Wow… just sayin’
… semi-dystopian
[Verse 1]
The world is frying
They’re not lying
The experts know
Where we’re going to go
[Bridge]
If we don’t stop
The fossil fuels
We’re going to top
The temperature… beat by heat
[Break]
Stop the top!
[Chorus]
Semi-dystopian
The “oh, no!” scenario
Livin’ semi-dystopian
Is barely livin’
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Break]
Wow… just sayin’
… semi-dystopian
[Verse 2]
Have you been looking
The world is cooking
The experts know
It’s getting tough to grow
[Bridge]
If we don’t stop
The fossil fuels
We’re going to top
The temperature… beat by heat
[Break]
Stop the top!
[Chorus]
Semi-dystopian
The “oh, no!” scenario
Livin’ semi-dystopian
Is barely livin’
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Drum Fills]
[Break]
Wow… just sayin’
… semi-dystopian
[Verse 3]
Have we gone blind
Not a kind kind
Don’t we know
The situation’s gonna blow?
[Bridge]
If we don’t stop
The fossil fuels
We’re going to top
The temperature… beat by heat
[Break]
Stop the top!
[Chorus]
Semi-dystopian
The “oh, no!” scenario
Livin’ semi-dystopian
Is barely livin’
[Outro]
Wow… just sayin’
… semi-dystopian
[End]
A SCIENCE NOTE
The Guardian reports, “Many of the scientists envisage a ‘semi-dystopian’ future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck.”
Top climate scientists anticipate that global temperatures will surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius target, reaching at least 2.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by the end of this century, according to an exclusive Guardian survey.
Nearly 80% of the respondents, comprising experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), anticipate a global heating of at least 2.5 degrees Celsius, with almost half predicting a rise of at least 3 degrees Celsius. Merely 6% believe that the internationally agreed 1.5-degree Celsius limit will be achieved.
Many scientists paint a grim picture of the future, envisioning a “semi-dystopian” scenario characterized by famines, conflicts, and mass migration triggered by extreme weather events such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and storms.
Expressing a mixture of despair and frustration, Gretta Pecl from the University of Tasmania remarked, “I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years. [Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”
