[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Low Synth Drone, Sparse Piano Notes, Wind FX]
[Sub Bass Pulse, Slow Kick Enters]
[Spoken Vocal, measured]
We called it “normal”…
(Not normal at all)
Set the line…
(Set the time)
Held it still…
(Against its will)
While everything moved…
(Look what we’ve proved)
[Refrain]
[Full Groove, Steady but Tense, Organ Undercurrent]
It’s become too long
(Baseline)
It’s the same ole’ song
(Out of time)
When you think things are going fine
(Better readjust your baseline)
…before running out of time
[Verse 1]
[Drop to Groove: Clean Guitar, Tight Bass, Minimal Drums]
Averaged out what used to be
Smoothed the curve so we could see
What was stable, what was known
In a world less overthrown
Thirty years to draw the frame
Measure shifts, assign a name
But the pace began to climb
Faster than the measured time
[Refrain]
[Fuller, Added Harmonies, Cymbal Washes]
It’s become too long
(Baseline)
It’s the same ole’ song
(Out of time)
When you think things are going fine
(Better readjust your baseline)
…before running out of time
[Instrumental Break]
[Organ Lead, Guitar Echo, Pulsing Bassline]
[Synth Arp Builds Tension]
[Verse 2]
[Expanded Arrangement, Darker Tone]
What we call the “normal range”
Shifts beneath accelerating change
Edges move while we compare
To a past no longer there
Benchmarks set in slower days
Now can blur the sharper phase
What we miss between the lines
Is the speed of steep inclines
[Pre-Chorus]
[Stronger Build, Snare Crescendo, Vocal Stack]
Every decade rewrites scale
Old assumptions start to fail
If the baseline stays the same
We misread the growing flame
[Refrain]
[Big Chorus, Driving Rhythm, Layered Vocals]
It’s become too long
(Baseline)
It’s the same ole’ song
(Out of time)
When you think things are going fine
(Better readjust your baseline)
…before running out of time
[Bridge]
[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Low Sub Pulse]
A line we trust
A line we hold
But time has changed
The story told
If change is fast
And lines are slow
We miss the truth
We need to know
[Build-Up]
[Snare Roll Crescendo, Rising Synth Arpeggio, Guitar Feedback]
(Readjust…)
(Readjust…)
It’s about time
(Baseline…)
[Final Refrain]
[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Feel, Full Vocal Stack]
It’s become too long
(No baseline)
It’s the same ole’ song
(Out of time)
When you think things are going fine
(You’re behind the baseline)
…running out of time
[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade: Wind Returns, Piano Motif, Synth Drone]
[Beat Drops Out → Ambient Only]
[Spoken Vocal, fading]
Baseline
(… can’t rewind….)
[End → Wind fades → Silence]
About the Song
A climate change baseline is a 30-year reference period (commonly 1961–1990 or 1995–2014) used to measure modern climate shifts. It provides a “normal” for comparing temperature and emissions changes, with 1850–1900 often used to approximate pre-industrial conditions. These benchmarks are essential for tracking progress against global warming targets, such as the 1.5°C limit.
The limitation of a fixed 30-year baseline is that the climate system is now changing rapidly. When conditions shift on decadal timescales, a long baseline can smooth or lag emerging trends, making the pace and intensity of current impacts harder to capture in real time.
The acceleration of climate change.
From the album “Line“