[Intro]
Can you rehearse
And put it in reverse?
[Break]
Hold on!
[Instrumental, Drum Beat, Increase Tempo]
[Verse 1]
Taking the barrel over the falls
Over the barrel, nature calls
Do you know if you can
[Break]
Stop!
[Break]
Where you’re gonna go?
If not, when will you know?
[Chorus]
Current strong
Momentum building
Speed increasing
What could go wrong?
[Break]
Wrong.
[Instrumental, Hammond B3 Organ, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
There’s no stopping, know how
On the edge, of the ledge
On the verge, of the splurge
We’re going over, right now?
[Break]
Now!
[Bridge]
Can’t rehearse
“In reverse”
Too, too late
Anticipate
Wow
[Break]
Now!
[Instrumental]
[Break]
Can you rehearse
And put it in reverse?
[Break]
Woah, oh, oh, oh
[Break]
[Verse 3]
Even if we could put it in reverse
They’re still gonna need a hearse
Of course, our course on course
Chapter and verse
(Balls! Over the falls)
[Chorus]
Current strong
Momentum building
Speed increasing
What could go wrong?
[Break]
Wrong.
[Chorus]
Current strong
Momentum building
Speed increasing
What could go wrong?
[Break]
Wrong.
[End]
A SCIENCE LESSON
Technically Speaking, It’s Not the Momentum That Kills You
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
Technically speaking it is the impact from the momentum that causes damage and deaths. Global warming causes an increase in mass and/or velocity (momentum) of things that are mass flow driven by heat, like wind and flood.
The burning of fossil fuels and other human released emissions have impacted momentum’s impact. A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. Warmer air allows for the creation of more massive raindrops. Warmer ocean temperatures create stronger hurricanes. Hail and tornadoes form in strong thunderstorm clouds with intense updrafts, high liquid-water content, and large water droplets.
Sidd added: It’s worse than that. Wind and water flow forces scale as the square of velocity, so as flow speeds increase (say due to more intense heating or heavier rain) the damage scales as the square of the velocity.