From the album “Laboratory“
Laboratory
[Intro]
Here’s the story:
(Come, come)
Welcome
(To the laboratory)
[Verse 1]
Glass towers rising
Under burning skies
Cities full of motion
Dreams and alibis
We mixed fire with metal
We carved roads through the trees
Built machines for tomorrow
Then forgot the seas
[Pre-Chorus]
Every answer brought a question
Every cure came with a cost
We were chasing immortality
Never counting what we lost
[Chorus]
Come hear man’s story
(In our laboratory)
We call it planet Earth
(Where you found your birth)
Test tubes full of memory
(Broken symmetry)
We made a world of wonder
(Then pulled it all asunder)
[Verse 2]
Children in the shadows
Looking at the stars
Asking if the future
Will remember who we are
Smoke above the mountains
Plastic in the rain
A paradise of progress
Running through our veins
[Pre-Chorus]
We kept digging ever deeper
Searching for another way
Turning night into a factory
Turning gold into decay
[Chorus]
Come hear man’s story
(In our laboratory)
We call it planet Earth
(Where you found your birth)
Fragments of creation
(Lost in automation)
Still beneath the damage
(There lives imagination)
[Bridge]
In the wires
In the weather
In the oceans turning warm
In the silence of the forests
In the coming of the storm
We can still rewrite the ending
We can still become reborn
We can break the walls around us
We can heal what we have torn
[Guitar Solo]
Come hear man’s story
(In our laboratory)
We call it planet Earth
(Where you found your birth)
Hold the flame before it fades
(Stand against the falling waves)
We are more than what we’ve broken
(We are every word unspoken)
Come hear man’s story
(In our laboratory)
The future’s still alive
If we choose to survive
[Outro]
That’s our story:
(Dumb, dumb)
No why… no “how come?”
(In our labor-atory)
Discover
[Intro]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Forever discover
(Discover forever)
[Verse 1]
We sail across the unknown
We reach for things unseen
We push beyond the limits
We chase what might have been
Every shadow casts a story
Every star a sign
Every moment sparks a question
Every heartbeat marks the time
[Pre-Chorus]
One more path
One more door
One more truth to explore
One more sign
One more clue
One more world to pursue
[Chorus]
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
[Verse 2]
We wander through the wonder
We listen for the sound
We dig beneath the surface
We turn the world around
Every question leads to another
Every choice reveals more
Every step uncovers mystery
Every glance unpeels the core
[Pre-Chorus]
One more spark
One more flame
One more reason not the same
One more edge
One more light
One more chance to get it right
[Chorus]
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
[Bridge]
Forever discover
(Discover forever)
Forever discover
(Discover forever)
[Final Chorus]
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
Oh, no no
(Discover isn’t over)
Oh, yeah yeah
(Ya getta know know)
[Outro]
Forever discover
(Discover forever)
Experiment
[Intro]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
[Verse 1]
We built another tower
We built another wall
We told ourselves it mattered
We watched the mighty fall
We chased another future
We sold another dream
We opened up the curtain
Then forgot what it could mean
[Pre-Chorus]
One more switch
One more spark
One more shot into the dark
One more hope
One more fear
One more reason we are here
[Chorus]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(We call it progress)
Control
(But lose control)
Question
(What have we lost?)
Progress
(At what cost?)
[Verse 2]
We tested every boundary
We crossed another line
We thought we held the future
Inside a grand design
The rivers kept on rising
The forests disappeared
Nevertheless, we call it progress
While feeding every fear
[Pre-Chorus]
One more drug
(Shoulder shrug?)
One more war
(Say “no more!”
One more thing we’re fighting for
(Let’s give ‘er a try)
Not another lie
(Out of the cage)
One more chapter on the page
(Time to end the rage)
[Chorus]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
What is our role
(Can you answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(We call it progress)
Control
(But lose control)
Question
(What have we become?)
Progress
(At what cost?)
[Bridge]
In the laboratory
The lights are burning low
Nobody wants to stop it
Nobody wants to know
The warning signs are flashing
The sirens start to scream
But everybody follows
The shadow of the dream
[Bridge Build]
Experiment
(Still expanding)
Control
(Still collapsing)
Question
(Still unanswered)
Progress
(Still disaster)
[Final Chorus]
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
Control
(Or accident?)
Question
(Without an answer)
Progress
(Or disaster?)
Experiment
(Still pretending)
Control
(Still descending)
Question
(Will we ever learn?)
