[Intro]
\n[Instrumental: Bright Piano, Organ Swell, Driving Bass, Snare Groove]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nOne of the hardest things about tipping points…
\nis that they rarely arrive with a sign.
\n(No arrival time)
\nNo flashing light.
\nNo buzzer.
\nNo announcement.
\n(What I meant:)
\nJust a system…
\n(Entering the flight of might)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nThe lake looked calm this morning
\n(The shoreline looked the same)
\nThe graphs were still updating
\n(With a slightly steeper frame)<\/p>\n
The changes felt incremental
\n(Not enough to steal the show)
\nYet something underneath us
\n(Had already started to go)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more step
\n(One more degree)
\nOne more stress
\n(We barely see)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nHow will I know
\n(We’ve crossed the line)
\nWhat will it show
\n(During tipping point time)<\/p>\n
Will it arrive
\n(With a bell or a sign)
\nOr only later
\n(When all’s not fine)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nMadge,
\n(How will I know)
\nYou’re soaking in it
\n(That’s it)
\nRinse repeat
\n(Go!)
\nRepeat
\n(Repeat)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThe forest still looked healthy
\n(Until it didn’t one day)
\nThe glacier seemed eternal
\n(Until it slipped away)<\/p>\n
The probabilities kept shifting
\n(Beneath familiar ground)
\nBy the time the trend was obvious
\n(The threshold had been found)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne more year
\n(One more trend)
\nOne more warning
\n(We defend)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nHow will I know
\n(We’ve crossed the line)
\nWhat will it show
\n(During tipping point time)<\/p>\n
Will there be proof
\n(We can define)
\nOr only footprints
\n(Left behind)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\n[Music Drops to Bass and Organ]
\nThe challenge isn’t seeing change
\nThe challenge is recognition
\nA system can be transforming
\nLong before admission
\nWe ask for certainty
\nWhile the pathways rearrange
\nAnd by the time we’re satisfied
\nThe system may have changed<\/p>\n
[Build]
\nRinse…
\n(Repeat)
\nWatch…
\n(The heat)
\nTrack…
\n(The beat)
\nThe signals don’t retreat<\/p>\n
[Instrumental Break]
\n[Surf Guitar Solo]
\n[Organ Stabs]
\n[Percussion Build]<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nHow will I know
\n(We’ve crossed the line)
\nWhat will it show
\n(During tipping point time)<\/p>\n
The answer may be hidden
\n(Until another time)
\nWhen future generations
\n(Look behind)<\/p>\n
How will I know
\n(We’ve crossed the line)
\nMaybe the question itself
\n(Is the warning sign)<\/p>\n
[Extended Refrain]
\nMadge,
\n(How will I know)
\nYou’re soaking in it
\n(That’s it)
\nRinse repeat
\n(Go!)
\nRepeat
\n(Repeat)
\nWatch the pattern
\n(Grow)
\nWatch the momentum
\n(Flow)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Organ Sustain, Guitar Harmonics]
\nMost times the tipping point
\nDoesn’t announce itself.
\nSometimes…
\nThe only way you know
\nIs that the world no longer behaves
\nLosing the last chance to save.
\n[Fade Out]
\nHow will I know…
\n(No)
\nHow will I know…
\n(No)<\/p>\n