[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Synth Bass, Stuttering Guitar, Tight Drums, Glitch Percussion, Rising Analog Arpeggio]
[Spoken Vocal]
One thing changes…
Pushin’ rearranges
Then they start talking to each other.
That’s when the trouble begins.
(Again and again)
[Refrain]
Feedback
(Get back, back, back)
Coupling
(Sing, sing, sing:)
Here we go!
(Tippin’ like a domino)
Ho! Ho! Ho!
(Fallin’ over… ya know?)
[Verse 1]
One little push can start a sway
One small shift can change the way
Can you see the sea…
(Saw) …
A changing world changes me
(Jaw dropping awe)
[Pre-Chorus]
One!
(Then two!)
Two!
(Then three!)
Linked!
(You see?)
Round!
(And round!)
[Chorus]
Feedback
(Get back, back, back)
Coupling
(Sing, sing, sing)
One turns two
(Two turns three)
What was separate
(Converges aggressively)
Push one piece
(Watch it roll)
Tip one point
(Lose control)
Here we go!
(Tippin’ like a domino)
Ho! Ho! Ho!
(Fallin’ over… ya know?)
[Verse 2]
Increase the beat.. feed the sky
More vapor rising high
Rain can fall, then reign can poor
And carve a different shape ashore
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Angular Blues-Rock Lead, Repeating Riff That Gradually Accelerates; Bass Locks Into a Circular Groove; Drums Build With Tom Rolls; Glitch Synth Pulses]
[Bridge]
It’s not one domino
(It’s a chain)
Not one switch
(Not one flame)
One pathway
(Meets another)
One threshold
(Finds another)
Feedback!
(Back again!)
Coupling!
(Join the chain!)
Amplification!
(Feel the gain!)
… or feel the pain?
(No gain all pain)
Cascade!
(Here we go!)
[Rap Vocal Break]
One change
Then a second
Then a third comes through
(Right on top of you)
Dark ground drinks light
Through the day (into the night)
Not isolated
Not alone
The pieces talk
The system’s moan
One domino
Could knock down two
Two hit three
And three hit you
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Deep Bass Pulse, Sparse Piano, Glitching Synth, Distant Percussion]
Tip…
Tip…
Tip…
Listen…
That’s not collapse.
That’s coupling…
(Toppling…)
Calling…
(Falling)
On top you me
(And you, too)
[Final Refrain]
Feedback
(Get back, back, back)
Coupling
(Sing, sing, sing:)
Here we go!
(Tippin’ like a domino)
Ho! Ho! Ho!
(Fallin’ over… ya know?)
[Final Chorus]
Feedback
(Get back, back, back)
Coupling
(Sing, sing, sing)
One turns two
(Two turns three)
Linked together
(You and me)
Amplify
(Amplify)
Accelerate
(Accelerate)
Tip!
(Tip!)
Cascade!
(Cascade!)
Here we go!
(Tippin’ like a domino)
Ho! Ho! Ho!
(Fallin’ over… ya know?)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Domino-Like Percussion Pattern, Pulsing Bass, Distorted Guitar, Rapid Synth Arpeggio, Sudden Stop]
One…
Two…
Three…
Tip…
Fall…
Feedback…
Coupling…
[Spoken, fading]
Once they start talking…
(Too late for walking.)
About the Song
Coupled climate feedbacks are becoming one of the most consequential dimensions of climate risk in the 21st century because they amplify changes and connect individual tipping-point pathways into larger cascading effects.
The longer warming persists, the more climate feedbacks become active. As these feedbacks interact, we are already observing nonlinear responses, amplification, and cascading impacts across the climate system. Hundreds of feedback mechanisms have been identified, and many can couple and reinforce one another, contributing to the accelerating pace and increasing magnitude of climate change—The Domino Effect.
From the album “Demand Destruction“