{"id":32756,"date":"2024-04-07T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=32756"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:05:42","slug":"cosmic-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/04\/07\/cosmic-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Countdown-Part-I.mp3\"> Cosmic-Countdown-Part-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-A.mp3\"> Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-A.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-B.mp3\"> Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-B.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/mp3\/Cosmic-Countdown-Part-III.mp3\"> Cosmic-Countdown-Part-III.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A psychedelic hard rock space song about running out of time.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse]<br \/>\nLost in the cosmos, I&#8217;m searching for a sign<br \/>\nSpace and time are melding, it&#8217;s a race against time<br \/>\nGravity pulls me closer, my heart&#8217;s about to burst<br \/>\nIn this psychedelic universe, I&#8217;m fighting for what&#8217;s worth<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nStaring at the stars, my mind begins to spin<br \/>\nLosing track of days, the countdown&#8217;s wearing thin<br \/>\nThe clock&#8217;s ticking faster, reality&#8217;s slipping away<br \/>\nIn this cosmic chaos, I&#8217;ve got no time to delay<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nRunning out of time, on this interstellar ride<br \/>\nMy mind&#8217;s on overload, as the universe unfolds<br \/>\n(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)<br \/>\nRunning out of time, in this cosmic countdown<br \/>\nGotta find my way back home, before I&#8217;m lost and never found<\/p>\n<p><b>Cosmic Countdown Part II<\/b><br \/>\n[Verse 1]<br \/>\nIn the first week of July, the world turned ablaze,<br \/>\nThe hottest days ever, a scorching craze,<br \/>\nBut how long is &#8220;ever&#8221; in our human gaze,<br \/>\nAs we stumble through history&#8217;s intricate maze?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nRunning out of time, on this interstellar ride<br \/>\nMy mind&#8217;s on overload, as the universe unfolds<br \/>\n(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)<br \/>\nRunning out of time, in this cosmic countdown<br \/>\nGotta find my way back home, before I&#8217;m lost and never found<\/p>\n<p>(Verse 2)<br \/>\nHumans, mere blips in Earth&#8217;s ancient story,<br \/>\nYet we wield power, seeking our glory,<br \/>\nFrom the Seven Sisters to our fossil fuel inventory,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve altered the climate, rewriting allegory.<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve breached the threshold, beyond pre-industrial,<br \/>\nHeating the planet, the impact substantial,<br \/>\nCan we adapt to a world so unforgivable,<br \/>\nWhere extremes reign supreme, and life seems unlivable?<\/p>\n<p>(Bridge)<br \/>\nFeedback loops and tipping points, a dire concern,<br \/>\nAs ice melts, forests burn, the consequences churn,<br \/>\nThe domino effect, each tipping point we spurn,<br \/>\nWill we awaken, or watch as the world yearns?<\/p>\n<p>(Verse 3)<br \/>\nClimate scientists warned of this impending fate,<br \/>\nYet we ignored, sealed our tragic state,<br \/>\nNow the Earth&#8217;s wrath, it&#8217;s far too late,<br \/>\nAs we stand at the precipice, sealing our own crate.<\/p>\n<p>(Chorus)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not a distant future, it&#8217;s today&#8217;s call,<br \/>\nTo halt the burning, to prevent the fall,<br \/>\nFor if we continue, humanity&#8217;s downfall,<br \/>\nWill be swift and merciless, our epitaph scrawl.<\/p>\n<p>(Outro)<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s halt the combustion, the exploitation spree,<br \/>\nFor a world worth saving, for you and me,<br \/>\nStop burning fossil fuels, let our actions decree,<br \/>\nA future of hope, where all can be free.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cosmic Countdown Part III<\/b><br \/>\n[Verse]<br \/>\nLost in the cosmos, I&#8217;m searching for a sign<br \/>\nSpace and time are melding, it&#8217;s a race against time<br \/>\nGravity pulls me closer, my heart&#8217;s about to burst<br \/>\nIn this psychedelic universe, I&#8217;m fighting for what&#8217;s worth<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nStaring at the stars, my mind begins to spin<br \/>\nLosing track of days, the countdown&#8217;s wearing thin<br \/>\nThe clock&#8217;s ticking faster, reality&#8217;s slipping away<br \/>\nIn this cosmic chaos, I&#8217;ve got no time to delay<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nRunning out of time, on this interstellar ride<br \/>\nMy mind&#8217;s on overload, as the universe unfolds<br \/>\n(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)<br \/>\nRunning out of time, in this cosmic countdown<br \/>\nGotta find my way back home, before I&#8217;m lost and never found<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nHow long is \u201cever\u201d\u2026 as in \u201cthe hottest it\u2019s ever been in recorded history\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>During the first week of July 2023, the Earth had the hottest days ever.