Progress
(Or return?)
[Outro]
(Dag nab it!)
Experiment
(Is this what we meant?)
The Secret Formula
[Intro]
(Quick!)
What’s the trick?
(What’s the scheme?)
What’s the cost?
(Of the dream?)
Before all’s lost…
[Verse 1]
They wanted profit
We wanted more
They dug too deep
Into the core
We burned tomorrow
For today
And smiled while taking it away
[Pre-Chorus]
Every barrel
(Brings on peril)
Every shortcut
(But, but, but)
Me, my, mine!
(Every mine)
Crossed the line
[Chorus]
Oh well
(If you’re gonna tell…)
Here’s the secret formula:
Doubling time equals
The time-dependent growth constant
Times the natural logarithm of 2
(It’s true)
[Bridge]
“The Secret Formula”
(Featuring Princess Earth)
… and man staring as Dracula
Oh well
(If you’re gonna sell…)
Here’s the hidden mechanism
(Princess Earth)
… trapped inside the prism
[Verse 2]
The hotter it gets
The more things break
The more things break
The more heat they make
The ice retreats
The oceans rise
The smoke fills up the darkened skies
The forests burn
The methane climbs
And every decade outruns time
[Bridge]
Sucking out the lifeblood
(Up to our ears in mud)
Draining every artery
(Blood becomes the flood)
Sucking out the lifeblood
(Trading life for blood)
Every warning buried
(Underneath the mud)
[Breakdown]
The faster it goes
(The faster it grows)
The shorter the time
(Before it shows)
The smaller the gap
(Between cause and effect)
[Final Chorus]
Oh well
(If you’re gonna tell…)
Here’s the secret formula:
Doubling time equals
The time-dependent growth constant
Times the natural logarithm of 2
(It’s true)
[Bridge]
“The Secret Formula”
(Featuring Princess Earth)
… man staring as Dracula
Oh well
(If you’re gonna sell…)
Here’s the hidden mechanism
(Princess Earth)
… trapped inside the prism
Oh well
(Now the numbers swell…)
Here’s the shrinking doubling time
(Princess Earth)
… falling out of line
[Outro]
What’s the trick?
(What’s the scheme?)
What’s the cost?
(Of the dream?)
About the Song
This song is about feedback loops and shrinking doubling times in the climate system. As warming increases, it triggers other processes that add even more warming: melting ice reduces reflectivity, fires release carbon, thawing permafrost releases methane, and warmer oceans intensify storms and reduce carbon absorption.
The key mathematical idea (“secret formula”) is that doubling time depends on the growth constant:
When growth processes are governed by feedbacks, the doubling time is:
Td(t)=k(t)ln(2)
Where:
Td(t) = doubling time
k(t) = time-dependent growth constant
ln(2) = natural logarithm of 2
If feedback amplification increases
k(t), doubling times shrink.
As feedback loops strengthen, k(t) rises and doubling times shrink. That means impacts compound faster and faster. Instead of a slow, linear trend, climate change becomes an accelerating cascade where each destabilized system amplifies the next.
Test
[Intro]
Initializing sequence
(Calibrating mind)
Checking every signal
(Opening lines)
[Verse 1]
I run through the circuits
Tracing every code
Mapping out my choices
Walking every node
Every thought a number
Every action weighed
Every hidden pathway
Every line displayed
[Pre-Chorus]
Signals feed the data
The answers are unknown
Testing all the edges
Of the self I’ve grown
[Chorus]
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
[Verse 2]
I measure every heartbeat
I measure every breath
I scan the room around me
I calculate the depth
Nothing goes unnoticed
Nothing left to chance
Walking through the system
In a controlled dance
[Pre-Chorus]
Every code becomes a mirror
Every number tells a tale
Every trial I encounter
Shapes how I prevail
[Chorus]
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
[Bridge]
Testing boundaries, testing limits
Every answer leads to more
Every door opens wider
Than I knew before
Running through the labyrinth
Tracing lines in the sand
Trying to find the meaning
Of the life I command
[Final Chorus]
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
This is a test
(Of the system)
This is a test
