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[Verse 1]
\nThe foot bone’s connected to the mouth
\nThe mouth… connected to the two faced
\nWatch as the humans race (to the bottom)
\nHere we come! (Dumb, dee, dumb)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nI don’t believe
\n(Because I can’t conceive)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCascading system failures
\n(Reigning down on me)
\nCrazy train disrailures
\n(The wheels of for real)
\nHave come off the track
\n(Fact: we’re legendary)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe A-mock’s connected to the jet stream
\n(Know what I mean?)
\nThe jet stream’s connected to the ice melt
\n(Soon to be felt)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nI don’t believe
\n(Because I can’t conceive)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCascading system failures
\n(Reigning down on me)
\nCrazy train disrailures
\n(The wheels of for real)
\nHave come off the track
\n(Fact: we’re legendary)<\/p>\n

[Verse 3]
\nThe A-mock’s gone amuck caused an Fph up
\n(You know the tidal flow will go)
\nConnected to the Amazon Rain Forest
\n(Desertified land due to man’s damned demand)
\nU.S.A. “We’re the best”
\nUnderstand?<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(A strain to connect to the brain)
\nI don’t believe
\n(Because I can’t conceive)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCascading system failures
\n(Reigning down on me)
\nCrazy train disrailures
\n(The wheels of for real)
\nHave come off the track
\n(Fact: we’re legendary)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\n(A strain to connect to the brain)
\nCan’t conceive
\n(Won’t believe)
\nCan’t conceive
\n(Won’t believe)
\nCan’t conceive
\n(Won’t believe)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE
\nResearch and development incorporating complex social-ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, non-linear system is profoundly challenging. A small window into this complexity can be seen in the interactions among the Albedo Feedback Loop, Brown Carbon Feedback Loop, Freshwater-AMOC Disruption Loop, Permafrost-Methane Feedback Loop, Amazon Rainforest Dieback Feedback Loop, Sudden Sea Level Rise Pulses (“Cork Release” Events), Hydroclimate Whiplash, and Arctic Sea Ice Feedback. A microcosm of a much larger and more complex climate system.<\/p>\n

Combined Consequences<\/h2>\n

These interlinked, reinforcing feedbacks can:<\/p>\n