[Intro]
\n[Instrumental: Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Piano, Bass, Light Drums]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nYou don’t need a supercomputer.
\n(No, no robot rooter)
\nYou don’t need a laboratory.
\n(… to see)
\nYou don’t need a PhD.
\nSometimes…
\nyou just need to look.
\n(… to see)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nThe seasons feel a little different
\n(Than they used to feel before)
\nThe rainfall comes in bursts now
\n(And pounds upon the door)
\nThe winters seem less certain
\n(The summers linger long)
\nTiny observations
\n(Begin to form a song)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne signal
\n(By itself)
\nAnother signal
\n(On the shelf)
\nThen together
\n(Something else)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nJust look out your window
\n(You’ll know)
\nAll it takes is curiosity
\n(To see)
\nPatterns emerge
\n(As they grow)
\nThe world keeps leaving clues
\n(For you and me)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nSigns, signs, signs
\n(Everywhere you’ll find)
\nA sign
\nSigns, signs, signs
\n(Look for the me, my, mine’s)
\nCausing the signs<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThe creek floods more often
\n(The garden blooms too soon)
\nThe smoke arrives from far away
\n(Beneath a summer moon)
\nThe insects seem fewer
\n(The heat hangs around)
\nThe ordinary starts revealing
\n(What’s happening on the ground)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne observation
\n(By itself)
\nAnother observation
\n(On the shelf)
\nThen together
\n(Something else)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nJust look out your window
\n(You’ll know)
\nAll it takes is curiosity
\n(To see)
\nThe clues accumulate
\n(As they grow)
\nA thousand local stories
\n(Form the whole)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\n[Music Drops to Piano and Organ]
\nNo single sign explains everything
\nNo single storm proves a trend
\nBut systems leave fingerprints
\nAgain and again and again
\nThe challenge is not finding signals
\nThe challenge is paying attention
\nThe world is speaking constantly
\nThrough observation<\/p>\n
[Build]
\nWatch…
\n(The weather)
\nWatch…
\n(The sea)
\nWatch…
\n(The forests)
\nWatch…
\n(The trees)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental Break]
\n[Guitar Solo]
\n[Organ Swells]
\n[Driving Bass]<\/p>\n
[Verse 3]
\nThe feedbacks find each other
\n(The pathways intertwine)
\nWhat once seemed disconnected
\n(Begins to align)
\nThe story isn’t hidden
\n(Behind some distant screen)
\nIt’s written all around us
\n(In places we have seen)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nJust look out your window
\n(You’ll know)
\nAll it takes is curiosity
\n(To see)
\nThe future isn’t abstract
\n(Anymore)
\nIt’s standing at the doorstep
\n(Of every door)
\nJust look out your window
\n(You’ll know)
\nThe evidence keeps growing
\n(As we go)
\nThe world is changing
\n(Noticeably)
\nFor anyone willing
\n(To see)<\/p>\n
[Extended Refrain]
\nSigns, signs, signs
\n(Everywhere you’ll find)
\nA sign
\nSigns, signs, signs
\n(Look for the me, my, mine’s)
\nCausing the signs
\nSigns, signs, signs
\n(Follow the lines)
\nConnecting the signs<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Acoustic Guitar and Organ Fade]
\nThe atmosphere keeps records.
\nThe oceans keep records.
\nThe forests keep records.
\nAnd so can we.
\nJust look out your window…
\nand pay attention.<\/p>\n
…. Look out your window
\n[Fade Out]
\n(Look out your window)
\nYou’ll know…
\n(Go!)
\nYou’ll know…
\n(Go!)<\/p>\n
About the Song: Look Out Your Window<\/p>\n
Climate feedback loops do not act independently.
\nThey interact synergistically \u2014 a cascade of tipped tipping points in which each destabilized system accelerates the next.<\/p>\n
At the time we started our experiment, it was largely theoretical. A Call to Citizen Climate Scientists: Observe, Record, and Contribute<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n
\nBy 2024, the acceleration was visible to the layperson.
\nAs Sidd once said: \u201cJust look out your window.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n