[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
Equations on the board
(Difficult to compute)
Reality in disorder
(Hard to attribute)
[Bridge]
Solve it if you can
(Balance and expand)
Check your math again
(Collapse at hand)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Chorus]
It’s a physics problem
(Difficult to solve)
It’s a physical problem
(Dissolve and devolve)
[Verse 1]
x plus y, what’s the sum?
Can numbers tell the outcome?
Add the heat, multiply the rain
Divide the loss, subtract the gain
The system spins in loops unseen
Feedback forces push between
What we calculate, what we feel
The solution hides, the spiral real
[Instrumental – Extended Psychedelic Jam – Percussion]
[Guitar Solo — sharper, angular]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
Economics meets the storm
Infrastructure bends, norms deform
More damage → less defense
More loss → heightened consequence
A problem in the books
A problem in our looks
Symbols on the page, chaos on the stage
Equations fail to gauge
[Chorus]
It’s a physics problem
(Difficult to solve)
It’s a physical problem
(Dissolve and devolve)
[Instrumental – Percussion – Saxophone Solo]
[Drum Solo]
[Bridge 2]
Check your units, check your scope
Constants fail to hold our hope
Feedback loops accelerate
Answers late, answers late
[Outro]
Problem, problem, every day
Problem, problem, find a way
Math or life, the line is thin
Where one ends, the other begins
About:
“A Problem” plays on the dual meaning of the word problem: a mathematical equation to be solved and a complex, real-world challenge. The song explores how climate and economic systems are intertwined in self-reinforcing feedback loops, making the “solutions” far more complicated than simple calculations. The lyrics juxtapose formal equations with chaotic real-life outcomes to reflect the accelerating nonlinear dynamics of climate change.
From the album “Third Derivative“