Raze
From the album “Raze“
Raze
[Intro]
Smoke on the skyline, glass in the rain
Building tomorrow from the wreckage and pain
Everybody watching as the old world sways
One spark away from another raze
[Verse 1]
We paved the forests, drained the sea
Sold every sunset for economy
Concrete rivers, blackened skies
Still we act so surprised
Machines keep humming, louder each year
Profits rise while the coastlines disappear
Everybody scrolling through the end-of-days craze
Cheering while the headlines blaze
[Chorus]
Raise your hand
(If you understand)
The world we raze
(Causes jaw dropping “amaze”)
Raise your voice
(Like we had a choice)
Ashes fall like haze
(From the world we raze)
[Verse 2]
Storm clouds spinning over broken towns
Records shattered while the markets rebound
Flood the valley, burn the plains
Then monetize the pain
Children asking why the winter feels strange
Old men saying everything has changed
Still the engines roar in endless phase
Fueling up the raze
[Bridge]
Brick by brick
Flame by flame
Everybody wants someone else to blame
Sign the papers, light the fuse
Call it progress on social media news
[Chorus]
Raise your hand
(If you understand)
The world we raze
(Causes jaw dropping “amaze”)
Raise your eyes
(To the orange haze)
Nothing stays the same
(In the world we raze)
[Outro]
When the silence finally fills the haze
Will anybody count the cost of raze?
Or just build again
And start another phase…
Of the world we raze.
Phoenix
[Intro]
Smoke curls upward through the midnight glow
Every ending plants a seed below
Broken wings can still remember flight
Waiting for the spark tonight
[Verse 1]
City lights flicker in the pouring rain
Every scar tattooed with loss and pain
But the embers underneath the dust
Still whisper hope to us
Ash and ruin scattered in the wind
Another chance about to begin
Every heartbeat pounding like a drum
Calling us to overcome
[Chorus]
Can we rise from the ashes
Making mad dashes
(For the skies)
Can we rise
(Rise)
Can we burn through the night
Till the dark meets the light
(And survives)
Can we rise
(Rise)
[Verse 2]
Every failure feeding future flame
No one leaves this life the same
From the wreckage of what came before
We become something more
Falling down is just another phase
Fire reshapes us in countless ways
Every spark becomes a guiding sign
Drawing out the fire inside
[Refrain]
Ashes to ashes
(Stardust to stardust)
Betwixt
(Earth and Phoenix)
Gotta raise
(Raise up)
Fly
(Kiss the sky)
Ashes to ashes
(Stardust to stardust)
Between
(Shadow and sunlight)
We ignite
(Burn bright)
High
(We will survive)
Ashes to ashes
(Stardust to stardust)
[Bridge]
From the ruins we climb
Outrunning the hands of time
Every blaze leaves a mark on the soul
But the fire makes us whole
[Chorus]
Can we rise from the ashes
Making mad dashes
(For the skies)
Can we rise
(Rise)
Can we shatter the chains
Wash away all the pain
(Still alive)
Can we rise
(Rise)
[Outro]
Ashes falling like snow in the dawn
(Ashes to ashes)
(Stardust to stardust)
But the flame inside keeps moving on
(Ashes to ashes)
(Stardust to stardust)
Every ending fuels another life
Phoenix learns to rise.
Over the Fire
[Intro]
Shadows dancing on the canyon wall
Hear the distant voices call
In a heartbeat… spark a wire
Pulling us over the fire
[Verse 1]
We were drifting through the sunset’s haze
Counting down our restless days
Then a flash cut through the night
Turning darkness into light
Every step across the flame
Leaves us different than we came
Burning fear to free desire
Climbing over the fire
[Refrain]
Up above
(Flyin’ high)
Into love
(We go)
… feel the flow…
(Ohhhh, ohhhh, yeah!)
Gettin’ to know (know)
In sight (Insight)
Incite (Insight)
Alright!
[Verse 2]
Streetlights shimmer in electric rain
Pleasure dancing close to pain
Turning to dessert frame by frame
Returning to zero… chances lame
Hands together, worlds collide
Nothing left for us to hide
Every dream climbing higher
Leaping over the fire
[Refrain]
Up above
(Flyin’ high)
Into love
(We go)
… feel the flow…
(Ohhhh, ohhhh, yeah!)
Gettin’ to know (know)
In sight (Insight)
Incite (Insight)
Alright!
