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\"Laboratory<\/p>\n

Laboratory<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

From the album “Laboratory<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laboratory<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nHere\u2019s the story:
\n(Come, come)
\nWelcome
\n(To the laboratory)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nGlass towers rising
\nUnder burning skies
\nCities full of motion
\nDreams and alibis
\nWe mixed fire with metal
\nWe carved roads through the trees
\nBuilt machines for tomorrow
\nThen forgot the seas<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nEvery answer brought a question
\nEvery cure came with a cost
\nWe were chasing immortality
\nNever counting what we lost<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCome hear man\u2019s story
\n(In our laboratory)
\nWe call it planet Earth
\n(Where you found your birth)
\nTest tubes full of memory
\n(Broken symmetry)
\nWe made a world of wonder
\n(Then pulled it all asunder)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nChildren in the shadows
\nLooking at the stars
\nAsking if the future
\nWill remember who we are
\nSmoke above the mountains
\nPlastic in the rain
\nA paradise of progress
\nRunning through our veins<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nWe kept digging ever deeper
\nSearching for another way
\nTurning night into a factory
\nTurning gold into decay<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nCome hear man\u2019s story
\n(In our laboratory)
\nWe call it planet Earth
\n(Where you found your birth)
\nFragments of creation
\n(Lost in automation)
\nStill beneath the damage
\n(There lives imagination)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIn the wires
\nIn the weather
\nIn the oceans turning warm
\nIn the silence of the forests
\nIn the coming of the storm<\/p>\n

We can still rewrite the ending
\nWe can still become reborn
\nWe can break the walls around us
\nWe can heal what we have torn<\/p>\n

[Guitar Solo]
\nCome hear man\u2019s story
\n(In our laboratory)
\nWe call it planet Earth
\n(Where you found your birth)
\nHold the flame before it fades
\n(Stand against the falling waves)
\nWe are more than what we\u2019ve broken
\n(We are every word unspoken)<\/p>\n

Come hear man\u2019s story
\n(In our laboratory)
\nThe future\u2019s still alive
\nIf we choose to survive<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThat\u2019s our story:
\n(Dumb, dumb)
\nNo why\u2026 no \u201chow come?\u201d
\n(In our labor-atory)<\/p>\n

Discover<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\n[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
\nForever discover
\n(Discover forever)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWe sail across the unknown
\nWe reach for things unseen
\nWe push beyond the limits
\nWe chase what might have been
\nEvery shadow casts a story
\nEvery star a sign
\nEvery moment sparks a question
\nEvery heartbeat marks the time<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more path
\nOne more door
\nOne more truth to explore
\nOne more sign
\nOne more clue
\nOne more world to pursue<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWe wander through the wonder
\nWe listen for the sound
\nWe dig beneath the surface
\nWe turn the world around
\nEvery question leads to another
\nEvery choice reveals more
\nEvery step uncovers mystery
\nEvery glance unpeels the core<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more spark
\nOne more flame
\nOne more reason not the same
\nOne more edge
\nOne more light
\nOne more chance to get it right<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nForever discover
\n(Discover forever)<\/p>\n

Forever discover
\n(Discover forever)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)
\nOh, no no
\n(Discover isn\u2019t over)
\nOh, yeah yeah
\n(Ya getta know know)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nForever discover
\n(Discover forever)<\/p>\n

Experiment<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nExperiment
\n(Is this what we meant?)
\nControl
\n(Or accident?)
\nQuestion
\n(Without an answer)
\nProgress
\n(Or disaster?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWe built another tower
\nWe built another wall
\nWe told ourselves it mattered
\nWe watched the mighty fall
\nWe chased another future
\nWe sold another dream
\nWe opened up the curtain
\nThen forgot what it could mean<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more switch
\nOne more spark
\nOne more shot into the dark
\nOne more hope
\nOne more fear
\nOne more reason we are here<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nExperiment
\n(Is this what we meant?)
\nControl
\n(Or accident?)
\nQuestion
\n(Without an answer)
\nProgress
\n(Or disaster?)<\/p>\n

Experiment
\n(We call it progress)
\nControl
\n(But lose control)
\nQuestion
\n(What have we lost?)
\nProgress
\n(At what cost?)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWe tested every boundary
\nWe crossed another line
\nWe thought we held the future
\nInside a grand design
\nThe rivers kept on rising
\nThe forests disappeared
\nNevertheless, we call it progress
\nWhile feeding every fear<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more drug
\n(Shoulder shrug?)
\nOne more war
\n(Say \u201cno more!\u201d
\nOne more thing we\u2019re fighting for
\n(Let\u2019s give \u2018er a try)
\nNot another lie
\n(Out of the cage)
\nOne more chapter on the page
\n(Time to end the rage)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nExperiment
\n(Is this what we meant?)
\nControl
\n(Or accident?)
\nWhat is our role
\n(Can you answer)
\nProgress
\n(Or disaster?)<\/p>\n

Experiment
\n(We call it progress)
\nControl
\n(But lose control)
\nQuestion
\n(What have we become?)
\nProgress
\n(At what cost?)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIn the laboratory
\nThe lights are burning low
\nNobody wants to stop it
\nNobody wants to know
\nThe warning signs are flashing
\nThe sirens start to scream
\nBut everybody follows
\nThe shadow of the dream<\/p>\n

[Bridge Build]
\nExperiment
\n(Still expanding)
\nControl
\n(Still collapsing)
\nQuestion
\n(Still unanswered)
\nProgress
\n(Still disaster)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nExperiment
\n(Is this what we meant?)
\nControl
\n(Or accident?)
\nQuestion
\n(Without an answer)
\nProgress
\n(Or disaster?)<\/p>\n