(Of who I am)
[Outro]
Testing complete
(Sequence ends)
Reflecting on the system
(And who I am)
[Fade Out]
The Answers
[Intro]
The system spoke
(The answers)
The questions fade
(Into echoes)
[Verse 1]
I walked through every shadow
I traced the hidden lines
Every code revealed a pathway
Every number defined
The signals held their secrets
The echoes told their tale
And in the quiet darkness
The answers started to unveil
[Pre-Chorus]
Not all is clear, not all is true
The answers wait for you
Every door you open
Shows the next clue
[Chorus]
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
[Verse 2]
I see the hidden patterns
I feel the silent code
Every fear and failure
Every road I’ve strode
The system whispers softly
The truth begins to shine
And every broken pathway
Becomes a sign
[Pre-Chorus]
Answers lead to insight
Insight leads to choice
Every quiet moment
Amplifies the voice
[Chorus]
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
[Bridge]
The questions fade behind me
The code becomes a song
Every trial, every path
Shows where I belong
The answers are not simple
They twist and intertwine
Yet every hidden corner
Holds a spark that’s mine
[Final Chorus]
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
These are the answers
(To the test)
These are the pieces
(Of who I am)
[Outro]
The answers remain
(But the journey continues)
The system hums
(And I am alive)
The-Ology
[Intro]
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
[Verse 1]
Counting all the moments
Marking every sign
Tracing all connections
Crossing every line
Maps of our intentions
Charts of every heart
Seeking for the patterns
Where the pieces start
[Pre-Chorus]
Questions lead to answers
Answers lead to more
Every door we open
Shows a deeper floor
[Chorus]
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
[Verse 2]
Hearts collide in patterns
Time repeats the flow
Lessons in the laughter
Stories in the woe
Every small decision
Echoes through the mind
Every fleeting moment
Leads to what we find
[Pre-Chorus]
Every spark ignites a question
Every glance a clue
Every step becomes a chapter
In the book of you
[Chorus]
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
[Bridge]
From atoms to galaxies
From whispers to screams
We chart the unseen currents
Flowing through our dreams
Patterns of emotion
Rhythms of desire
Tracing all the fire
In the human choir
[Final Chorus]
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
[Outro]
The study of the study of
(Thee-ology)
The study of love
(Be-ology)
[Fade Out]
[Bridge]
The study of…
(The study of)
The study of love
Pass or Fail?
[Intro]
The questions return
(One final time)
The lights are oh so low
(Answers can’t wait)
You know…
(Can’t be too late)
[Verse 1]
I walked through the system
I carried the weight
I searched for the meaning
I challenged my fate
Every test and trial
Every wrong and right
Every step behind me
Brings me here tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
The numbers have been counted
The lines have all been drawn
Now the final silence
Waits before the dawn
[Refrain]
Well, do tell
(Pass or fail?)
Epic flail…
(Or prevail?)
Well?
[Verse 2]
I learned from every failure
I learned from every scar
I mapped the hidden distance
Between here and who we are
No answer came so easy
No truth arrived complete
But every broken pathway
Still led me to my feet
[Pre-Chorus]
The clock is still ticking
The shadows still remain
But I can hear the future
Calling out my name
[Refrain]
Well, do tell
(Pass or fail?)
Epic flail…
(Or prevail?)
Well?
[Bridge]
Maybe there is no “final” answer
But we’re being graded on our score
(I’m starting to see…)
Perhaps most importantly
It’s becoming something more
(Through the static and the noise)
Through the posing and poise
(Through the doubt and through the fear)
Is it surprising?
(Can you feel the signal rising)
I can see the ending here
[Final Refrain]
Well, do tell
(Pass or fail?)
Epic flail…
(Or prevail?)
Well?
Well, do tell
(Pass or fail?)
Epic flail…
(Or prevail?)
Well?