[Outro]
Smoke fades into morning light
Still the embers burn so bright
Every soul fueled by desire
Crossing over the fire.
Clear of the Stratosphere
[Intro]
Static fades beyond the atmosphere
Gravity dissolves out here
City lights become a thread
As silence fills my head
[Verse 1]
Engines burning through the velvet night
Leaving storms beneath the flight
Clouds below like shattered glass
Watching all the chaos pass
Every signal starts to blur
Nothing certain anymore
Just the glow of distant stars
Calling from afar
[Chorus]
Oh, yes… I can see
(Clearly)
Clear of the stratosphere
(Some place in space)
Far beyond the noise and fear
(Weightlessly)
Everything just disappears
(Without a trace)
[Verse 2]
Orbiting the edge of time
Leaving old illusions behind
Every heartbeat slows its pace
Drifting into open space
Down below the borders fade
Lines humanity once made
From up here it all feels small
One world after all
[Bridge]
Weightless thoughts begin to flow
Past the things we think we know
Every answer disappears
Clear of the stratosphere
[Chorus]
Oh, yes… I can see
(Clearly)
Clear of the stratosphere
(Some place in space)
Light-years from uncertainty
(Finally free)
Nothing left to interfere
(With what we face)
[Outro]
Floating where the stars appear
Clear of the stratosphere
Some place beyond the fear
Some place in space.
The Devil
[Intro]
Midnight crawls across the floor
I hear a knock without a door
Whispers curling through the hall
Like something ancient in the wall
[Verse 1]
Promises carved in candle smoke
As if truth begins as a joke
Temptation dressed in borrowed skin
Smiles like it’s always been
The choice you try to hide
Echoes louder deep inside
No escape and no delay
Just the price you’ll have to pay
[Chorus]
Oh, well
(Raze hell)
Rise until
(You recognize freewill)
Oh, well
(Break the spell)
Climb through fire
(Climb higher!)
[Verse 2]
He don’t come with horns and flame
He just calls you by your name
The bargain feels like gold
Till the story starts to fold
The “yes” you thought was free
Writes another prophecy
And the mirror starts to show
What you already know
[Bridge]
If you stare into the flame
Don’t pretend you don’t feel the same
Every shadow knows your face
Every sin leaves a trace
[Chorus]
Oh, well
(Raze hell)
Rise until
(You recognize freewill)
Oh, well
(Stand or fell)
Only you decide
(To fall victim to pride)
[Outro]
No chains, no gate, no cell
Just the stories you must tell
And the fire you walk through still
To recognize freewill.
Tear It Down
[Intro]
Concrete shaking under restless feet
Anger marching through the street
Everybody screaming loud
Trying to disappear into the crowd
[Verse 1]
Signs held high in the pouring rain
Everybody swearing they can end the pain
But nobody’s saying what comes next
Just another slogan to project
Burn the bridge, erase the wall
Watch another system fall
Smoke rising through the sound
As the chaos spins around
[Chorus]
Tear it down
(Without a plan)
Another round
(For no plan man)
Break the will
(With empty hands)
Spin until
(We don’t understand)
[Verse 2]
Every side declares they’re right
Feeding flames all through the night
Truth dissolves into the feed
Fueled by outrage, fear, and greed
History repeats again
Different flags, familiar ends
Everybody takes a stand
Nobody knows how to land
[Bridge]
If you tear away the ground
What will hold you when you’re down?
If you burn away “we’ll begin”
Can you build it back again?
[Chorus]
Tear it down
(Without a plan)
Another round
(For no plan man)
Raise the fire
(Watch it expand)
Till it’s dire
(All the land)
[Outro]
Round and round the cycle spins
Revolution starts again
Every empire built on sand
Falls to ever understand.
The Question
[Intro]
A whisper drifting through the noise
Buried under louder voices
The answer feels rehearsed
The blessing hides a curse
[Verse 1]
You spoke like certainty was fact
Burned the map and won’t look back
Every warning brushed aside
With another wave of pride
Broken pieces on the floor
Still demanding something more
Running hard but standing still
Chasing after hollow thrills
[Chorus]
You razed the question
(With no suggestion)
For a new scene seen
You razed the concern
(You’ll never learn)
Why turn the dream mean?