Experiment
\n(Still pretending)
\nControl
\n(Still descending)
\nQuestion
\n(Will we ever learn?)
\nProgress
\n(Or return?)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\n(Dag nab it!)
\nExperiment
\n(Is this what we meant?)<\/p>\n

The Secret Formula<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\n(Quick!)
\nWhat\u2019s the trick?
\n(What\u2019s the scheme?)
\nWhat\u2019s the cost?
\n(Of the dream?)
\nBefore all\u2019s lost\u2026<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThey wanted profit
\nWe wanted more
\nThey dug too deep
\nInto the core
\nWe burned tomorrow
\nFor today
\nAnd smiled while taking it away<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nEvery barrel
\n(Brings on peril)
\nEvery shortcut
\n(But, but, but)
\nMe, my, mine!
\n(Every mine)
\nCrossed the line<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nOh well
\n(If you\u2019re gonna tell\u2026)
\nHere\u2019s the secret formula:
\nDoubling time equals
\nThe time-dependent growth constant
\nTimes the natural logarithm of 2
\n(It\u2019s true)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n\u201cThe Secret Formula\u201d
\n(Featuring Princess Earth)
\n\u2026 and man staring as Dracula
\nOh well
\n(If you\u2019re gonna sell\u2026)
\nHere\u2019s the hidden mechanism
\n(Princess Earth)
\n\u2026 trapped inside the prism<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe hotter it gets
\nThe more things break
\nThe more things break
\nThe more heat they make
\nThe ice retreats
\nThe oceans rise
\nThe smoke fills up the darkened skies
\nThe forests burn
\nThe methane climbs
\nAnd every decade outruns time<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nSucking out the lifeblood
\n(Up to our ears in mud)
\nDraining every artery
\n(Blood becomes the flood)
\nSucking out the lifeblood
\n(Trading life for blood)
\nEvery warning buried
\n(Underneath the mud)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nThe faster it goes
\n(The faster it grows)
\nThe shorter the time
\n(Before it shows)
\nThe smaller the gap
\n(Between cause and effect)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nOh well
\n(If you\u2019re gonna tell\u2026)
\nHere\u2019s the secret formula:
\nDoubling time equals
\nThe time-dependent growth constant
\nTimes the natural logarithm of 2
\n(It\u2019s true)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n\u201cThe Secret Formula\u201d
\n(Featuring Princess Earth)
\n\u2026 man staring as Dracula
\nOh well
\n(If you\u2019re gonna sell\u2026)
\nHere\u2019s the hidden mechanism
\n(Princess Earth)
\n\u2026 trapped inside the prism
\nOh well
\n(Now the numbers swell\u2026)
\nHere\u2019s the shrinking doubling time
\n(Princess Earth)
\n\u2026 falling out of line<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nWhat\u2019s the trick?
\n(What\u2019s the scheme?)
\nWhat\u2019s the cost?
\n(Of the dream?)<\/p>\n

About the Song
\nThis song is about feedback loops and shrinking doubling times in the climate system. As warming increases, it triggers other processes that add even more warming: melting ice reduces reflectivity, fires release carbon, thawing permafrost releases methane, and warmer oceans intensify storms and reduce carbon absorption.<\/p>\n

The key mathematical idea (\u201csecret formula\u201d) is that doubling time depends on the growth constant:
\nWhen growth processes are governed by feedbacks, the doubling time is:
\nTd\u200b(t)=k(t)ln(2)\u200b<\/p>\n

Where:
\nTd\u200b(t) = doubling time
\nk(t) = time-dependent growth constant
\nln(2) = natural logarithm of 2
\nIf feedback amplification increases
\nk(t), doubling times shrink.<\/p>\n

As feedback loops strengthen, k(t) rises and doubling times shrink. That means impacts compound faster and faster. Instead of a slow, linear trend, climate change becomes an accelerating cascade where each destabilized system amplifies the next.<\/p>\n

Test<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nInitializing sequence
\n(Calibrating mind)
\nChecking every signal
\n(Opening lines)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nI run through the circuits
\nTracing every code
\nMapping out my choices
\nWalking every node
\nEvery thought a number
\nEvery action weighed
\nEvery hidden pathway
\nEvery line displayed<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nSignals feed the data
\nThe answers are unknown
\nTesting all the edges
\nOf the self I\u2019ve grown<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nI measure every heartbeat
\nI measure every breath
\nI scan the room around me
\nI calculate the depth
\nNothing goes unnoticed
\nNothing left to chance
\nWalking through the system
\nIn a controlled dance<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nEvery code becomes a mirror
\nEvery number tells a tale
\nEvery trial I encounter
\nShapes how I prevail<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nTesting boundaries, testing limits
\nEvery answer leads to more
\nEvery door opens wider
\nThan I knew before
\nRunning through the labyrinth
\nTracing lines in the sand
\nTrying to find the meaning
\nOf the life I command<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of the system)
\nThis is a test
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nTesting complete
\n(Sequence ends)
\nReflecting on the system
\n(And who I am)
\n[Fade Out]<\/p>\n

