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Good-Trouble-Best-Of.mp3<\/a>
\nGood-Trouble-Best-Of.mp4<\/a>
\nGood-Trouble.mp3<\/a>
\nGood-Trouble.mp4<\/a>
\nGood-Trouble-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nOne plus one
\nEquals two
\n(Not much about that… you can do)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nSea level rise
\n(What a surprise)
\nSee ya later…
\n(To the equator)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nIt’s some of that
\n(That’ll make you blue)
\nIt’s the math
\n(That kills you)
\nOne plus one
\nEquals two
\n(Not much about that… you can do)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nSpecifically
\n(Non-linear acceleration)
\nTragically
\n(Feedback loop devolution)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nIt’s the doubling
\nThat’s troubling
\nSocial-ecological feedback
\nAttack<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\n[Bridge]<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nOne plus one
\nEquals two
\n(Not much about that… you can do)<\/p>\n

A blues-rock psychedelic, psychobilly song with a driving beat featuring guitar solos, overdriven tone with vibrato and bends, and an organ providing sustained chords and melodic counterpoint. The guitar features prominent slide techniques and expressive phrasing. The organ plays a walking bass line in some sections, adding to the blues feel. Vocals are male and female duet, four-part harmonies live with audience participation.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG<\/p>\n

This song captures the inescapable, mathematical certainty<\/strong> of the climate and economic crises we are facing, emphasizing that while individual choices matter, the systemic math is what \u201ckills you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Intro & Chorus: One plus one equals two]<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n

\u201cOne plus one equals two (Not much about that… you can do)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This line highlights the inexorable math of physical and economic laws<\/strong>. Just as 1+1 will always equal 2, the laws of physics<\/em> (thermodynamics, Clausius-Clapeyron) and basic economic math<\/em> (deficits + interest = debt spiral) cannot be wished away by ideology.<\/p>\n

As detailed in The Economic Monsters: Inflation and Interest Rates<\/em><\/a>, the compounding debt, tariffs, and interest rates are feeding a system that will collapse under its own weight, just as greenhouse gas emissions will inevitably warm the planet beyond safe thresholds.<\/p>\n

[Verse 1: Sea level rise]<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n

\u201cSea level rise (What a surprise)\u201d<\/strong>
\u201cSee ya later… (To the equator)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These lines reference rising seas and forced migration<\/strong>, which are already displacing communities in low-lying equatorial and subtropical regions.<\/p>\n

This connects directly to your Trump’s Climate Destruction<\/em><\/a>, which outlines how dismantling climate policies accelerates sea-level rise, intensifies storms, and forces populations away from equatorial regions and coasts, fueling humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n

[Bridge: Non-linear acceleration & feedback loops]<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\u201cSpecifically (Non-linear acceleration)\u201d<\/strong>
\u201cTragically (Feedback loop devolution)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These lines capture the tipping points and feedback loops<\/strong> detailed in your climate and economic models, where warming:<\/p>\n