<\/p>\n<p>Humans are about 200,000 years old with our closest variety being dated to about 140,000 years ago. The earliest \u201crecording of history\u201d is approximately 100,000 years old. It is the story of The Seven Sisters of The Pleiades. The Seven Sister are a cluster of stars in the Taurus constellation. There are six stars visible to the naked eye. The story is about seven stars. The seventh star has not been visible to the naked eye for over 100,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>The 20th-century surface temperature average for Earth was 13.9\u2103.<br \/>\nIn the first weeks of July of 2023, the average temperature was 17\u2103.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Is it possible for humans to push the temperature 3\u2103 above pre-industrial levels?<br \/>\nA: Yes. Humans have pushed global temperatures up more than 3\u2103.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Is it possible for humans to survive at temperatures greater than 3\u2103?<br \/>\nA: Probably not long. Humans have never done it before.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme weather will become more frequent and intense. Sea levels will rapidly rise as the coasts disappear. However, the most concerning development will be <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">tipping points<\/a>. Plants will become extinct and many carbon sinks will vanish. The Earth\u2019s temperature will continue to accelerate at an exponential rate no matter what humans do. Food, fresh water, and breathable air will cease to exist. Humans will likely follow in short order.<\/p>\n<p>These &#8220;tipping points&#8221; were preventable; however, now they are becoming inevitable. Climate scientists had thought we would not cross tipping points for centuries at the earliest. Tipping points are part of feedback loop systems. A tipping point occurs when a human influenced global warming activity becomes self-sustaining without the human activity. For instance, the mountain glacier loss tipping point has triggered a feedback loop. The ice-albedo feedback loop is an expression of the ability of surfaces to reflect sunlight (heat from the sun). Any loss of ice over a darker surface means the surface will absorb more heat and reflect less heat. This process makes the Earth warmer causing more loss of ice&#8230; which in turn causes more warming of the Earth. When a tipping point causes another tipping point to be toppled it is called the <b>The Domino Effect<\/b>. <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\">Mountain glacier loss, the collapse of AMOC, and the dieback of the Amazon rainforest<\/a> is an example of The Domino Effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe increasing heating of our planet caused by fossil fuel use is not unexpected, it was predicted already in the 19th century after all,\u201d said climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Germany. \u201cBut it is dangerous for us humans and for the ecosystems we depend on. We need to stop it fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is our current situation. Not \u201cyears away\u201d. Not tomorrow. Today.<\/p>\n<p>Stop burning fossil fuels today, stop exploiting hydrocarbons today, or else\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; from <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/How-Long-Is-Ever.html\">Climate Change: How Long Is &#8220;Ever&#8221;?<\/a> Brouse (2023)<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/Were-Here\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers: We&#8217;re Here&#8230; er, a&#8230; Were Here<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/4D-Music\/\">4D Music: Songs About Science<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmic-Countdown-Part-I.mp3 Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-A.mp3 Cosmic-Countdown-Part-II-B.mp3 Cosmic-Countdown-Part-III.mp3 A psychedelic hard rock space song about running out of time. [Verse] Lost in the cosmos, I&#8217;m searching for a sign Space and time are melding, it&#8217;s a race against time Gravity pulls me closer, my heart&#8217;s about to burst In this psychedelic universe, I&#8217;m fighting for what&#8217;s worth [Verse 2] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,9,14,24],"tags":[3910,3944],"class_list":["post-32756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-chaos-theory","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-climat3e-change","tag-were-here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32756"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32823,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32756\/revisions\/32823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}