The Answers<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe system spoke
\n(The answers)
\nThe questions fade
\n(Into echoes)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nI walked through every shadow
\nI traced the hidden lines
\nEvery code revealed a pathway
\nEvery number defined
\nThe signals held their secrets
\nThe echoes told their tale
\nAnd in the quiet darkness
\nThe answers started to unveil<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nNot all is clear, not all is true
\nThe answers wait for you
\nEvery door you open
\nShows the next clue<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nI see the hidden patterns
\nI feel the silent code
\nEvery fear and failure
\nEvery road I\u2019ve strode
\nThe system whispers softly
\nThe truth begins to shine
\nAnd every broken pathway
\nBecomes a sign<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nAnswers lead to insight
\nInsight leads to choice
\nEvery quiet moment
\nAmplifies the voice<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nThe questions fade behind me
\nThe code becomes a song
\nEvery trial, every path
\nShows where I belong
\nThe answers are not simple
\nThey twist and intertwine
\nYet every hidden corner
\nHolds a spark that\u2019s mine<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)
\nThese are the answers
\n(To the test)
\nThese are the pieces
\n(Of who I am)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe answers remain
\n(But the journey continues)
\nThe system hums
\n(And I am alive)<\/p>\n

The-Ology<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nCounting all the moments
\nMarking every sign
\nTracing all connections
\nCrossing every line
\nMaps of our intentions
\nCharts of every heart
\nSeeking for the patterns
\nWhere the pieces start<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nQuestions lead to answers
\nAnswers lead to more
\nEvery door we open
\nShows a deeper floor<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nHearts collide in patterns
\nTime repeats the flow
\nLessons in the laughter
\nStories in the woe
\nEvery small decision
\nEchoes through the mind
\nEvery fleeting moment
\nLeads to what we find<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nEvery spark ignites a question
\nEvery glance a clue
\nEvery step becomes a chapter
\nIn the book of you<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nFrom atoms to galaxies
\nFrom whispers to screams
\nWe chart the unseen currents
\nFlowing through our dreams
\nPatterns of emotion
\nRhythms of desire
\nTracing all the fire
\nIn the human choir<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe study of the study of
\n(Thee-ology)
\nThe study of love
\n(Be-ology)
\n[Fade Out]
\n[Bridge]
\nThe study of\u2026
\n(The study of)
\nThe study of love<\/p>\n

Pass or Fail?<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe questions return
\n(One final time)
\nThe lights are oh so low
\n(Answers can\u2019t wait)
\nYou know\u2026
\n(Can\u2019t be too late)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nI walked through the system
\nI carried the weight
\nI searched for the meaning
\nI challenged my fate
\nEvery test and trial
\nEvery wrong and right
\nEvery step behind me
\nBrings me here tonight<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nThe numbers have been counted
\nThe lines have all been drawn
\nNow the final silence
\nWaits before the dawn<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWell, do tell
\n(Pass or fail?)
\nEpic flail\u2026
\n(Or prevail?)
\nWell?<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nI learned from every failure
\nI learned from every scar
\nI mapped the hidden distance
\nBetween here and who we are
\nNo answer came so easy
\nNo truth arrived complete
\nBut every broken pathway
\nStill led me to my feet<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nThe clock is still ticking
\nThe shadows still remain
\nBut I can hear the future
\nCalling out my name<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWell, do tell
\n(Pass or fail?)
\nEpic flail\u2026
\n(Or prevail?)
\nWell?<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nMaybe there is no \u201cfinal\u201d answer
\nBut we\u2019re being graded on our score
\n(I\u2019m starting to see\u2026)
\nPerhaps most importantly
\nIt\u2019s becoming something more
\n(Through the static and the noise)
\nThrough the posing and poise
\n(Through the doubt and through the fear)
\nIs it surprising?
\n(Can you feel the signal rising)
\nI can see the ending here<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nWell, do tell
\n(Pass or fail?)
\nEpic flail\u2026
\n(Or prevail?)
\nWell?<\/p>\n

Well, do tell
\n(Pass or fail?)
\nEpic flail\u2026
\n(Or prevail?)
\nWell?<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe test is done
\n(Lost or won)
\nLight\u2026 shade
\n(The answers fade)
\nThe story ends
\n(Nature mends)
\nSane sustains
\n(And life remains)<\/p>\n

Mad Scientist<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nMad
\n(not angry)
\nMad
\n(plain crazy)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nLocked inside his tower
\nSurrounded by machines
\nTalking to reflections
\nLiving in his dreams
\nEvery wire connected
\nEvery switch in place
\nSearching for the answer
\nTo the human race<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more spark
\n(One more scream)
\nOne more broken laser beam
\n(One more cure)
\nOne more lie
\n(One more reason not to die)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nMan, a mad scientist
\n(With an evil twist)
\nMan, a caged lab rat
\n(Us\u2026 imagine that)
\nMan, he pulls the strings
\n(Over everything)
\nMan, he lights the fuse
\n(Then we all lose)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWorking through the midnight
\nUnder flashing lights
\nDrawing up equations
\nBuilding bigger fights
\nHe says it is for progress
\nHe says it is for peace
\nBut every new invention
\nMakes the pressure increase<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more drug
\n(One more gun)
\nOne more race that can\u2019t be won
\n(One more wall)
\nOne more war
\n(One more thing we\u2019re fighting for)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nMan, a mad scientist
\n(With an evil twist)
\nMan, a caged lab rat
\n(Us\u2026 imagine that)
\nMan, he breaks the chain
\n(Only to restrain)
\nMan, he sells the cure
\n(Then invents the plague)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nInside the laboratory
\nNobody hears the screams
\nNobody sees the shadows
\nHiding in the steam
\nThe test tubes keep on breaking
\nThe warning lights all glow
\nBut nobody stops the madness
\nBecause nobody wants to know<\/p>\n

[Bridge Build]
\nMad
\n(Not angry)
\nMad
\n(Plain crazy)
\nMad
\n(Still building)
\nMad
\n(Still waiting)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nMan, a mad scientist
\n(With an evil twist)
\nMan, a caged lab rat
\n(Us\u2026 imagine that)
\nMan, he owns the game
\n(But we\u2019re not to blame)
\nMan, he shuts the door
\n(While we beg for more)<\/p>\n

