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bookmark_borderBlowin’ It

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LYRICS
We saw it coming
Hope you practiced jumping?
How low can we go
How high can we fly?
We blew our gases
Gone with the wind
We’ve no more passes
Long, in “has been”
Blowin’… we keep blowin’… blowin’ it
All the time knowing it
Just can’t quit

Foregone foreboding
Hope you practiced self-loathing
Too late to wait
Procrastinate hate
We blew our gases
Gone with the wind
We’ve no more passes
Long, in “has been”
Blowin’… we keep blowin’… blowin’ it
All the time knowing it
Just can’t quit
(Or won’t quit?)

230627_3123-Blowin-It.mp3

Chords: F#/7 C# B F#7/# / B E D C#7 F#
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAll Paradoxical

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LYRICS
I need energy
In a hurry
The faster I proceed
The more I need
Me and you
Catch 22

Perpetual dilemma
Human drama
Sequestration impersonation
Me and you
Catch 22

Not “Damned if we do, damned if we don’t”
It’s “Damned what we did, damned we still won’t”
(We could quit. We don’t quit. We keep going on and on and on….)

Ya’ll are our paradoxical
All paradoxical
Me and you
Catch 22

230627_3122-All-Paradoxical.mp3

This song was inspired by the paper “Animal Agriculture is the Leading Cause of Climate Change”.

I said, “About the paper, it is not a good paper… flawed in several ways. The main problem with the paper is it depends on “the potential to sequester over 2000 Giga tons”. No amount of sequestering will solve our problem. Sequestration is only a temporary solution. The most important thing for people to do is stop the use of hydrocarbon-based products today… followed by everything else. Minimize consumption of everything.

Plant vegetation sequestration only lasts for several years (with old growth hardwood some sequestration may last up to 100 years.) We wrote a paper on it a few years ago. Though the paper focuses on hemp, it covers all vegetation (The Hemp Myth, Carbon Sinks and the Environment).

Some people argue that we can not abruptly stop the use of fossil fuels or it will cause social unrest. The total collapse of society is inevitable. Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, we have already baked in a rise of 2 degrees Celsius. “The Earth will exceed 1.5℃ (average global surface temperature over the surface of the earth for ten years) by the 2040’s and a societal collapse will ensue. For the most part, the Earth will be uninhabitable for humans by 2070 UNLESS immediate action is taken.” — Brouse and Mukherjee

The average life of a tree planted for carbon credit sequestration is 7 years. (In addition, “Tree Extinction Due to Human Induced Environmental Stress” is already lowering the life expectancy of all trees.) Climate scientists, such as myself, are against the use of sequestering for carbon credits. Giving carbon offsets for planting trees and allowing for the continued use of fossil fuels is greenwashing and accelerates the pace of climate change.

Chords: Em/7/+Bb / D A Em / G A C Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderHiccup?

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LYRICS
Into spiel: Welcome to the intro spiel. Here is the deal:
Things were going strong
Something went wrong
Just a hiccup?
If we stop our attack
… start to give back
Things are looking up?
Things will start looking up, maybe?
Spiel #2 (The Spiel Sequel)
Maybe
If we
Could be
What we
Should be
I mean
The scene
Serene
Moving along
Things were going strong
Something went wrong
Q: Just a hiccup?
A: If we stop our attack
… start to give back
Things are looking up

230626_3121-Hiccup.mp3

Chords: E / D C E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWeather Wars

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LYRICSWhile the herd is aimlessly grazing
What I’ve heard is hair-raising
All the cows lay with a storm on the way
No not me
Seek shelter out of harm’s way
Grab your lover
And run for cover
Weather war
Is dishing out more
Fore sure
It’s up to us
If you’re prosperous

We’ve been given the time
Yet ended sublime
Chose to self-anoint
Then, exploit
While the herd is aimlessly grazing
What I’ve heard is hair-raising
All the cows lay with a storm on the way
No not me
Seek shelter out of harm’s way
Grab your lover
And run for cover
Weather war
Is dishing out more
Fore sure
It’s up to us
If we’re prosperous

This song is about 2 social media posts I made the day the song was written and recorded:

For those people living in Southeastern PA, extreme weather warning for this afternoon. Please remember:
Q: Is there a limiting factor to the size of raindrops… that will prevent them from becoming lethal?
A: “A Hard Rain Is Falling” and, yes, hail can kill you.

I responded to a post about climate change being “frightening” and what we need to do. Most people want the government and/or businesses to take responsibility. Here was my response:
It is in everybody’s best interest to abandon fossil fuels immediately. The inevitable is already bad enough… if we continue on as usual, the severity and immediacy will increase exponentially. All need to take action… governments and businesses as organizations, and even more importantly — us… people. Everybody (at least in the USA) can go net-zero today and save money at the same time. Reaching “net zero” is easy, cheap, and saves you thousands of dollars, not to mention, you can help save the planet. Electricity and heat, food and land use, transportation, and investment. Here is what I’ve done to go carbon negative: Go Net Zero Now.