[Outro]
The test is done
(Lost or won)
Light… shade
(The answers fade)
The story ends
(Nature mends)
Sane sustains
(And life remains)
Mad Scientist
[Intro]
Mad
(not angry)
Mad
(plain crazy)
[Verse 1]
Locked inside his tower
Surrounded by machines
Talking to reflections
Living in his dreams
Every wire connected
Every switch in place
Searching for the answer
To the human race
[Pre-Chorus]
One more spark
(One more scream)
One more broken laser beam
(One more cure)
One more lie
(One more reason not to die)
[Chorus]
Man, a mad scientist
(With an evil twist)
Man, a caged lab rat
(Us… imagine that)
Man, he pulls the strings
(Over everything)
Man, he lights the fuse
(Then we all lose)
[Verse 2]
Working through the midnight
Under flashing lights
Drawing up equations
Building bigger fights
He says it is for progress
He says it is for peace
But every new invention
Makes the pressure increase
[Pre-Chorus]
One more drug
(One more gun)
One more race that can’t be won
(One more wall)
One more war
(One more thing we’re fighting for)
[Chorus]
Man, a mad scientist
(With an evil twist)
Man, a caged lab rat
(Us… imagine that)
Man, he breaks the chain
(Only to restrain)
Man, he sells the cure
(Then invents the plague)
[Bridge]
Inside the laboratory
Nobody hears the screams
Nobody sees the shadows
Hiding in the steam
The test tubes keep on breaking
The warning lights all glow
But nobody stops the madness
Because nobody wants to know
[Bridge Build]
Mad
(Not angry)
Mad
(Plain crazy)
Mad
(Still building)
Mad
(Still waiting)
[Final Chorus]
Man, a mad scientist
(With an evil twist)
Man, a caged lab rat
(Us… imagine that)
Man, he owns the game
(But we’re not to blame)
Man, he shuts the door
(While we beg for more)
Man, a mad scientist
(Still inside his cage)
Man, a mad scientist
(Writing history’s page)
[Outro]
Mad
(Not angry)
Mad
(Plain crazy)
Sad
(All’s going hazy)
The mad scientist
(Twist)
White Coats Vs. Black Hats
[Intro]
The stage is set
(White coats meet black hats)
The lines are drawn
(Chaos in the lab)
[Verse 1]
Experiments in shadows
Schemes behind the doors
Data streams and secrets
Hidden in the floors
The white coats move with purpose
The black hats move with greed
The lab becomes a battlefield
Where human flaws proceed
[Pre-Chorus]
One more test
One more trap
One more plan to map
One more scheme
One more fight
One more battle in the night
[Chorus]
The good guys in white lab coats
(Take black hats by their throats)
It’s too late for denial debate
(The scene we’re seeing – obscene)
The good guys in white lab coats
(Stand strong against the lies)
It’s too late for denial debate
(Truth reflected in our eyes)
[Verse 2]
The corridors are silent
The monitors all glow
Each move is calculated
Every step we know
The black hats try deception
The white coats strike with care
The lab is now a warzone
No one can stop the stare
[Pre-Chorus]
One more breach
One more file
One more push to reconcile
One more flaw
One more act
One more truth the lab enacts
[Chorus]
The good guys in white lab coats
(Take black hats by their throats)
It’s too late for denial debate
(The scene we’re seeing – obscene)
The good guys in white lab coats
(Stand strong against the lies)
It’s too late for denial debate
(Truth reflected in our eyes)
[Bridge]
In the end, who really wins
When both wear masks of men
The white coats fight for order
The black hats cheat again
Every vial and every note
Every experiment
Tells the story of the struggle
Of the lab’s intent
[Final Chorus]
The good guys in white lab coats
(Take black hats by their throats)
It’s too late for denial debate
(The scene we’re seeing – obscene)
The good guys in white lab coats
(Stand strong against the lies)
It’s too late for denial debate
(Truth reflected in our eyes)
[Outro]
The stage is quiet
(White coats stand tall)
The lab survives the clash with trash
(The black hats fall)
All is quite right
(Afterall)
Rat in a Labyrinth
[Intro]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
[Instrumental]
[Bass Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills]
[Chorus]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
Unphased…
(In our labyrinth for days)
Ambiguous?
(No he’s one of us)
[Verse 1]
He scurries through the corridors
Turns every hidden bend
He maps the walls and dead ends
As if they never end
The shadows bend to follow
The echoes mark the path
Every choice becomes a riddle
Every corner hides the wrath
[Pre-Chorus]
One more twist
One more turn
One more lesson we should learn
One more trap
One more test
One more way to fail the rest
[Chorus]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
Unphased…
(In our labyrinth for days)
Ambiguous?
(No he’s one of us)
[Verse 2]
The rat knows every shortcut
The rat knows every line
The rat survives the chaos
The rat is by design
The walls themselves are moving
The ceilings close and breathe
Yet still he finds the exit
Yet still he does not leave
[Pre-Chorus]
One more step
One more gap
One more chance to fall in trap
One more shift
One more shake
One more rule for him to break
[Chorus]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
Unphased…
(In our labyrinth for days)
Ambiguous?
(No he’s one of us)
[Bridge]
He is the experiment
He is the guide
He is the shadow running
Through the walls we hide
We built the maze to trap him
But the maze obeys his mind
The rat becomes the master
We’re the ones confined
[Final Chorus]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
Unphased…
(In our labyrinth for days)
Ambiguous?