Man, a mad scientist
\n(Still inside his cage)
\nMan, a mad scientist
\n(Writing history\u2019s page)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nMad
\n(Not angry)
\nMad
\n(Plain crazy)
\nSad
\n(All\u2019s going hazy)
\nThe mad scientist
\n(Twist)<\/p>\n

White Coats Vs. Black Hats<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe stage is set
\n(White coats meet black hats)
\nThe lines are drawn
\n(Chaos in the lab)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nExperiments in shadows
\nSchemes behind the doors
\nData streams and secrets
\nHidden in the floors
\nThe white coats move with purpose
\nThe black hats move with greed
\nThe lab becomes a battlefield
\nWhere human flaws proceed<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more test
\nOne more trap
\nOne more plan to map
\nOne more scheme
\nOne more fight
\nOne more battle in the night<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Take black hats by their throats)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(The scene we\u2019re seeing \u2013 obscene)
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Stand strong against the lies)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(Truth reflected in our eyes)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe corridors are silent
\nThe monitors all glow
\nEach move is calculated
\nEvery step we know
\nThe black hats try deception
\nThe white coats strike with care
\nThe lab is now a warzone
\nNo one can stop the stare<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more breach
\nOne more file
\nOne more push to reconcile
\nOne more flaw
\nOne more act
\nOne more truth the lab enacts<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Take black hats by their throats)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(The scene we\u2019re seeing \u2013 obscene)
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Stand strong against the lies)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(Truth reflected in our eyes)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIn the end, who really wins
\nWhen both wear masks of men
\nThe white coats fight for order
\nThe black hats cheat again
\nEvery vial and every note
\nEvery experiment
\nTells the story of the struggle
\nOf the lab\u2019s intent<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Take black hats by their throats)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(The scene we\u2019re seeing \u2013 obscene)
\nThe good guys in white lab coats
\n(Stand strong against the lies)
\nIt\u2019s too late for denial debate
\n(Truth reflected in our eyes)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nThe stage is quiet
\n(White coats stand tall)
\nThe lab survives the clash with trash
\n(The black hats fall)
\nAll is quite right
\n(Afterall)<\/p>\n

Rat in a Labyrinth<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)
\n[Instrumental]
\n[Bass Solo]
\n[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)
\nUnphased\u2026
\n(In our labyrinth for days)
\nAmbiguous?
\n(No he\u2019s one of us)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nHe scurries through the corridors
\nTurns every hidden bend
\nHe maps the walls and dead ends
\nAs if they never end
\nThe shadows bend to follow
\nThe echoes mark the path
\nEvery choice becomes a riddle
\nEvery corner hides the wrath<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more twist
\nOne more turn
\nOne more lesson we should learn
\nOne more trap
\nOne more test
\nOne more way to fail the rest<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)
\nUnphased\u2026
\n(In our labyrinth for days)
\nAmbiguous?
\n(No he\u2019s one of us)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe rat knows every shortcut
\nThe rat knows every line
\nThe rat survives the chaos
\nThe rat is by design
\nThe walls themselves are moving
\nThe ceilings close and breathe
\nYet still he finds the exit
\nYet still he does not leave<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more step
\nOne more gap
\nOne more chance to fall in trap
\nOne more shift
\nOne more shake
\nOne more rule for him to break<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)
\nUnphased\u2026
\n(In our labyrinth for days)
\nAmbiguous?
\n(No he\u2019s one of us)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nHe is the experiment
\nHe is the guide
\nHe is the shadow running
\nThrough the walls we hide
\nWe built the maze to trap him
\nBut the maze obeys his mind
\nThe rat becomes the master
\nWe\u2019re the ones confined<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)
\nUnphased\u2026
\n(In our labyrinth for days)
\nAmbiguous?
\n(No he\u2019s one of us)<\/p>\n

Amazed\u2026
\n(He leads the way)
\nUnphased\u2026
\n(Through the walls we made)
\nAmbiguous?
\n(He\u2019s the rat in the maze)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nAmazed\u2026
\n(By the rat in the maze)<\/p>\n

Lab Leak<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\n[Whispered Vocals, Echoed Guitar, Organ Swell]
\nContainment breach
\n(The warning came\u2026 man\u2019s his name)
\nContainment breach
\n(But no one changed\u2026 world rearranged)
\nHumanity\u2019s reach
\n(The doors swung wide\u2026 letting loose pride)
\nEvery man, woman, and child\u2026
\n(Into the wild)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nBorn inside the laboratory
\nRaised beneath the glass
\nFed on smoke and concrete
\nBuilt to multiply fast
\nSpreading through the valleys
\nSpreading through the seas
\nTurning every forest
\nInto factories<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more city
\nOne more road
\nOne more burden for the load
\nOne more pipeline
\nOne more scar
\nOne more wound that spreads too far<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nLab leak
\n(Into the wild)
\nLab leak
\n(Mother Nature\u2019s child)
\nLab leak
\n(We escaped the cage)
\nLab leak
\n(And poisoned every page)<\/p>\n

Lab leak
\n(Through the rivers)
\nLab leak
\n(Through the skies)
\nLab leak
\n(Like a virus)
\nLab leak
\n(That never dies)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nWe crawled across the mountains
\nWe swallowed up the plains
\nWe filled the air with carbon
\nWe filled the earth with stains
\nThe oceans turned acidic
\nThe coral lost its glow
\nAnd still we called it progress
\nAs everything slowed<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more species
\nOne more loss
\nOne more line we chose to cross
\nOne more desert
\nOne more flame
\nOne more excuse to shift the blame<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nLab leak
\n(Into the wild)
\nLab leak
\n(Mother Nature\u2019s child)
\nLab leak
\n(We escaped the cage)
\nLab leak
\n(And poisoned every page)<\/p>\n

