[Silence]
\n[Arrangement: Driving piano rock, Hammond organ, punchy drums, call-and-response vocals, driving anthem]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nWhat’s the word?
\n(Climate jerk!)
\nWhat’s the math?
\n(Do the work!)<\/p>\n
What’s it mean?
\n(See the scene)
\nLook ahead!
\n(Something speeding up instead!)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nPeople talk about a warming trend
\nA curve that rises without end
\nBut there’s another story in the line
\nHidden in the slope through time<\/p>\n
Not just moving
\n(Not just fast)
\nNot just changing
\n(From the past)<\/p>\n
The change itself
\n(Is changing too)
\nThat’s the clue
\n(In front of you)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nVelocity
\n(That’s one)
\nAcceleration
\n(That’s two)<\/p>\n
Then comes something
\n(Bigger than you knew)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Third derivative!)
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Positive and additive!)<\/p>\n
Acceleration’s speeding up
\n(That’s the point)
\nClimate jerk!
\n(It gets attention!)<\/p>\n
Climate jerk!
\n(Starts a conversation!)
\nSometimes science needs a name…
\n(That people won’t ignore… any more)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThe textbooks write it formally
\nIn mathematical clarity
\nA third derivative through time
\nA technical but useful sign<\/p>\n
Scientists may write a page
\nFilled with symbols on a stage
\nBut ordinary folks can see
\nWhat the numbers seem to mean<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nThe slope gets steep
\n(It doesn’t rest)
\nThe pace increases
\n(More than guessed)<\/p>\n
The trend itself
\n(Passes the test)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Third derivative!)
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Positive and additive!)<\/p>\n
Acceleration’s speeding up
\n(That’s the point)
\nClimate jerk!
\n(It gets attention!)<\/p>\n
Climate jerk!
\n(Starts a conversation!)
\nSometimes science needs a name
\n(That people won’t ignore… any more)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nCall it technical
\n(Call it plain)
\nCall it science
\n(Just explain)<\/p>\n
When acceleration grows with time
\nThe signal’s written in the climb<\/p>\n
The math is serious
\n(The name’s a hook)
\nGets folks talking
\n(Take a look)<\/p>\n
Hey!
\n(Hey!)
\nHey!
\n(Hey!)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Saxophone Solo]<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Third derivative!)
\nClimate jerk!
\n(Positive and additive!)<\/p>\n
The acceleration’s rising still
\n(Watch the curve swerve)<\/p>\n
Climate jerk!
\n(It gets attention!)<\/p>\n
Climate jerk!
\n(Starts a conversation!)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nWhat’s the word?
\n(Climate jerk!)
\nWhat’s the math?
\n(Do the work!)<\/p>\n
Read the graph
\n(Follow the line!)
\nThe future’s written
\n(One slope at a time!)<\/p>\n
No doubt
\n(To find out)
\nThe denier (crier)<\/p>\n
About the Song
\nThe technical term is third-derivative behavior\u2014specifically, when d\u00b3I\/dt\u00b3 > 0, meaning the acceleration itself is increasing. I use the informal term “climate jerk” because it’s more accessible to a general audience and, judging by some of the reactions, it certainly gets people’s attention.<\/p>\n