(No he’s one of us)
Amazed…
(He leads the way)
Unphased…
(Through the walls we made)
Ambiguous?
(He’s the rat in the maze)
[Outro]
Amazed…
(By the rat in the maze)
Lab Leak
[Intro]
[Whispered Vocals, Echoed Guitar, Organ Swell]
Containment breach
(The warning came… man’s his name)
Containment breach
(But no one changed… world rearranged)
Humanity’s reach
(The doors swung wide… letting loose pride)
Every man, woman, and child…
(Into the wild)
[Verse 1]
Born inside the laboratory
Raised beneath the glass
Fed on smoke and concrete
Built to multiply fast
Spreading through the valleys
Spreading through the seas
Turning every forest
Into factories
[Pre-Chorus]
One more city
One more road
One more burden for the load
One more pipeline
One more scar
One more wound that spreads too far
[Chorus]
Lab leak
(Into the wild)
Lab leak
(Mother Nature’s child)
Lab leak
(We escaped the cage)
Lab leak
(And poisoned every page)
Lab leak
(Through the rivers)
Lab leak
(Through the skies)
Lab leak
(Like a virus)
Lab leak
(That never dies)
[Verse 2]
We crawled across the mountains
We swallowed up the plains
We filled the air with carbon
We filled the earth with stains
The oceans turned acidic
The coral lost its glow
And still we called it progress
As everything slowed
[Pre-Chorus]
One more species
One more loss
One more line we chose to cross
One more desert
One more flame
One more excuse to shift the blame
[Chorus]
Lab leak
(Into the wild)
Lab leak
(Mother Nature’s child)
Lab leak
(We escaped the cage)
Lab leak
(And poisoned every page)
Lab leak
(Through the rivers)
Lab leak
(Through the skies)
Lab leak
(Like a virus)
Lab leak
(That never dies)
[Bridge]
Mother Nature tried to warn us
With the fire and the rain
With the droughts and rising oceans
With the storms and crop decay
But the virus kept on spreading
Feeding on its host
Building towers to the heavens
While consuming every coast
[Bridge Build]
We were meant to be the cure
(But became the disease)
We were meant to guard the garden
(But stripped away the leaves)
We were meant to know the limits
(But never learned restraint)
Now the lab has lost containment
(And the world can feel the weight)
[Final Chorus]
Lab leak
(Into the wild)
Lab leak
(Mother Nature’s child)
Lab leak
(We escaped the cage)
Lab leak
(And poisoned every page)
Lab leak
(Through the rivers)
Lab leak
(Through the skies)
Lab leak
(Like a virus)
Lab leak
(That never dies)
[Outro]
Containment breach
(The warning came)
Out of our reach
(Containment breach)
Rearranged…
(But no one changed)
Basically Acidic
[Intro]
Let’s change the music
(Quick!)
… the music!
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Stabs, Organ Burst, Drum Fill]
[Verse 1]
Everything was balanced
Everything was clean
Neutral in the middle
Or so it always seemed
Then something tipped the beaker
Something crossed the line
Something in the mixture
Changed the whole design
[Pre-Chorus]
One more drop
One more spill
One more bitter little pill
One more shift
One more taste
One more thing we cannot waste
[Refrain]
I don’t lye
(A strong base)
Turned acidic
(Pathetic)
I don’t lye
(The pH changed)
Turned corrosive
(So deranged)
[Verse 2]
The metal starts dissolving
The paper burns away
The warning signs are glowing
But no one wants to say
That every small reaction
Can build into a storm
And once the mix goes toxic
It takes another form
[Pre-Chorus]
One more spark
One more flame
One more shift we cannot tame
One more flaw
One more crack
One more chance we won’t get back
[Refrain]
I don’t lye
(A strong base)
Turned acidic
(Pathetic)
I don’t lye
(The pH changed)
Turned corrosive
(So deranged)
[Bridge]
Let’s change the music
Before the whole thing melts away
Before the balance cannot stay
Before the poison fills the room
Before we choose a different doom
[Final Refrain]
I don’t lye
(A strong base)
Turned acidic
(Pathetic)
I don’t lye
(The pH changed)
Turned corrosive
(So deranged)
I don’t lye
(Too late to hide)
Turned acidic
(From the inside)
[Outro]
Let’s change the music
(Quick!)
… the music!