You crossed the line
(Without a sign)
Now nothing feels clean
You lost the thread
(Inside your head)
Of what the dream means
[Verse 2]
Your promise starts to crack
When there’s no intention backing that
Words become another shield
Hiding what you won’t reveal
Those who want control
But forget the human soul
Trading wisdom for display
While the future slips away
[Bridge]
Questions echo in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
Not to tear the whole thing down
But to turn it back around
[Chorus]
You razed the question
(With no suggestion)
For a new scene seen
You razed the concern
(You’ll never learn)
Why turn the dream mean?
You blurred the light
(Into the night)
Till truth went unseen
You changed the frame
(But stayed the same)
Inside the machine
[Outro]
The question still remains
Beneath the noise and flames
Somewhere inside the dream
Waiting to be redeemed.
The Limit
[Intro]
Falling shadows on the wall
The boundary starts to fall
Signals racing through the wire
Fueling hearts with reckless fire
[Verse 1]
They said stay inside the line
Don’t go searching past the signs
But every dream begins to crack
When fear is holding people back
The system has a seam
A lock can lose the key
As the ceiling starts to shake
When there’s enough refuse to break
[Chorus]
Raze the limit
(Wipe it out)
Yes, we’ve found
(There is no bound)
Break the frame
(Turn it round)
Lift the sound
(Above the ground)
[Verse 2]
We were taught to hesitate
To surrender dreams to fate
But the fire inside the mind
Was never meant to stay confined
Your heartbeat wants release
Your voice demands belief
Through the static and the doubt
We are breaking out
[Refrain]
Come on, shout:
(Wipe it out!)
Shout it out
(Wipe it clean)
A new scene
Down the wall
(Set it free!)
Hear the call
(Of what could be)
[Bridge]
Limits live inside the mind
Built from fear and passed through time
But once the cracks begin to show
There’s no stopping where we’ll go
[Chorus]
Raze the limit
(Wipe it out)
Yes, we’ve found
(There is no bound)
Raise the vision
(Turn it loud)
We are more
(Than we’re allowed)
[Refrain]
Come on, shout:
(Wipe it out!)
Shout it out
(Wipe it clean)
A new scene
Down the wall
(Set it free!)
Hear the call
(Of what could be)
[Outro]
Beyond the edge, beyond the doubt
Another world is breaking out
A new scene rising clean
Past the limit once unseen.
The Roof
[Intro]
Rain tapping like a warning sign
Cracks spreading down the line
Everybody laughed before
Now the water floods the floor
[Verse 1]
They said the damage looked alright
Just patch it quick and dim the light
Cover truth with paint and tape
Hope the storm would change its shape
But the shortcuts leave a trace
Each lie erodes the base
Now the ceiling starts to bend
From neglect we tried to defend
[Chorus]
Razed the roof
(Now the reign pours in)
Crazed a spoof
(Now the place is ragin’)
Cut too deep
(And the walls grow thin)
Lost the proof
(Of the state we’re in)
[Verse 2]
We all knew the score
Still we kicked apart the door
Sold illusion as repair
While the rot spread everywhere
Now the wind screams through the beams
Shattering the borrowed dreams
Buckets filling through the night
Trying to survive the bite
[Bridge]
You can’t tear away the frame
And pretend it stays the same
Every structure needs support
Truth is stronger than report
[Chorus]
Razed the roof
(Now the reign pours in)
Crazed a spoof
(Now the place is ragin’)
Storms arrive
(Where the cracks begin)
Now the truth
(Is exposing everything)
[Outro]
Drip by drip the lesson falls
Through the fractured, weakened walls
What we break without repair
Always finds us waiting there.
No, Raise
[Intro]
So many shouting through the haze
Caught between destruction and change
Words collide in the heat of the night
Trying to define what’s wrong or right
[Verse 1]
Some say burn it to the floor
Like nothing matters anymore
But broken pieces don’t explain
How to heal the hurt and pain
Know the future starts with hands
Building more than making demands
Brick by brick and soul by soul
Turning fragments into whole
[Chorus]
Did you say raze?
(No, no – raise)
Don’t tear it down
(Build up from the ground)
Lift the lame
(Don’t spread blame)
Turn the light
(Into a sound)
[Verse 2]
This movement needs a dream
Something more than rage and steam
If you only clear the land
What survives to take a stand?
Hope requires a steady hand
More than slogans in the sand
Every vision worth the climb
Needs a heart that lasts through time
[Refrain]
Raze?
