[Intro – Low Drone, Distant Percussion]
Drip by drip, it starts so slow
Lines we cross we barely know
Shiny surface, hidden cost
Every gain already lost
[Verse 1]
Easy answers, quick returns
Feed the fire that always burns
Promises in barrels sealed
Truth is something never revealed
Blackened rivers, poisoned air
We pretend it isn’t there
Short-term wins, long-term debt
A future we already bet
[Pre-Chorus]
We keep telling ourselves it’s under control
While the ground keeps giving way below
[Chorus]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Trading all our hope
(For what we can’t unsee)
Oil is a slippery slope
(Pulling down you and me)
[Verse 2 – Full Band Enters]
Infrastructure built on sand
Pipelines drawn across the land
Every mile a deeper tie
To a system we can’t deny
Storms are stronger, heat is high
Still we look to the other side
Counting profits, counting loss
Never counting what it costs
[Pre-Chorus]
If the warning signs are written in the sky
Why do we keep choosing not to ask why?
[Chorus]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Clinging just to cope
(Blind to what will be)
Oil is a slippery slope
(No place left to flee)
[Bridge – Breakdown, Piano + Ambient Synth]
Step by step, we justify
(Every reason, every lie)
Say it’s progress, say it’s need
(Still we feed the endless greed)
One more drop, one more day
(Push the consequence away)
Till the edge is all we see
(And there’s no Plan B)
[Build – Drums Rising, Guitar Swell]
Can we turn before we fall?
Can we hear the final call?
Or are we too far gone to change
Locked inside a burning cage?
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Reaching out for hope
(But it won’t set us free)
Oil is a slippery slope
(What will be, will be)
[Outro – Guitar Fade, Low Ambient Pad]
Drip by drip… it takes control…
(Have you thought of your own role)
Oil is a slippery slope…
(Who is the blatant dope?)
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“