Lab leak
\n(Through the rivers)
\nLab leak
\n(Through the skies)
\nLab leak
\n(Like a virus)
\nLab leak
\n(That never dies)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nMother Nature tried to warn us
\nWith the fire and the rain
\nWith the droughts and rising oceans
\nWith the storms and crop decay
\nBut the virus kept on spreading
\nFeeding on its host
\nBuilding towers to the heavens
\nWhile consuming every coast<\/p>\n

[Bridge Build]
\nWe were meant to be the cure
\n(But became the disease)
\nWe were meant to guard the garden
\n(But stripped away the leaves)
\nWe were meant to know the limits
\n(But never learned restraint)
\nNow the lab has lost containment
\n(And the world can feel the weight)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nLab leak
\n(Into the wild)
\nLab leak
\n(Mother Nature\u2019s child)
\nLab leak
\n(We escaped the cage)
\nLab leak
\n(And poisoned every page)<\/p>\n

Lab leak
\n(Through the rivers)
\nLab leak
\n(Through the skies)
\nLab leak
\n(Like a virus)
\nLab leak
\n(That never dies)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nContainment breach
\n(The warning came)
\nOut of our reach
\n(Containment breach)
\nRearranged\u2026
\n(But no one changed)<\/p>\n

Basically Acidic<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nLet\u2019s change the music
\n(Quick!)
\n\u2026 the music!
\n[Instrumental]
\n[Guitar Stabs, Organ Burst, Drum Fill]<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nEverything was balanced
\nEverything was clean
\nNeutral in the middle
\nOr so it always seemed
\nThen something tipped the beaker
\nSomething crossed the line
\nSomething in the mixture
\nChanged the whole design<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more drop
\nOne more spill
\nOne more bitter little pill
\nOne more shift
\nOne more taste
\nOne more thing we cannot waste<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(A strong base)
\nTurned acidic
\n(Pathetic)
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(The pH changed)
\nTurned corrosive
\n(So deranged)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe metal starts dissolving
\nThe paper burns away
\nThe warning signs are glowing
\nBut no one wants to say
\nThat every small reaction
\nCan build into a storm
\nAnd once the mix goes toxic
\nIt takes another form<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more spark
\nOne more flame
\nOne more shift we cannot tame
\nOne more flaw
\nOne more crack
\nOne more chance we won\u2019t get back<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(A strong base)
\nTurned acidic
\n(Pathetic)
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(The pH changed)
\nTurned corrosive
\n(So deranged)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nLet\u2019s change the music
\nBefore the whole thing melts away
\nBefore the balance cannot stay
\nBefore the poison fills the room
\nBefore we choose a different doom<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(A strong base)
\nTurned acidic
\n(Pathetic)
\nI don\u2019t lye
\n(The pH changed)
\nTurned corrosive
\n(So deranged)<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t lye
\n(Too late to hide)
\nTurned acidic
\n(From the inside)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nLet\u2019s change the music
\n(Quick!)
\n\u2026 the music!<\/p>\n

The Host Rejects<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nThe fever rises
\n(The host rejects)
\nThe warning spreads
\n(Of man\u2019s neglects)
\nCausing of rifts
\n(Through every vein)
\nThe balance shifts
\n(And fight begins)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThe waters overflow now
\nThe boundaries disappear
\nThe forests burn in silence
\nThe smoke replaces air
\nThe insects leave the flowers
\nThe coral turns to stone
\nThe world begins to fight back
\nAgainst what it has grown
\n(Fight back)
\nAttack!<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more flood
\nOne more flame
\nOne more storm without a name
\nOne more drought
\nOne more scar
\nOne more warning from afar<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe host rejects
\nThe parasite
\n(You got that right)
\nThe host rejects
\nWhat feeds inside
\n(No place to run\u2026 no place to hide)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What drains its veins)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n

The host rejects
\n(What spread too far)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What we are)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe oceans rise around us
\nThe weather turns disastrous
\nThe heat goes ever higher n\u2019 dire
\nThe species in fear disappear
\nThe sky turns strange and angry
\nThe seasons lose their shape
\nAnd every wall we built now
\nCannot help us escape<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more failure
\nOne more cost
\nOne more line already crossed
\nOne more empire
\nOne more throne
\nOne more reason we\u2019re alone<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThe host rejects
\nThe parasite
\n(You got that right)
\nThe host rejects
\nWhat feeds inside
\n(No place to run\u2026 no place to hide)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What drains its veins)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n

The host rejects
\n(What spread too far)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What we are)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nMother Nature has a memory
\nOlder than the walls we raise
\nOlder than our towers
\nOlder than our modern age
\nShe can wash away a city
\nShe can starve a nation dry
\nShe can bring the strongest empire
\nTo its knees beneath the sky<\/p>\n

[Bridge Build]
\nThe fever climbs
\n(The body fights)
\nThe fever climbs
\n(Through endless nights)
\nThe fever climbs
\n(And still we stare)
\nThe fever climbs
\n(As if it\u2019s not there)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThe host rejects
\nThe parasite
\n(You got that right)
\nThe host rejects
\nWhat feeds inside
\n(No place to run\u2026 no place to hide)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What drains its veins)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What brings the pain)<\/p>\n

