[Silence]
\n[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Synth Bass, Stuttering Guitar, Tight Drums, Glitch Percussion, Rising Analog Arpeggio]
\n[Spoken Vocal]
\nOne thing changes…<\/p>\n
Pushin’ rearranges<\/p>\n
Then they start talking to each other.<\/p>\n
That’s when the trouble begins.
\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nFeedback
\n(Get back, back, back)
\nCoupling
\n(Sing, sing, sing:)<\/p>\n
Here we go!
\n(Tippin’ like a domino)
\nHo! Ho! Ho!
\n(Fallin’ over… ya know?)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nOne little push can start a sway
\nOne small shift can change the way
\nCan you see the sea…
\n(Saw) …
\nA changing world changes me
\n(Jaw dropping awe)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nOne!
\n(Then two!)
\nTwo!
\n(Then three!)<\/p>\n
Linked!
\n(You see?)
\nRound!
\n(And round!)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nFeedback
\n(Get back, back, back)
\nCoupling
\n(Sing, sing, sing)<\/p>\n
One turns two
\n(Two turns three)
\nWhat was separate
\n(Converges aggressively)<\/p>\n
Push one piece
\n(Watch it roll)
\nTip one point
\n(Lose control)<\/p>\n
Here we go!
\n(Tippin’ like a domino)
\nHo! Ho! Ho!
\n(Fallin’ over… ya know?)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nIncrease the beat.. feed the sky
\nMore vapor rising high
\nRain can fall, then reign can poor
\nAnd carve a different shape ashore<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Electric Guitar Solo: Angular Blues-Rock Lead, Repeating Riff That Gradually Accelerates; Bass Locks Into a Circular Groove; Drums Build With Tom Rolls; Glitch Synth Pulses]<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nIt’s not one domino
\n(It’s a chain)<\/p>\n
Not one switch
\n(Not one flame)<\/p>\n
One pathway
\n(Meets another)<\/p>\n
One threshold
\n(Finds another)<\/p>\n
Feedback!
\n(Back again!)<\/p>\n
Coupling!
\n(Join the chain!)<\/p>\n
Amplification!
\n(Feel the gain!)
\n… or feel the pain?
\n(No gain all pain)<\/p>\n
Cascade!
\n(Here we go!)<\/p>\n
[Rap Vocal Break]
\nOne change
\nThen a second
\nThen a third comes through
\n(Right on top of you)
\nDark ground drinks light
\nThrough the day (into the night)<\/p>\n
Not isolated
\nNot alone
\nThe pieces talk
\nThe system’s moan<\/p>\n
One domino
\nCould knock down two
\nTwo hit three
\nAnd three hit you<\/p>\n
[Breakdown]
\n[Music Drops to Deep Bass Pulse, Sparse Piano, Glitching Synth, Distant Percussion]
\nTip…<\/p>\n
Tip…<\/p>\n
Tip…<\/p>\n
Listen…<\/p>\n
That’s not collapse.<\/p>\n
That’s coupling…
\n(Toppling…)
\nCalling…
\n(Falling)
\nOn top you me
\n(And you, too)<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nFeedback
\n(Get back, back, back)
\nCoupling
\n(Sing, sing, sing:)<\/p>\n
Here we go!
\n(Tippin’ like a domino)
\nHo! Ho! Ho!
\n(Fallin’ over… ya know?)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nFeedback
\n(Get back, back, back)
\nCoupling
\n(Sing, sing, sing)<\/p>\n
One turns two
\n(Two turns three)
\nLinked together
\n(You and me)<\/p>\n
Amplify
\n(Amplify)
\nAccelerate
\n(Accelerate)<\/p>\n
Tip!
\n(Tip!)
\nCascade!
\n(Cascade!)<\/p>\n
Here we go!
\n(Tippin’ like a domino)
\nHo! Ho! Ho!
\n(Fallin’ over… ya know?)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\n[Instrumental Outro: Domino-Like Percussion Pattern, Pulsing Bass, Distorted Guitar, Rapid Synth Arpeggio, Sudden Stop]
\nOne…<\/p>\n
Two…<\/p>\n
Three…<\/p>\n
Tip…<\/p>\n
Fall…<\/p>\n
Feedback…<\/p>\n
Coupling…<\/p>\n
[Spoken, fading]<\/p>\n
Once they start talking…<\/p>\n
(Too late for walking.)<\/p>\n
About the Song
\nCoupled climate feedbacks are becoming one of the most consequential dimensions of climate risk in the 21st century because they amplify changes and connect individual tipping-point pathways into larger cascading effects.<\/p>\n
The longer warming persists, the more climate feedbacks become active. As these feedbacks interact, we are already observing nonlinear responses, amplification, and cascading impacts across the climate system. Hundreds of feedback mechanisms have been identified, and many can couple and reinforce one another, contributing to the accelerating pace and increasing magnitude of climate change\u2014The Domino Effect. <\/p>\n