(Raise!)
Higher and higher
Raze?
(Raise!)
Your heart’s desire
Rise
(Above the fire)
Reach
(For something higher)
[Bridge]
There’s enough ash in the sky
Enough reasons left to cry
Maybe now the stronger art
Is rebuilding from the heart
[Chorus]
Did you say raze?
(No, no – raise)
Don’t tear it down
(Build up from the ground)
Raise the dream
(Make it seen)
Raise the world
(Without burning it down)
Down, down, down
[Outro]
Not destruction, not decay
But something stronger on the way
Hands together, voices raised
Turning darkness into days.
Hopes
[Intro]
Morning breaks through fractured glass
Neverending starts to pass
Holding on to something small
Even when we risk it all
[Verse 1]
I’ve been here before the fall
Answering a distant call
Every promise in my hand
Always slipping like sand
Still I reach and still I try
Underneath a shifting sky
Even when the nights are long
Something pulls me on
[Chorus]
Raised my hopes
Don’t let me down
(Down, down, down)
Off the ropes
Spinning round
(Round, round, round)
Hold me close
Don’t let go now
(How, how, how)
Lost and found
Still I vow
(I won’t bow)
[Verse 2]
If the rise has its cost
Then retain gain and lessen the loss
Still I gamble with the light
In the shadow of the night
Even bruised, I stand again
The everending guides a friend
Telling me to not retreat
When the world knocks at my feet
[Bridge]
If hope is just a fragile flame
Why does it still call my name?
Through the chaos, through the sound
It keeps spinning me around
[Chorus]
Raised my hopes
Don’t let me down
(Down, down, down)
Off the ropes
Spinning round
(Round, round, round)
Break the fall
Turn it around
(Found, found, found)
Still I rise
From the ground
(Without a sound)
[Outro]
Even if I lose my way
Hope keeps spinning every day
Round and round, it won’t erase
The light I still chase.
That’s a Lot
[Intro]
Numbers climbing off the chart
Like a warning from the start
Watch graphs begin to bend
Faster now than we pretend
[Verse 1]
Back in the day the models said
“Slow progression lies ahead”
Century scales, measured pace
Gradual shifts we thought we’d face
But the signals changed their tone
Feedback loops have overgrown
What once doubled over years
Now explodes through all the gears
[Chorus]
That is a big number
(That is for sure)
Raise it more
(Raze for sure)
Every line climbs higher
(Than before)
Open the door
(To what’s in store)
[Refrain]
Wow!
(Holy cow)
That’s a lot
(A lot of a lot)
[Verse 2]
Sixty times the growth rate now
Everybody asking “How?”
Two orders faster than before
Like a runaway reactor core
Every feedback fuels the next
Climate spinning hyper-flexed
Ice to heat and heat to flame
Nothing staying quite the same
[Refrain]
Wow!
(Holy cow)
That’s a lot
(A lot of a lot)
Look out now
(It won’t stop)
Climbing up
(Right to the top)
[Bridge]
We thought the future moved in lines
Measured slowly over time
But systems pushed beyond the seam
Can accelerate extreme
[Chorus]
That is a big number
(That is for sure)
Raise it more
(Raze for sure)
Feedback grows stronger
(Than before)
Changing the score
(At the core)
[Refrain]
Wow!
(Holy cow)
That’s a lot
(A lot of a lot)
Look out now
(It won’t stop)
Climbing up
(Right to the top)
[Outro]
Numbers echo through the haze
Warnings hidden in the phase
A lot of a lot, they say
As tomorrow arrives today.
About the Song
At the time the hypothesis was first developed in the 1990s, observed acceleration rates were closer to ~2^1-fold per century doubling behavior. More recent analyses across multiple independent datasets suggest much shorter characteristic timescales consistent with stronger feedback amplification of 2^6-fold on a decadal basis.
* a ~60× increase in the effective growth constant
* or about two orders of magnitude faster system amplification
Erasure
[Intro]
Lines begin to fade away
Memory dissolves in gray
Something shifting in the code
Where the old beliefs once rode
[Verse 1]
History written, then erased
Truth rewritten, re-replaced
Every record starts to blur
Nothing solid to concur
Names and numbers lose their place
Faces vanish without trace
Still we ask who draws the line
Between decay and design
[Chorus]
Erasure
(Are you sure?)
Erasure
(Premature)
Ensure
(The future)
Strive to thrive!