The host rejects
\n(What spread too far)
\nThe host rejects
\n(What we are)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nNo surprises\u2026
\nThe fever rises
\n(The host rejects)
\nThe warning spreads
\n(Through every vein)
\nBrings on the dreads
\n(The host rejects)
\nMan neglects<\/p>\n

Rebel Sun<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBurning brighter
\n(Burning faster)
\nGetting hotter
\n(Every after)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nA star that feeds the planets
\nA fire in the sky
\nA furnace for the living
\nToo fierce to question why
\nThe oceans start to simmer
\nThe forests start to fade
\nThe third rock keeps on turning
\nThrough the mess that we have made<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more degree
\nOne more sign
\nOne more warning line by line
\nOne more drought
\nOne more flame
\nOne more storm without a name<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWayward
\n(Rebel sun)
\nHeaded toward
\n(\u2026 \u201cand then some\u201d\u2026)<\/p>\n

The only star
\n(That went too far)
\nThird planet out
\n(Shout:)
\nWhat\u2019s it about?
\n(With a rebel yell:)
\nIt\u2019s hard to tell
\n(Given heaven)
\nChoosing hell
\n(Oh, well)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe cities trap the sunlight
\nThe asphalt holds the heat
\nThe skies above grow thicker
\nThe air is hard to breathe
\nWe blame the distant heavens
\nWe curse the blazing light
\nBut all along the mirror
\nWas showing us our plight<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more flood
\nOne more scar
\nOne more sign we\u2019ve gone too far
\nOne more year
\nOne more cost
\nOne more paradise we\u2019ve lost<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWayward
\n(Rebel sun)
\nHeaded toward
\n(\u2026 \u201cand then some\u201d\u2026)<\/p>\n

The only star
\n(That went too far)
\nThird planet out
\n(Shout:)
\nWhat\u2019s it about?
\n(With a rebel yell:)
\nIt\u2019s hard to tell
\n(Given heaven)
\nChoosing hell
\n(Oh, well)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nRebel sun
\n(\u2026 their sum\u2026)
\n\u2026 \u201cand then some\u201d\u2026
\n[Minimal Piano, Rising Strings]
\nA billion engines humming
\nA billion fires lit
\nA billion little choices
\nLeading all of us to this
\nThe star keeps doing what it does
\nIt shines, it burns, it gives
\nThe question is not what it\u2019s done
\nBut how we choose to live<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nWayward
\n(Rebel sun)
\nHeaded toward
\n(\u2026 \u201cand then some\u201d\u2026)<\/p>\n

The only star
\n(That went too far)
\nThird planet out
\n(Shout:)
\nWhat\u2019s it about?
\n(With a rebel yell:)
\nIt\u2019s hard to tell
\n(Given heaven)
\nChoosing hell
\n(Oh, well)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBurning brighter
\n(Burning faster)
\nGetting hotter
\n(Every after)<\/p>\n

Dr. Frankenstein<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nAre you insane\u2026.
\nYou put that brain
\n(As the feature in that creature?)
\nYou played at God
\n\u2026 against the odds
\n(And now face your future)
\nTo weather the whether\u2026
\n(As disasters start)
\nHe stitched it together
\n(Pieces from the unknown)
\nHe wired the heart
\n(And left it all alone)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nBolt by bolt, he built a frame
\nPieces borrowed, never the same
\nThe villagers whispered, eyes wide in fear
\nThe creature stirred, the end draws near<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nLightning strikes
\nThe body comes alive
\n(Yikes!)
\nOne step forward
\n(Will we survive)
\nThe horror will arrive<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nA freak of nature
\n(That\u2019s for sure)
\nIt\u2019s Frankenstein time
\n(The experiment divine)
\nA freak of nature
\n(Shadows in the night)
\nIt\u2019s Frankenstein time
\n(Watch the monster ignite)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nEyes that glimmer, skin torn and pale
\nA mind awakened, trapped inside a jail
\nEvery scream echoes down the hall
\nEvery heartbeat answering the call<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nYou put that brain
\n(As the feature in that creature?)
\nYou played at God
\n(And now face your future)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nOne creation
\n(One mistake)
\nOne mistake
\n(The world will shake)
\nOne life
\n(Out of control)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nA freak of nature
\n(That\u2019s for sure)
\nIt\u2019s Frankenstein time
\n(The experiment divine)
\nA freak of nature
\n(Shadows in the night)
\nIt\u2019s Frankenstein time
\n(Watch the monster ignite)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\n[Slow Piano, Fading Synth, Thunder FX]
\nYou put that brain
\n(As the feature in that creature?)
\nYou played at God
\n\u2026 lost the odds
\n(And now face your future)<\/p>\n

Lucy (Bridge the Gap)<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\n\u201cooh ooh ah ah\u201d
\n\u201ceeek eeek\u201d
\n\u201choo hoo\u201d
\nWho?
\n(Me and you)
\nCan you bridge the gap
\n(Time lapse)
\nSynapse
\n(Grasp)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nShe walked the earth
\nBefore the fire
\nBefore the wheel
\nBefore desire
\nA different face
\nA different frame
\nYet in her bones
\nWe know the name<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nNot quite ape
\n(Similar shape)
\nNot quite us
\n(Ambiguous)
\nSomething changing
\n(Rearranging)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nOh, Lucy
\n(Can you see)
\nYou were meant\u2026
\n(\u2026 for me)
\nYou we\u2019re sent
\n(\u2026 to be)
\nOh, Lucy
\n(Can you tell)
\nWhere we came
\n(\u2026 from as well)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nLong arms reaching
\nToward the trees
\nStrong legs walking
\nWith greater ease
\nSmall brain thinking
\nIn simpler ways
\nYet upright movement
\nDefined her days<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nLong before large brains
\n(Yet much of the same remains)
\nLong before man had a name
\n(Or fortune and fame)
\nLong before language
\n(And accumulated baggage)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nYou can see it
\n(In the spine)
\n\u2026 changing in time\u2026<\/p>\n