When I say “The inevitable is already bad enough”… this is what we are talking about… your guaranteed future:
Sea-level Rise: Greenland and the Collapse of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Chords: Dm F Em / G Em / C D E / D F; Part II @ 101 BPM
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_borderThunder and Lightning

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LYRICS
Upon first sighting
Of the lightning
No need to wonder
Of the thunder
The sound is found
It’ll come around
Takes ‘er a while
’bout five seconds for a mile
Count your drive to stay alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Thunder or lightning
Which is frightening?
The jolt of a bolt
Will strike you down
The sound lag found
It’ll come around
Takes ‘er a while
’bout five seconds for a mile
Count your drive to stay alive
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Mile per hour: 7 6 7
Our race pace
To heaven
[The might
Of the speed of light]

The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. The speed of sound is 767 miles per hour. You can tell how far away the lightning strikes are from your location by counting the time between the light and the sound. It takes about 5 seconds for the thunder to travel 1 mile. As climate change brings more extreme weather events, cumulonimbus clouds will become more common. Cumulonimbus clouds create the conditions the conditions for thunder and lightning, as well as, creating extreme precipitation momentum that is deadly.

Chords: Em/Em7 / G A E/Em / E A G E / B7 A G E/Em ; Part II @ 116 to 130 BPM
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_borderCumulonimbus

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LYRICS
Cumulonimbus can kiss this
Another storm warning
Maybe it will be a near miss
Clear skies by morning?
Starting to get what they mean
When they say weather’s extreme
In the middle of broad daylight
Sky turned black as night
Never knew a wind to blow
Now a new wind I know
Good times go

Cumulonimbus menacing us
Extending high in the sky
Thunder clouds screaming out loud
Tower and plume loom high
Starting to get what they mean
When they say weather’s extreme
In the middle of broad daylight
Sky turned black as night
Never knew a wind to blow
Now a new wind I know
Good times go

230624_3111-Cumulonimbus.mp3

A cumulonimbus cloud is capable of creating extreme precipitation momentum that is deadly. Everything falling to earth accelerates at 9.8 m/s^2 (32ft/s^2) [the downward speed increases at 9.8 m/s (32 ft/s) every second.]
p = mv
p = momentum
m = mass
v = velocity

Chords: B/B7 / D F# B / D E B / D E F# / F# A F# / B/B7
Written and recording along side Lake Wynonah, PA
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderOff My Chest

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LYRICS
Get a couple of things
Off my chest
Think it’s best
To forget about the rest
Before they lay me down to rest
Gotta see Man pass the test
Take interest in the interest of Man
Understand air, sea, and land

Got a couple things on my mind
Why’s it hard to find
The kind kind
Before they lay me down to rest
Gotta see Man pass the test
Take interest in the interest of Man
Understand air, sea, and land

Get a couple of things
Off my back
Why do we hack
When there’s nothing we lack
Before they lay me down to rest
Gotta see Man pass the test
Take interest in the interest of Man
Understand air, sea, and land

Chords: F#m C#m F#m / D E F#m / D B / D C#7 F#m; Part II @ 130 BPM
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_borderThe Eve of Eve

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LYRICS
When did things go wrong
Back to the garden
Where did things go wrong
Blame it on Eden
On the eve of Eve
Dawn of destruction
Hard to believe
Call it satisfaction
On the eve of Eve

Adam’s same old song
“Woman, you’ve done me wrong”
Eternal shame
Collateral blame
On the eve of Eve
Dawn of destruction
Hard to believe
Call it satisfaction
On the eve of Eve

Satan moved on and on
On to Babylon
Playin’ the same old game
with a different name
On the eve of Eve
Dawn of destruction
Hard to believe
Call it satisfaction
On the eve of Eve

A song about people not taking responsibility for climate change. If you use fossil fuel or hydro carbon products, you are to blame. You can not blame your bad actions on Eve, an apple, and a snake.

Chords: Bb A / D E A / A G E / E G A; Part II @ 98 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_borderReality Naivety

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LYRICS
Confusion
Delusion
What’s the deal with reality
Is it real… the duality
Looking in the mirror
See myself clearer
Just rehearse
In reverse?

Confusion
Illusion
What’s the deal with relativity
Is it real… or my naivety
Looking in the mirror
See myself clearer
Just rehearse
In reverse?

Confusion
Infusion
What’s the deal with creativity
Is it real… spontaneity
Looking in the mirror
See myself clearer
Just rehearse
In reverse?

This song considers several concepts of math, physics, and human life. “Wave–particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or quantum entity may be described as either a particle or a wave.” Is that possible? Or is a mirror image in reverse? “The image of everything in front of the mirror is reflected backward, retracing the path it traveled to get there. Nothing is switching left to right or up-down. Instead, it’s being inverted front to back.” If I live the mirror image of my life, will I grow younger? Is there a “dependence of various physical phenomena on relative motion of the observer and the observed objects, especially regarding the nature and behavior of light, space, time, and gravity”? How about creativity? Do people really come up with original ideas? Is it possible to be spontaneous?

Chords: D Am7 D / Bb C D / F D; Part I @ 112 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderA Little Place (In the Outer Space)

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LYRICS
Is this one going up?
Is this one going down?
Looking for a ride
Past the other side of town
And then some
Find a little place
In the outer space

Are you headed east
Or headed west
Looking for a ride
To whichever way is best
And then some
Find a little place
In the outer space

Is the going rough?
Are we hanging tough?
Feeling satisfied?
Never get enough…
And then some
Find a little place
In the outer space

230620_3095-A-Little-Place.mp3

Chords: E A D D A E / C D E / E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

bookmark_borderReplays Your Days

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LYRICS
O.K. here we go
Do you think so
Or really know so
Do you think so
Or merely hope so?
O.K. here we go
Can’t wait!
Out of the starting gate
Canned hate
Sent to the pearly gates
Replays your days

O.K. here we go
Do you think so
Or really know so
Do you think so
Or merely hope so?
O.K. here we go
That’s great
No longer have to wait
That hate
Gone to dissipate

O.K. here we go
Do you think so
Or really know so
Do you think so
Or merely hope so?
O.K. here we go
Above
All there’s love
Let love
Rise above

Chords: D D# E / E G D A C E / G A / G D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass (on instrumental), Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderCatch Me?

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LYRICS
Catch me?
I’m jumping
Don’t want to get wet
Should have learned swimming
But have not as yet
Die with regret?
Know no
Not yet
Mind over matter
Recovery
Climb up the ladder
Discovery

Catch me?
I’m falling
Don’t want to get hurt
Should have learned flying
Now headed for dirt
Die with regret?
Know no
Not yet
Mind over matter
Recovery
Climb up the ladder
Discovery

Catch me?
I’m fainting
Feel light in the head
Should have kept running
Catch me, I’m dead
Die with regret?
Know no
Not yet
Mind over matter
Recovery
Climb up the ladder
Discovery

Chords: G9/Am7 / G Am / C G Am / C D Am; Part II @ 114 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderSquank! Squank!

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LYRICS
Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
But can we endure
Debunk
Is that right? Talking finite?

Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
But can we endure
Debunk
What’s right’s right
Despite their might

Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
Squank! Squank!
We’ve heard it before
We’ll hear it some more
But can we endure
Debunk
Saw the light
Finding insight

230618_3077-Squank-Squank.mp3

Chords: Gm Eb C / C Gm / F C Eb Gm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWhat It Took

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LYRICS
Right when I saw it coming
That’s when the awe in dumbing
I came to see
Took over me
It took a long time
Such a long time
To figure it out
Seemed like forever
Or maybe never
To figure out
What it’s all about

Right when I felt it hitting
That’s when it’s too late for quitting
It came to me
I am to be
It took a long time
Such a long time
To figure it out
Seemed like forever
Or maybe never
To figure out
What it’s all about

Right when there’s understanding
That’s when there’s de-Man-ding
We’ve come to see
Left-over we
It took a long time
Such a long time
To figure it out
Seemed like forever
Or maybe never
To figure out
What it’s all about

Chords: E7 E E6 E / A# A G# E / E G A / A G E; Part II @ 121 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_borderTrite Redundancy

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LYRICS
Once upon a time
It was said to often
A trite redundancy
Once reason and rhyme
Trended to soften
Not right
Stupendously
When brains are in the bottom
It’s easy to see
It comes out smelling rotten
Feeling messy…
Runny
(Not funny)

Once in a while
It was said too often
Quite trite redundancy
The rancid and vile
Sent for a coffin
Not right
Repugnant, see
When brains are in the bottom
It’s easy to see
It comes out smelling rotten
Feeling messy…
Runny
(Not funny)

Once and done
It was said too often
Trite blight redundancy
Since reason and rhyme
Tended to soften
Not right
What’s left for me?
When brains are in the bottom
It’s easy to see
It comes out smelling rotten
Feeling messy…
Runny
(Not funny)

Chords: Dm Em / Em G D A7 Em / Em/G D A; Part II @ 124 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