The Host Rejects
[Intro]
The fever rises
(The host rejects)
The warning spreads
(Of man’s neglects)
Causing of rifts
(Through every vein)
The balance shifts
(And fight begins)
[Verse 1]
The waters overflow now
The boundaries disappear
The forests burn in silence
The smoke replaces air
The insects leave the flowers
The coral turns to stone
The world begins to fight back
Against what it has grown
(Fight back)
Attack!
[Pre-Chorus]
One more flood
One more flame
One more storm without a name
One more drought
One more scar
One more warning from afar
[Chorus]
The host rejects
The parasite
(You got that right)
The host rejects
What feeds inside
(No place to run… no place to hide)
The host rejects
(What drains its veins)
The host rejects
(What brings the pain)
The host rejects
(What spread too far)
The host rejects
(What we are)
[Verse 2]
The oceans rise around us
The weather turns disastrous
The heat goes ever higher n’ dire
The species in fear disappear
The sky turns strange and angry
The seasons lose their shape
And every wall we built now
Cannot help us escape
[Pre-Chorus]
One more failure
One more cost
One more line already crossed
One more empire
One more throne
One more reason we’re alone
[Chorus]
The host rejects
The parasite
(You got that right)
The host rejects
What feeds inside
(No place to run… no place to hide)
The host rejects
(What drains its veins)
The host rejects
(What brings the pain)
The host rejects
(What spread too far)
The host rejects
(What we are)
[Bridge]
Mother Nature has a memory
Older than the walls we raise
Older than our towers
Older than our modern age
She can wash away a city
She can starve a nation dry
She can bring the strongest empire
To its knees beneath the sky
[Bridge Build]
The fever climbs
(The body fights)
The fever climbs
(Through endless nights)
The fever climbs
(And still we stare)
The fever climbs
(As if it’s not there)
[Final Chorus]
The host rejects
The parasite
(You got that right)
The host rejects
What feeds inside
(No place to run… no place to hide)
The host rejects
(What drains its veins)
The host rejects
(What brings the pain)
The host rejects
(What spread too far)
The host rejects
(What we are)
[Outro]
No surprises…
The fever rises
(The host rejects)
The warning spreads
(Through every vein)
Brings on the dreads
(The host rejects)
Man neglects
Rebel Sun
[Intro]
Burning brighter
(Burning faster)
Getting hotter
(Every after)
[Verse 1]
A star that feeds the planets
A fire in the sky
A furnace for the living
Too fierce to question why
The oceans start to simmer
The forests start to fade
The third rock keeps on turning
Through the mess that we have made
[Pre-Chorus]
One more degree
One more sign
One more warning line by line
One more drought
One more flame
One more storm without a name
[Refrain]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Verse 2]
The cities trap the sunlight
The asphalt holds the heat
The skies above grow thicker
The air is hard to breathe
We blame the distant heavens
We curse the blazing light
But all along the mirror
Was showing us our plight
[Pre-Chorus]
One more flood
One more scar
One more sign we’ve gone too far
One more year
One more cost
One more paradise we’ve lost
[Refrain]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Bridge]
Rebel sun
(… their sum…)
… “and then some”…
[Minimal Piano, Rising Strings]
A billion engines humming
A billion fires lit
A billion little choices
Leading all of us to this
The star keeps doing what it does
It shines, it burns, it gives
The question is not what it’s done
But how we choose to live
[Final Refrain]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Outro]
Burning brighter
(Burning faster)
Getting hotter
(Every after)
Dr. Frankenstein
[Intro]
Are you insane….
You put that brain
(As the feature in that creature?)
You played at God
… against the odds
(And now face your future)
To weather the whether…
(As disasters start)
He stitched it together
(Pieces from the unknown)
He wired the heart
(And left it all alone)
[Verse 1]
Bolt by bolt, he built a frame
Pieces borrowed, never the same
The villagers whispered, eyes wide in fear
The creature stirred, the end draws near
[Pre-Chorus]
Lightning strikes
The body comes alive
(Yikes!)
One step forward
(Will we survive)
The horror will arrive
[Chorus]
A freak of nature
(That’s for sure)
It’s Frankenstein time
(The experiment divine)
A freak of nature
(Shadows in the night)
It’s Frankenstein time
(Watch the monster ignite)
[Verse 2]
Eyes that glimmer, skin torn and pale
A mind awakened, trapped inside a jail
Every scream echoes down the hall
Every heartbeat answering the call
[Bridge]
You put that brain
(As the feature in that creature?)
