[Silence]<\/p>\n
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Low Synth Drone, Sparse Piano Notes, Wind FX]
\n[Sub Bass Pulse, Slow Kick Enters]
\n[Spoken Vocal, measured]
\nWe called it \u201cnormal\u201d\u2026
\n(Not normal at all)
\nSet the line\u2026
\n(Set the time)
\nHeld it still\u2026
\n(Against its will)
\nWhile everything moved\u2026
\n(Look what we’ve proved)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\n[Full Groove, Steady but Tense, Organ Undercurrent]
\nIt\u2019s become too long
\n(Baseline)
\nIt\u2019s the same ole\u2019 song
\n(Out of time)
\nWhen you think things are going fine
\n(Better readjust your baseline)
\n…before running out of time<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\n[Drop to Groove: Clean Guitar, Tight Bass, Minimal Drums]
\nAveraged out what used to be
\nSmoothed the curve so we could see
\nWhat was stable, what was known
\nIn a world less overthrown<\/p>\n
Thirty years to draw the frame
\nMeasure shifts, assign a name
\nBut the pace began to climb
\nFaster than the measured time<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\n[Fuller, Added Harmonies, Cymbal Washes]
\nIt\u2019s become too long
\n(Baseline)
\nIt\u2019s the same ole\u2019 song
\n(Out of time)
\nWhen you think things are going fine
\n(Better readjust your baseline)
\n…before running out of time<\/p>\n
[Instrumental Break]
\n[Organ Lead, Guitar Echo, Pulsing Bassline]
\n[Synth Arp Builds Tension]<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\n[Expanded Arrangement, Darker Tone]
\nWhat we call the \u201cnormal range\u201d
\nShifts beneath accelerating change
\nEdges move while we compare
\nTo a past no longer there<\/p>\n
Benchmarks set in slower days
\nNow can blur the sharper phase
\nWhat we miss between the lines
\nIs the speed of steep inclines<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\n[Stronger Build, Snare Crescendo, Vocal Stack]
\nEvery decade rewrites scale
\nOld assumptions start to fail
\nIf the baseline stays the same
\nWe misread the growing flame<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\n[Big Chorus, Driving Rhythm, Layered Vocals]
\nIt\u2019s become too long
\n(Baseline)
\nIt\u2019s the same ole\u2019 song
\n(Out of time)
\nWhen you think things are going fine
\n(Better readjust your baseline)
\n…before running out of time<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\n[Breakdown: Piano, Ambient Synth, Low Sub Pulse]
\nA line we trust
\nA line we hold
\nBut time has changed
\nThe story told<\/p>\n
If change is fast
\nAnd lines are slow
\nWe miss the truth
\nWe need to know<\/p>\n
[Build-Up]
\n[Snare Roll Crescendo, Rising Synth Arpeggio, Guitar Feedback]
\n(Readjust\u2026)
\n(Readjust\u2026)
\nIt’s about time
\n(Baseline\u2026)<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\n[Explosive Full Band, Double-Time Feel, Full Vocal Stack]
\nIt\u2019s become too long
\n(No baseline)
\nIt\u2019s the same ole\u2019 song
\n(Out of time)
\nWhen you think things are going fine
\n(You\u2019re behind the baseline)
\n…running out of time<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Instrumental Fade: Wind Returns, Piano Motif, Synth Drone]
\n[Beat Drops Out \u2192 Ambient Only]
\n[Spoken Vocal, fading]
\nBaseline
\n(… can’t rewind….)
\n[End \u2192 Wind fades \u2192 Silence]<\/p>\n
About the Song
\nA climate change baseline is a 30-year reference period (commonly 1961\u20131990 or 1995\u20132014) used to measure modern climate shifts. It provides a \u201cnormal\u201d for comparing temperature and emissions changes, with 1850\u20131900 often used to approximate pre-industrial conditions. These benchmarks are essential for tracking progress against global warming targets, such as the 1.5\u00b0C limit.<\/p>\n
The limitation of a fixed 30-year baseline is that the climate system is now changing rapidly. When conditions shift on decadal timescales, a long baseline can smooth or lag emerging trends, making the pace and intensity of current impacts harder to capture in real time.<\/p>\n