You can see it
\n(In the stride)
\n\u2026 the creation of pride\u2026<\/p>\n

You can see it
\n(In the hands)
\nYou can see it
\n(Where she stands)
\nFar and wide
\n(The outside)<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nOh, Lucy
\n(Can you see)
\nYou were meant\u2026
\n(\u2026 for me)
\nYou we\u2019re sent
\n(\u2026 to be)
\nOh, Lucy
\n(Can you tell)
\nWhere we came
\n(\u2026 from as well)
\nOh, Lucy
\n(Can you see)
\nYou still walk
\n(\u2026 inside me)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nCan you bridge the gap
\n(Time lapse)
\nSynapse
\n(Grasp)<\/p>\n

About the Song
\nLucy does not \u201cbridge the gap\u201d in the simplistic \u201cmissing link\u201d sense because evolution is not a ladder with one missing rung. It is a branching tree filled with many transitional forms.<\/p>\n

Australopithecus afarensis represents a major transitional stage between earlier ape-like ancestors and later humans. Lucy had a mosaic of traits: a human-like pelvis, knees, feet, and spine adapted for upright walking, but also ape-like long arms, curved fingers, and a small brain.<\/p>\n

This combination is exactly what scientists expect from a transitional form. Lucy shows that upright walking evolved long before large brains, language, tools, or culture.<\/p>\n

Where Man Can<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nRound and round
\n(Around the board)
\nRound and round
\n(Without reward)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWe built the roads
\nWe named the game
\nWe stacked the rules
\nTo spread the blame
\nWe passed the buck
\nWe sold the lie
\nThen wondered why
\nThe numbers died<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nRoll the dice
\nAdvance too far
\nBuild a tower
\nThen crash the car<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nAre we where man can?
\n(Then, again)
\nDon\u2019t you know
\n(Do not pass Go)
\nThe crowd hollers:
\n(Do not collect 200 dollars!)
\nAre we where man can?
\n(Or where man can\u2019t?)
\nThe crowd hollers:
\n(You lost your chance!)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThey bought the railroad
\nSold the land
\nThey built the jail
\nWith their own hands
\nThey owned the banks
\nThey rigged the wheel
\nThen acted shocked
\nAt what is real<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nEpic fail
\n(Go directly to jail)
\nNo appeal
\n(You signed the deal)
\nEpic fail
\n(The house always wins)
\nRound and round
\n(Until it ends)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nOne more roll
\n(One more debt)
\nOne more lie
\n(One more bet)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nAre we where man can?
\n(Then, again)
\nDon\u2019t you know
\n(Do not pass Go)
\nThe crowd hollers:
\n(Do not collect 200 dollars!)
\nAre we where man can?
\n(Or where man can\u2019t?)
\nThe crowd hollers:
\n(You lost your chance!)
\n\u2026 that damned demand<\/p>\n

The crowd hollers:
\n(Game over, man!)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nRound and round
\n(Around the board)
\nRound and round
\n(Without reward)<\/p>\n

Under the Microscope<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nMagnify
\n(And analyze)
\nMagnify
\n(What we deny)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nEvery crack in the system
\nEvery lie in the chain
\nEvery promise of progress
\nLeaving somebody in pain
\nEvery river polluted
\nEvery forest cut down
\nEvery tower of money
\nBuilt on sinking ground<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nCloser and closer
\nThe picture comes into view
\nHarder to hide it
\nWhen everybody knows the truth<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nTake a look\u2026
\n(We\u2019re under the microscope)
\nWe mistook\u2026
\n(Dangling at the end of our rope)
\nTake a look\u2026
\n(Every detail exposed)
\nWe mistook\u2026
\n(Thinking nobody would know)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nTiny fractures become fault lines
\nLittle failures become collapse
\nEvery bad decision spreading
\nLike a maze with no way back
\nThe symptoms all connect now
\nThe evidence is plain
\nA species studying itself
\nWhile repeating the same mistakes<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nUnder the microscope
\nYou can see the decay
\nThe greed in the bloodstream
\nThe fear on display
\nThe damage in motion
\nThe cost of delay
\nAnd all of the warnings
\nWe threw away<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nLook closer
\n(Under the microscope)
\nLook deeper
\n(At the things we broke)
\nLook closer
\n(Before we choke)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nTake a look\u2026
\n(We\u2019re under the microscope)
\nWe mistook\u2026
\n(Dangling at the end of our rope)
\nTake a look\u2026
\n(Every detail exposed)
\nWe mistook\u2026
\n(Thinking nobody would know)
\nTake a look\u2026
\n(The whole world can see)
\nWe mistook\u2026
\n(What we were becoming)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nMagnify
\n(And analyze)
\nMagnify
\n(What we deny)<\/p>\n

Observation<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nLook outside
\n(Far and wide)
\nCan you tell me\u2026
\n(What do you see?)
\nBegin\u2026
\n(Look again)
\nIt\u2019s the eve\u2026
\n(Best believe)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThe sky burns orange in the middle of the day
\nThe rain comes harder than it used to anyway
\nThe rivers don\u2019t know where to go\u2026 overflow
\nThe coastlines smear then disappear
\nThe sign is beware \u2013 everywhere
\nBut some still hide in fear<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe forests turn to ash
\nThe oceans climb the shore
\nThe storms move slower now
\nBut somehow hit much more
\nThe ice gives way upstream
\nThe currents start to bend
\nAnd every little warning
\nBecomes a larger end<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne thing tips another
\nThen another falls behind
\nA chain reaction growing
\nToo massive to unwind<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nObservation
\n(Look out your window)
\nObservation
\n(Before making a widow)
\nObservation
\n(Investigation)
\nObservation
\n(What are you seeing?)
\nObservation
\n(The signs are screaming)
\nObservation
\n(No more debating)<\/p>\n