(Survive alive)
Break the seal
(Unreal reveal)
What is real?
(We redefine)
… fine….
[Verse 2]
The system built to last
Gets rewritten from the past
The truth begins again
When control begins to end
But what remains when all is gone?
What do we evolve upon?
Is erasure just the start
Of a rewritten heart?
[Bridge]
If we clear the ancient script
Do we lose what made us lift?
Or is clearing just the way
We make room for something new someday?
[Chorus]
Erasure
(Are you sure?)
Erasure
(Premature)
Ensure
(The future)
Strive to thrive!
(Survive alive)
Recompose
(The unknown)
Seeds are sown
(From what’s grown)
[Outro]
What is gone is not the end
Just the place where we begin
Erasure writes a different page
As we turn into the age.
Level
[Intro]
City lights are leaning low
As if they don’t know where to go
Everything begins to tilt
Built on fractures, pride, and guilt
[Verse 1]
We keep drawing crooked lines
Calling chaos “just designs”
But the balance starts to slip
Right beneath the fingertip
[Chorus]
Come on…
Level with me
(Do you want to level the ground)
Come on…
Please tell me
(Are we really bent… hell bound?)
Come on…
Break the seam
(What does it mean?)
Come on…
Wake the dream
(From what’s unseen)
[Verse 2]
We pretend the floor is straight
While ignoring what we create
But distortion starts to show
In the places we don’t go
[Bridge]
If the world is off by just a line
At what point do we redefine
What is stable, what is real
What we break and what we heal?
[Chorus]
Come on…
Level with me
(Do you want to level the ground)
Come on…
Please tell me
(Are we really bent… hell bound?)
Come on…
Stand or fall
(Through it all)
Come on…
Hear the call
(To unfall)
[Outro]
The world still tilts when no one sees
Balance lost in subtle degrees
And somewhere in the shifting frame
We keep calling out a name… “level.”
(Well…)
… level
(Well…)
Clearing
[Intro]
Morning opens through the gray
Clouds begin to drift away
Silence settling after years
Washing out the noise and fears
[Verse 1]
I was running without rest
Carrying the weight in my chest
Every answer felt too far
Like chasing after fading stars
But the storm began to slow
And something deeper started to show
Not perfection, not design
Just a quiet state of mind
[Chorus]
There’s a clearing
(Of the skies)
There’s a clearing
(Of my mind)
As I find…
The worth of tries
There’s a feeling
(Deep inside)
That the meaning
(Is a rising tide)
[Verse 2]
The failure left a mark
Tiny lanterns in the dark
Pointing where I shouldn’t go
Teaching what I couldn’t know
Now the wind feels less severe
And distant voices sound more clear
Not because the world has changed
But because I rearranged
[Bridge]
When the road bends apart
Follow the map inside the heart
With a fall and then a climb
It shapes the rhythm over time
[Chorus]
There’s a clearing
(Of the skies)
There’s a clearing
(Of my mind)
As I find…
The worth of tries
There’s a reason
(We survive)
Through the breaking
(We arrive)
[Outro]
Clouds dissolve into the blue
And I finally follow through
Not by force or perfect timing
But by simply still trying.
Sow
[Intro]
Ash still drifting through the air
Echoes of what used to be there
Silent earth beneath the smoke
Waiting for a hand to cope
[Verse 1]
You watched it all collapse in flame
Called it change, called it a name
But nothing grows from empty pride
If nothing lives on either side
Every ending leaves a ground
Where new beginnings can be found
Perhaps ruin has a role
If you let it make you whole
[Chorus]
So, you burned it down
(Razed to the ground)
Sow, plant the seed
(For what we need)
Turn the soil
(From ash and heat)
Break the cycle
(Make it complete)
[Verse 2]
What you tear away in rage
Becomes the opening of a page
But only if you choose to grow
Not just let destruction show
The field begins as dust
The future builds on trust
Even fire has to fade
To let the new world be made
[Bridge]
If you scatter seeds in ash
Will they vanish in the crash?
Or will something find a way
To rise again another day?
[Chorus]
So, you burned it down
(Razed to the ground)
Sow, plant the seed
(For what we need)
Heal the land
(Start again)
Let it stand
(Where it’s been)
[Outro]
From the ashes something grows
That’s the truth that everyone knows
What we break and what we sow
Decides the world we’ll come to know.
