[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Clean Guitar Arpeggios, Distant Thunder FX, Slow Organ Pad]
[Soft Wind Ambience, Light Piano Notes]
Look outside
(Far and wide)
Can you tell me…
(What do you see?)
Begin…
(Look again)
It’s the eve…
(Best believe)
[Instrumental]
[Bass Pulse, Cymbal Wash, Echo Guitar]
[Verse 1]
The sky burns orange in the middle of the day
The rain comes harder than it used to anyway
The rivers don’t know where to go… overflow
The coastlines smear then disappear
The sign is beware – everywhere
But some still hide in fear
[Instrumental]
[Organ Swell, Slow Tom Beat, Guitar Harmonics]
[Verse 2]
The forests turn to ash
The oceans climb the shore
The storms move slower now
But somehow hit much more
The ice gives way upstream
The currents start to bend
And every little warning
Becomes a larger end
[Pre-Chorus]
One thing tips another
Then another falls behind
A chain reaction growing
Too massive to unwind
[Chorus]
Observation
(Look out your window)
Observation
(Before making a widow)
Observation
(Investigation)
Observation
(What are you seeing?)
Observation
(The signs are screaming)
Observation
(No more debating)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Driving Bass, Marching Snare, Layered Synth]
[Verse 3]
No doubt the heat feeds drought
The drought feeds fire ever higher
I could cry… the fire fills the sky
The smoke traps more heat
There’s nowhere to retreat
Pushing temperatures to dire
Warn of oceans that warm
I could cry… the storms intensify
On inspection the melting ice removes reflection
And the sunlight multiplies
As the species die
[Bridge]
It never moved in straight lines
It never stopped to wait
The systems fed each other
And accelerated fate
We called it years ago
Before the damage spread
Now the proof surrounds us
In every storm we dread
[Breakdown]
[Minimal Beat, Bass Drone, Spoken Vocal]
Just look out your window
(Observation)
Just look out your window
(Investigation)
Just look out your window
(Before making a widow)
[Final Chorus]
Observation
(Look out your window)
Observation
(Before making a widow)
Observation
(Investigation)
Observation
(The chain reaction)
Observation
(The acceleration)
Observation
(No imagination)
[Outro]
[Slow Piano, Fading Organ, Rain FX]
Look outside
(What do you see?)
Look again
(And believe)
[Fade Out]
About the Song
This song is about the growing visibility of climate change and the domino effect of feedback loops. Heat drives drought, drought drives fire, fire increases atmospheric carbon, and the cycle intensifies. What once seemed theoretical is now obvious to ordinary people simply by observing the world around them. As Sidd said: “Just look out your window.”
A Call to Citizen Climate Scientists: Anthropogenic Global Warming
From the album “Laboratory“