[Verse 3]
\nNo doubt the heat feeds drought
\nThe drought feeds fire ever higher
\nI could cry\u2026 the fire fills the sky
\nThe smoke traps more heat
\nThere\u2019s nowhere to retreat
\nPushing temperatures to dire
\nWarn of oceans that warm
\nI could cry\u2026 the storms intensify
\nOn inspection the melting ice removes reflection
\nAnd the sunlight multiplies
\nAs the species die<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nIt never moved in straight lines
\nIt never stopped to wait
\nThe systems fed each other
\nAnd accelerated fate
\nWe called it years ago
\nBefore the damage spread
\nNow the proof surrounds us
\nIn every storm we dread<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nJust look out your window
\n(Observation)
\nJust look out your window
\n(Investigation)
\nJust look out your window
\n(Before making a widow)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nObservation
\n(Look out your window)
\nObservation
\n(Before making a widow)
\nObservation
\n(Investigation)
\nObservation
\n(The chain reaction)
\nObservation
\n(The acceleration)
\nObservation
\n(No imagination)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nLook outside
\n(What do you see?)
\nLook again
\n(And believe)<\/p>\n

About the Song
\nThis song is about the growing visibility of climate change and the domino effect of feedback loops. Heat drives drought, drought drives fire, fire increases atmospheric carbon, and the cycle intensifies. What once seemed theoretical is now obvious to ordinary people simply by observing the world around them. As Sidd said: \u201cJust look out your window.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Call to Citizen Climate Scientists: Anthropogenic Global Warming<\/a><\/h3>\n

Miscalculation<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nReaction
\n(Every action)
\nReaction
\n(Every fraction)
\nMiscalculation<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nYou cut the forest
\nThe rain declines
\nYou warm the water
\nYou redraw lines
\nYou poison rivers
\nYou choke the sea
\nThen act surprised
\nAt what will be<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne small push
\nThen another one
\nOne more spark
\nAnd it has begun<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nReaction
\n(Every action)
\nReaction
\n(Has subtraction)
\nReaction
\n(Chain attraction)
\nReaction
\n(Miscalculation)
\nMiscalculation<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe coral whitens
\nThe harvest falls
\nThe insects vanish
\nThe silence calls
\nThe heatwave lingers
\nThe grid gives way
\nThe cost gets higher
\nDay after day<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nYou cannot separate
\nThe symptom from the cause
\nYou cannot violate
\nThe planet\u2019s basic laws
\nThe systems all connect
\nThe damage multiplies
\nAnd every warning sign
\nAppears before your eyes<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nEvery action
\n(Reaction)
\nEvery tipping point
\n(Reaction)
\nEvery consequence
\n(Reaction)
\n[Final Chorus]
\nReaction
\n(Every action)
\nReaction
\n(Every fraction)
\nReaction
\n(Chain attraction)
\nReaction
\n(No distraction)
\nReaction
\n(Watch it happen)
\nReaction
\n(What comes after?)
\nMiscalculation
\n(Miscalculation)
\nMiscalculation<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nEvery action
\n(Reaction)
\nEvery action
\n(Reaction)
\nMiscalculation
\n(Miscalculation)
\nMiscalculation<\/p>\n

Nuclear<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nIt\u2019s becoming clearer
\n(They\u2019re going nuclear)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nThey could not win the argument
\nSo they threatened with the bomb
\nThey mistook fear for strength
\nAnd called destruction calm
\nThe louder that they shouted
\nThe weaker they appeared
\nA world held hostage daily
\nBy everything we feared<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nRed lights flashing
\n(All hopes dashing)
\nWarning sirens in the dark
\n(Reason\u2019s lost her voice)
\nOne bad choice
\n(An accidental spark?)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nThey chose the nuclear option
\n(Existential extinction)
\nThey pushed the button
\n(Dropping out the bottom)
\nThey chose annihilation
\n(Global immolation)
\nThey lit the fuse
\n(Now we all lose)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nThe satellites go silent
\nThe power grids collapse
\nThe cities turn to shadows
\nAnd maps become old maps
\nThe ash begins to gather
\nThe sunlight disappears
\nAnd all the empty bunkers
\nCannot outlive the years<\/p>\n

[Bridge \u2013 Breakdown]
\nIt\u2019s becoming clearer
\n(They\u2019re going nuclear)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nThere is no winning
\nWhen the whole world burns
\nNo lesson left to teach
\nNo future left to learn
\nThe final act of madness
\nThe ultimate mistake
\nA species at the summit
\nWith everything at stake<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nOne push
\n(One flush)
\nMore war
\n(No \u201cmore\u201d)
\nOnly choice
\n(Raise a voice)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nThey chose the nuclear option
\n(Existential extinction)
\nThey pushed the button
\n(Dropping out the bottom)
\nThey chose annihilation
\n(Global immolation)
\nThey lit the fuse
\n(Now everybody lose)
\nThey chose the nuclear option
\n(No reconstruction)
\nThey crossed the line
\n(End of mankind)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nIt\u2019s becoming clearer
\n(They\u2019re going nuclear)
\nIt\u2019s becoming clearer
\n(They\u2019re going nuclear)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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