Fine-ally
[Intro]
Sunlight pouring through the haze
We’re waking from a thousand days
Something shifting deep inside
No more reason left to hide
[Verse 1]
Spent so long inside my head
Replaying every word once said
Carrying the weight around
Till I nearly hit the ground
[Refrain]
Finally
(Feeling oh so fine)
Fine-ally
(In totality)
Fine, fine, fine
(Feel fine?)
Let it shine
Finally
(Aligned in time)
Fine-ally
(Body and mind)
Light the sky
(And redefine)
[Verse 2]
No perfection, no disguise
Just a clearer set of eyes
Now the rhythm feels alive
More than just a way to survive
[Refrain]
Finally
(Feeling oh so fine)
Fine-ally
(In totality)
Fine, fine, fine
(Feel fine?)
Let it shine
Rise above
(The old design)
Feel the pulse
(Of the lifeline)
[Outro]
Fine at last beneath the sun
Not because the race was won
But because I learned to find
A lovely peace of mind.
In the Real
[Intro]
Waking up with all these choices
Trying to distinguish all the voices
In each signal pulling through
Do you wonder what is true?
[Verse 1]
Flickering lights on every screen
Half the truth and in-between
Those out selling extreme dreams
Not much is quite what it seems
But underneath the shifting glow
There’s a place I think I know
Where the signal cuts it clear
And everything becomes sincere
[Chorus]
Do you feel
(In the real)
Is your soul
(On a roll)
Are you here
(Crystal clear)
Can you reveal
(Not conceal)
[Verse 2]
Another thought gets amplified
Another feeling quantified
But beyond the data stream
Lives a quieter kind of dream
Not a filter, not a code
But the path beneath the road
Where the heartbeat meets the ground
And the truth stops spinning round
[Bridge]
If the world is just a show
How would anyone ever know
What is real and what is spun
Underneath the artificial sun?
[Chorus]
Do you feel
(In the real)
Is your soul
(On a roll)
Break the seal
(Start to feel)
What is real
(Find ideal)
[Outro]
Strip away the static veil
Let the quieter truth prevail
In the real, we learn to be
Something closer to free.
Oh, I See
[Intro]
Scrolling headlines blur the truth
Everyone selling their proof
Voices louder every day
Meaning slowly stripped away
[Verse 1]
Facts dissolve inside the spin
Outrage always seems to win
Each question turned to flame
Same side repeats the same
Learning takes a little time
But rage arrives on cue online
Quick reactions feed the feed
While reflection starts to bleed
[Chorus]
Oh, I see
(Now you razed the question)
Obviously
(There’s little room for education)
Oh, I know
(You want sensation)
Not the “know”
(Process of realization)
[Verse 2]
Libraries replaced by streams
Thought compressed to tiny memes
So many want the prize
Without the work of deeper eyes
Wisdom doesn’t trend too fast
That’s why shallow moments don’t last
Noise becomes the atmosphere
Till nobody can truly hear
[Bridge]
If every fact gets shouted down
Truth gets buried underground
Questions may be the roots we need
To help a better future lead
But listening to the reply
Is essential for knowing “why”
[Chorus]
Oh, I see
(Now you razed the question)
Obviously
(There’s little room for education)
Oh, beware
(Of imitation)
Empty glare
(Without illumination)
[Outro]
Somewhere underneath the noise
Still remains a wiser voice
Waiting through the separation
For the return of education.
(Man, when can man understand)
Ahead of the Blaze
[Intro]
Smoke on the horizon line
Another warning sign in time
Most people standing still
While the fire climbs the hill
[Verse 1]
Some keep saying “wait and see”
Like delay will set us free
But the sparks are in the wind
And the cycle starts again
All the seconds matters now
No more asking only how
When the edge begins to glow
You either move or lose below
[Chorus]
Get out in front of the blaze
(So that you don’t get razed)
Run as fast as you can
(To be the last standing man)
Move before the flames arrive
(If you want to stay alive)
See the signs through the haze
(Get ahead of the blaze)
[Verse 2]
History repeats its path
Built from denial, greed, and wrath
Who doesn’t want escape
After sealing their own fate
But survival takes more sight
Than reacting in the night
Preparation beats regret
Before the world is soaking wet
[Bridge]
Ashes fall where warnings failed
Where the slow response derailed
But the ones who read the sky
Learned when it was time to fly
[Chorus]
Get out in front of the blaze
(So that you don’t get razed)
Run as fast as you can
(To be the last standing man)
Think ahead and change your ways
(Before you feed the blaze)
Raise the future from the flame
(Or repeat the same old game)
[Outro]
Smoke still rising through the night
Some escaped by seeing right
Ahead of the blaze they ran
Before it swallowed all the land.
