those days of living free
With no responsibility
Elude me
Those times of living large
Oh so arrogant
Pay the rent
Racking up dues
For the Age of the Blues
The present
Feel free to chime in
Help with the timing
I present the present
Breaking news
Free time blues
Breaking knews
It’s a crime
What happened to free time
What happened to free time
Is a crime

Chords: C / E G C / C B7 E / E A / C B7 E / C E / C B7 E; Part II @ 110 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment