{"id":31785,"date":"2023-12-08T13:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=31785"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:54:38","slug":"your-present-whats-inside-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2023\/12\/08\/your-present-whats-inside-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Present (What&#8217;s Inside the Box?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/Merry-Christmas\/231207_0293-Your-Present-Part-I.mp3\"> Your Present Part I.mp3<\/a> (unplugged to save energy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/Merry-Christmas\/231207_0298-Your-Present-Part-II.mp3\"> Your Present Part II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/Merry-Christmas\/instrumentals\/231207_0296-Your-Present-Part-II-Instrumental.mp3\">Your Present Part II Instrumental.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/Merry-Christmas\/MIDI\/Your-Present-Part-II.MID\">Your Present Part II.MID<\/a> (Casio WK-3500 with MiniNova Vocoder Part)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LYRICS<br \/>\nSo close<br \/>\nGetting warmer<br \/>\nAlmost<br \/>\nGetting warmer<br \/>\nThink inside the box<br \/>\nWhat unlocks the locks?<br \/>\nThe key to our success<br \/>\nIs the key to nothing &#8212; less<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s inside the box<br \/>\nShocks<br \/>\n&#8230; with its presence<br \/>\nIn our hands, the present<\/p>\n<p>Oh, no<br \/>\nGetting hotter<br \/>\nYou know<br \/>\nGetting hotter<br \/>\nThink inside the box<br \/>\nWhat unlocks the locks?<br \/>\nThe key to our success<br \/>\nIs the key to nothing &#8212; less<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s inside the box<br \/>\nShocks<br \/>\n&#8230; with its presence<br \/>\nIn our hands, the present<\/p>\n<p>See the climate change<br \/>\nRight before your eyes<br \/>\nThe primates rearrange<br \/>\nComes as no surprise<\/p>\n<p>Unlocks Pandora&#8217;s box<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s no going back<br \/>\nUnlocks Pandora&#8217;s box<br \/>\nTurned status to whack<\/p>\n<p>Chords: E E7 E \/ B7 A E \/ A E A C B7 E \/ C D E \/ E\/7; Part II 128 Beats Per Minute<br \/>\nInstrumentation: Vocals, Ibanez Acoustic Guitar, Fender Squire Mini Electric Guitar, Fender Jazz Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)<\/p>\n<p>Can you guess what&#8217;s inside the box? What is under the wrapping? Is it your present?<\/p>\n<p>We know exactly what is our present &#8212; human induced climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Global heat is now &#8220;gobsmackingly bananas,&#8221; said climate scientist Zeke Hausfather. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to overstate just how exceptionally high global temperatures are at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Climate Change Review 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Sidd said, &#8220;Do you remember back in the early 2000&#8217;s when we thought we wouldn&#8217;t live to see the extreme changes due to global warming?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel replied, &#8220;I think 2023 is the most significant year so far. We saw confirmation of tipping points being crossed for Mountain Glacier Loss, Greenland Ice Sheet Collapse, Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse, and potentially the Collapse of AMOC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sidd continued, &#8220;We already knew that. It was Canada catching on fire that I could not believe. I never thought I&#8217;d live to see the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel asked, &#8220;Do you think the permafrost and peatlands will have zombie fires and cause the <b>permafrost tipping point<\/b>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sidd responded, &#8220;Yes. They are gone, too. We already know from the permafrost peatland fires in Siberia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel ponders, &#8220;Hmmmm&#8230; I guess that means my plan went up in smoke? My <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-End-of-Times.html\">worst case scenario \/ last resort emergency plan<\/a> was to escape to Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Can I Do?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are plenty of things you can do to help save the planet. <strong>Stop using fossil fuels. Consume less. Love more.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/go-net-zero.html\">Here is a list of additional actions you can take.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; from <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\">Toppled Tipping Points: The Domino Effect<\/a> \/ Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/How-Long-Is-Ever.html\">Climate Change: How Long Is &#8220;Ever&#8221;?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/\">Christmas album<\/a> of music <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/xmas\/index-2023.html\"><strong><em>Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Present Part I.mp3 (unplugged to save energy) Your Present Part II.mp3 Your Present Part II Instrumental.mp3 Your Present Part II.MID (Casio WK-3500 with MiniNova Vocoder Part) LYRICS So close Getting warmer Almost Getting warmer Think inside the box What unlocks the locks? 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