Pour Some Water on It
[Intro]
Smoke curling up into the air
Why ya’ll standing there
Watching sparks become a blaze
Are we trapped inside a phase?
[Verse 1]
Tempers rising, markets crash
Watch it all moving way too fast
Another headline screams alarm
Why are people adding harm
Heatwaves rolling through the town
Still nobody slows it down
Fueling every fire lit
Instead of cooling any bit
[Chorus]
That thing is on fire
(Pour some water on it)
Before it gets any higher
(Pour some water on it)
Cool it down
(Before we drown)
Turn around
(And think about it)
[Verse 2]
Arguments burn through the night
Who really wants to fight
Fanned flames don’t care who’s right or wrong
They just spread along and on
Perhaps wisdom starts with pause
Not just pushing harder cause
Sometimes strength is knowing when
To cool the fire again
[Refrain]
It’s way too hot
(Oh, so hot)
So why not…
(Pour some water on it)
Take a breath
(Count the cost)
Before it all
(Gets totally lost)
[Bridge]
This system has a seam
Each pressure builds up steam
And if nobody cuts the heat
The fire becomes complete
[Chorus]
That thing is on fire
(Pour some water on it)
Before it gets any higher
(Pour some water on it)
Save the frame
(Without more flame)
We don’t need
(To keep feeding it)
… gasoline…
(Know what I mean?)
[Outro]
Drop by drop the temperature falls
Echo cooling through the halls
Maybe not too late to quit
And pour some water on it.
About the Song
A Follow-Up to Heat Stress, Human Survivability, and the Emerging Physiological Limits of Climate Change
http://membrane.com/global_warming/Heat-Survivability-Thresholds.html
Q: How Adaptable Are Humans to Rising Heat and Compounding Environmental Stressors?
A: Far less adaptable than many assume.
For decades, many researchers assumed humans could generally survive “wet-bulb” temperatures near 35°C (95°F at 100% humidity) for limited periods. This threshold was widely treated as the upper survivability boundary for healthy individuals under shaded and ventilated conditions.
Many newer experiments now indicate that:
- 31°C wet-bulb (~87.8°F) may already be dangerous or unsurvivable for many healthy adults after prolonged exposure.
- For elderly individuals or vulnerable populations, critical stress may begin closer to:
28–30°C wet-bulb (~82–86°F).
Yeah. It’s for Real
[Intro]
Clocks are ticking in dim-lit rooms
Moments shifting out of tune
Voices cut through rising noise
Trying to decode the choice
[Verse 1]
Seconds fracture, slip away
Turning night into the day
What we thought would stay intact
Slides beyond the simple fact
Futures flicker like a screen
Never quite what they mean
Paths ahead begin to bend
Before they reach a known end
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, yeah?
(Yeah.)
Are sure…
(Of the future)
Is it clear?
(Or just confusion?)
Moving near
(Or dissolution?)
[Chorus]
Yes! I’m sure
(There’s future)
For sure
Yeah!
(It’s for real)
Watch it pass
(Into the past)
Time won’t wait
(It accelerates)
Frame by frame
(It recalibrates)
[Verse 2]
We keep chasing what comes next
Reading life like coded text
But the future never stays still
It bends around intent and will
Hope becomes a shifting line
Drawn between space and time
When a moment is defined
It’s already left behind
[Bridge / Refrain]
Don’t wait
(Or it will be too late)
Move now
(Before it escapes somehow)
Hold tight
(Through fading light)
Let go
(Or you’ll never know)
[Final Chorus]
Yes! I’m sure
(There’s future)
For sure
Yeah!
(It’s for real)
Watch it pass
(Into the past)
What you hold
(Starts to unfold)
Turns to what
(Has been told)
The tale
(Of the tail)
End
[Outro]
The future slips without a sound
Becomes the past before it’s found
And all that time allows to see
Is what has already been.
Having Fun
[Intro]
Step right up, enjoy the show
Start the sparks and watch them grow
Come… get a seat
For the latest self-defeat
[Verse 1]
Somebody lit a little match
Someone else said, “Watch this catch!”