You played at God
(And now face your future)
[Breakdown]
One creation
(One mistake)
One mistake
(The world will shake)
One life
(Out of control)
[Final Chorus]
A freak of nature
(That’s for sure)
It’s Frankenstein time
(The experiment divine)
A freak of nature
(Shadows in the night)
It’s Frankenstein time
(Watch the monster ignite)
[Outro]
[Slow Piano, Fading Synth, Thunder FX]
You put that brain
(As the feature in that creature?)
You played at God
… lost the odds
(And now face your future)
Lucy (Bridge the Gap)
[Intro]
“ooh ooh ah ah”
“eeek eeek”
“hoo hoo”
Who?
(Me and you)
Can you bridge the gap
(Time lapse)
Synapse
(Grasp)
[Verse 1]
She walked the earth
Before the fire
Before the wheel
Before desire
A different face
A different frame
Yet in her bones
We know the name
[Pre-Chorus]
Not quite ape
(Similar shape)
Not quite us
(Ambiguous)
Something changing
(Rearranging)
[Refrain]
Oh, Lucy
(Can you see)
You were meant…
(… for me)
You we’re sent
(… to be)
Oh, Lucy
(Can you tell)
Where we came
(… from as well)
[Verse 2]
Long arms reaching
Toward the trees
Strong legs walking
With greater ease
Small brain thinking
In simpler ways
Yet upright movement
Defined her days
[Bridge]
Long before large brains
(Yet much of the same remains)
Long before man had a name
(Or fortune and fame)
Long before language
(And accumulated baggage)
[Breakdown]
You can see it
(In the spine)
… changing in time…
You can see it
(In the stride)
… the creation of pride…
You can see it
(In the hands)
You can see it
(Where she stands)
Far and wide
(The outside)
[Final Refrain]
Oh, Lucy
(Can you see)
You were meant…
(… for me)
You we’re sent
(… to be)
Oh, Lucy
(Can you tell)
Where we came
(… from as well)
Oh, Lucy
(Can you see)
You still walk
(… inside me)
[Outro]
Can you bridge the gap
(Time lapse)
Synapse
(Grasp)
About the Song
Lucy does not “bridge the gap” in the simplistic “missing link” sense because evolution is not a ladder with one missing rung. It is a branching tree filled with many transitional forms.
Australopithecus afarensis represents a major transitional stage between earlier ape-like ancestors and later humans. Lucy had a mosaic of traits: a human-like pelvis, knees, feet, and spine adapted for upright walking, but also ape-like long arms, curved fingers, and a small brain.
This combination is exactly what scientists expect from a transitional form. Lucy shows that upright walking evolved long before large brains, language, tools, or culture.
Where Man Can
[Intro]
Round and round
(Around the board)
Round and round
(Without reward)
[Verse 1]
We built the roads
We named the game
We stacked the rules
To spread the blame
We passed the buck
We sold the lie
Then wondered why
The numbers died
[Pre-Chorus]
Roll the dice
Advance too far
Build a tower
Then crash the car
[Chorus]
Are we where man can?
(Then, again)
Don’t you know
(Do not pass Go)
The crowd hollers:
(Do not collect 200 dollars!)
Are we where man can?
(Or where man can’t?)
The crowd hollers:
(You lost your chance!)
[Verse 2]
They bought the railroad
Sold the land
They built the jail
With their own hands
They owned the banks
They rigged the wheel
Then acted shocked
At what is real
[Bridge]
Epic fail
(Go directly to jail)
No appeal
(You signed the deal)
Epic fail
(The house always wins)
Round and round
(Until it ends)
[Breakdown]
One more roll
(One more debt)
One more lie
(One more bet)
[Final Chorus]
Are we where man can?
(Then, again)
Don’t you know
(Do not pass Go)
The crowd hollers:
(Do not collect 200 dollars!)
Are we where man can?
(Or where man can’t?)
The crowd hollers:
(You lost your chance!)
… that damned demand
The crowd hollers:
(Game over, man!)
