[Verse 1]
In what we wrote so long ago,
Crossed tipping points, how little did we know?
We thought it’d be centuries, before Winds’ change would blow,
But now we see the consequences, down the dominoes, down they go.
[Break]
Falling down
[Break]
Down, down, down
[Chorus]
Make a back-up plan, Man, before it’s too late,
Man’s world is changing, we can’t hesitate.
Wildfire blazin’ higher, oceans rise ever higher,
[Break]
Higher, higher, higher
[Break]
Choose to act now, or choose to lose.
[Verse 2]
In ’95 we spoke, of tunnels under the see,
But now the truth is clear, for all the world to be.
The prime primate, blowin’ gas, getting high,
The consequences of actions reactions, written in the sky.
[Break]
Why?
[Chorus]
Make a back-up plan, Man, before it’s too late,
Man’s world is changing, we can’t hesitate.
Wildfire blazin’ higher, oceans rise ever higher,
[Break]
Higher, higher, higher
[Break]
Choose to act now, or choose to lose.
[Bridge]
We thought we had time, to turn the tide,
But now we see the urgency, no place to hide.
Escape from Man, seemed like a plan,
Yup, up in flames, slipping through our hands.
Crossed tipping points, how little did we know?
We thought it’d be centuries, before Winds’ change would blow,
But now we see the consequences, down the dominoes, down they go.
[Break]
Falling down
[Break]
Down, down, down
[Chorus]
Make a back-up plan, Man, before it’s too late,
Man’s world is changing, we can’t hesitate.
Wildfire blazin’ higher, oceans rise ever higher,
[Break]
Higher, higher, higher
[Break]
Choose to act now, or choose to lose.
[Outro]
So let’s come together, and make a stand,
For the sake of our Mother, we’ll lend a hand.
With resilience and hope, we’ll face what’s ahead,
A hand-in-hand plan to understand Man.
[End]
[Silence]
ABOUT THE SCIENCE
In 2023, we wrote about having crossed tipping points in the paper, “Climate Change: How Long Is ‘Ever’?“. When we wrote the Tunnel Under Thesis in 1995, we forecast crossing these tipping points would not happen for centuries. We underestimated Man’s ignorance and arrogance. Fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to set record highs. Humans have caused chain-reactions resulting in toppled tipping points, feedback loops, and The Domino Effect.
Events we thought would not happen in our lifetimes are happening now. My last resort emergency plan was to escape to Canada. This summer that plan literally went up in smoke. “Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada has been affected by an ongoing, record-setting series of wildfires.” — Wikipedia