Soon the crowd was ten rows deep
Taking videos instead of sleep
Warnings posted everywhere
Nobody seemed to really care
Laughter echoed through the smoke
As another safeguard broke
[Pre-Chorus]
They all gathered ’round the fire
(To watch ‘er burn)
Fanning flames higher
(Ya think they’ll ever learn?)
Cheering loud
(As the heat grows hotter)
Standing proud
(While things get harder)
[Chorus]
Havin’ fun
(While Rome is burnin’)
Never done
(And never learnin’)
Laughin’ loud
(As the walls are turnin’)
Workin’ hard
(At not discernin’)
[Verse 2]
Round and round the wheel it goes
Everyone already knows
Yet somehow we’re still surprised
When consequences arrive
Build it up and tear it down
Pass the blame around the town
Then act shocked when history
Repeats itself repeatedly
[Refrain]
Same mistake
(Do it again)
Same mistake
(Back to begin)
Same excuse
(Used back then)
Same result
(Again and again)
[Bridge]
Maybe someday we’ll decide
To stop enjoying the ride
When the joke has run too long
And the punchline’s gone all wrong
[Chorus]
Havin’ fun
(While Rome is burnin’)
Never done
(And never learnin’)
Round and round
(The wheel keeps turnin’)
Watch it spin
(Without concernin’)
[Outro]
The fire glows against the night
Everybody says it’s bright
And somewhere through the smoke and din
We prepare to do it all again.
[Refrain]
Same mistake
(Do it again)
Same mistake
(Back to begin)
Movin’ to the Equator
[Intro]
Summer lingers way too long
Winter doesn’t seem as strong
Something’s shifting in the air
And nobody knows exactly where
[Verse 1]
Used to count on seasons turning
Now the sidewalks feel to be burning
Spring arrives and leaves too fast
Like a memory of the past
Maps are steady on the wall
But the weather ignores them all
Latitude remains the same
Yet my place in space feels changed
[Chorus]
Movin’ to the equator…
… or…
(Is the equator moving to me)
Movin’ to the equator…
… oh, no I’m not sure…
(The reality of “be”)
Hotter days
(As far as I can see)
Who’s in motion?
(The world or me?)
[Verse 2]
Palm trees showing up farther north
Storm tracks taking a different course
Records falling year by year
Making futures less than clear
Neighbors talk about the heat
While seeking shade along the street
Something’s changing in plain sight
Day by day and night by night
[Chorus]
Movin’ to the equator…
… or…
(Is the equator moving to me)
Movin’ to the equator…
… oh, no I’m not sure…
(The reality of “be”)
Rising heat
(For all to see)
Changing what
(Used to be)
[Outro]
The map still hangs where it was before
But the climate’s knocking at the door
And I’m left wondering quietly
Who’s really moving… the world or me?
Oh, so Hot
[Intro]
The pavement’s glowing after dark
Has someone turned up nature’s spark
Fans are spinning, windows wide
Looking for a place to hide
[Verse 1]
Summer lingers past its stay
Breaking records day by day
People searching for relief
While forecasts bring them added grief
The river’s running low and slow
Fields are thirsting down below
Something’s changed within the scene
Not quite what it used to mean
[Chorus]
The scene is getting hot
(Oh, so hot)
And can you tell me why not
(Make it stop)
Heat keeps rising
(Up and up)
Turn down the burner
(Before it erupts)
[Verse 2]
Shade is getting hard to find
The forecast’s always on my mind
Thunder builds but brings no rain
Just another wave again
Folks keep talking on the news
Arguing conflicting views
But the thermometer doesn’t care
It’s just hanging in the air
[Refrain]
Hot, hot, hot
(Oh, so hot)
Can we weather the weather?
(Or does it depend on whether…)
Hot, hot, hot
(Oh, so hot)
We adapt
(Or maybe not)
[Bridge]
Will wisdom start today
Find cooler, better ways
Not just coping with the heat
But changing how the story strays
[Chorus]
The scene is getting hot
(Oh, so hot)
And can you tell me why not
(Make it stop)
Turn concern
(Into a plot)
For a future
(That’s not so hot)
[Outro]
The night’s still warm at half past two
Holding on like summer glue
And somewhere in the parking lot
Someone whispers…
“Oh, so hot.”