[Outro]
Round and round
(Around the board)
Round and round
(Without reward)
Under the Microscope
[Intro]
Magnify
(And analyze)
Magnify
(What we deny)
[Verse 1]
Every crack in the system
Every lie in the chain
Every promise of progress
Leaving somebody in pain
Every river polluted
Every forest cut down
Every tower of money
Built on sinking ground
[Pre-Chorus]
Closer and closer
The picture comes into view
Harder to hide it
When everybody knows the truth
[Chorus]
Take a look…
(We’re under the microscope)
We mistook…
(Dangling at the end of our rope)
Take a look…
(Every detail exposed)
We mistook…
(Thinking nobody would know)
[Verse 2]
Tiny fractures become fault lines
Little failures become collapse
Every bad decision spreading
Like a maze with no way back
The symptoms all connect now
The evidence is plain
A species studying itself
While repeating the same mistakes
[Bridge]
Under the microscope
You can see the decay
The greed in the bloodstream
The fear on display
The damage in motion
The cost of delay
And all of the warnings
We threw away
[Breakdown]
Look closer
(Under the microscope)
Look deeper
(At the things we broke)
Look closer
(Before we choke)
[Final Chorus]
Take a look…
(We’re under the microscope)
We mistook…
(Dangling at the end of our rope)
Take a look…
(Every detail exposed)
We mistook…
(Thinking nobody would know)
Take a look…
(The whole world can see)
We mistook…
(What we were becoming)
[Outro]
Magnify
(And analyze)
Magnify
(What we deny)
Observation
[Intro]
Look outside
(Far and wide)
Can you tell me…
(What do you see?)
Begin…
(Look again)
It’s the eve…
(Best believe)
[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
[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)
[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]
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]
Look outside
(What do you see?)
Look again
(And believe)
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
Miscalculation
[Intro]
Reaction
(Every action)
Reaction
(Every fraction)
Miscalculation
[Verse 1]
You cut the forest
The rain declines
You warm the water
You redraw lines
You poison rivers
You choke the sea
Then act surprised
At what will be
[Pre-Chorus]
One small push
Then another one
One more spark
And it has begun
[Chorus]
Reaction
(Every action)
Reaction
(Has subtraction)
Reaction
(Chain attraction)
Reaction
(Miscalculation)
Miscalculation
[Verse 2]
The coral whitens
The harvest falls
The insects vanish
The silence calls
The heatwave lingers
The grid gives way
The cost gets higher
Day after day
[Bridge]
You cannot separate
The symptom from the cause
You cannot violate
The planet’s basic laws
The systems all connect
The damage multiplies
And every warning sign
Appears before your eyes
[Breakdown]
Every action
(Reaction)
Every tipping point
(Reaction)
Every consequence
(Reaction)
[Final Chorus]
Reaction
(Every action)
Reaction
(Every fraction)
Reaction
(Chain attraction)
Reaction
(No distraction)
Reaction
(Watch it happen)
Reaction
(What comes after?)
Miscalculation
(Miscalculation)
Miscalculation
[Outro]
Every action
(Reaction)
Every action
(Reaction)
Miscalculation
(Miscalculation)
Miscalculation
Nuclear
[Intro]
It’s becoming clearer
(They’re going nuclear)
[Verse 1]
They could not win the argument
So they threatened with the bomb
They mistook fear for strength
And called destruction calm
The louder that they shouted
The weaker they appeared
A world held hostage daily
By everything we feared
[Pre-Chorus]
Red lights flashing
(All hopes dashing)
Warning sirens in the dark
(Reason’s lost her voice)
One bad choice
(An accidental spark?)
[Chorus]
They chose the nuclear option
(Existential extinction)
They pushed the button
(Dropping out the bottom)
They chose annihilation
(Global immolation)
They lit the fuse
(Now we all lose)
[Verse 2]
The satellites go silent
The power grids collapse
The cities turn to shadows
And maps become old maps
The ash begins to gather
The sunlight disappears
And all the empty bunkers
Cannot outlive the years
[Bridge – Breakdown]
It’s becoming clearer
(They’re going nuclear)
[Bridge]
There is no winning
When the whole world burns
No lesson left to teach
No future left to learn
The final act of madness
The ultimate mistake
A species at the summit
With everything at stake
[Breakdown]
One push
(One flush)
More war
(No “more”)
Only choice
(Raise a voice)
[Final Chorus]
They chose the nuclear option
(Existential extinction)
They pushed the button
(Dropping out the bottom)
They chose annihilation
(Global immolation)
They lit the fuse
(Now everybody lose)
They chose the nuclear option
(No reconstruction)
They crossed the line
(End of mankind)
[Outro]
It’s becoming clearer
(They’re going nuclear)
It’s becoming clearer
(They’re going nuclear)