Fluidization

From the album “Fluidization“

Fluidization

[Intro]

Under strain…
(Will it remain?)
Everything is in place…
(Start the race!)

[Verse 1]
High above the valley floor
Potential waiting at the door
Frozen solid
Locked in place
Gravity is saving energy
For the moment it can break

What was solid
What was still
Starts to question
What it will

[Refrain]
Under strain
(Racks the brain)
Pure potential
(… the inevitable)

Fluidization
(Try to liquefy)
Realization
(It did… solid defy)

[Chorus]
Fluidization!
(Flow!)
Fluidization!
(Go!)

[Verse 2]
Gravity pulls
The mountain down
Fragments scatter
All around

Particles that held together
Lose a little of their tether

Effective stress
Begins to fall
And suddenly
The mass can crawl

Then it flows
(There it goes!)

Taking everything
It knows

[Bridge]
… the mountain…
(Becomes a flow)
Begin!
(Go!)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Potential!
(Potential!)

Waiting up high

Gravity!
(Gravity!)

Can’t quite fly

Pressure!
(That’s for sure!)

Changes the scene
(Know what I mean?)

Everything moving
With incredible ease
(Jeeze!)

What started small
Can multiply

As the moving mass
Carries the mountain by!

[Verse 3]
Entrainment!
(Entertainment?)

Pulling more in

Sediment
Joins the spin

Under strain…

[Whispered]

Racks the brain.

Pure potential…

[Pause]

Inevitable.

[Low Vocal]

Then…

Gravity.

[Percussion Enters]

Falls freely

[Drums Enter]

Then…

Flow.
(Watch it grow!)

FLUIDIZATION!
(Realization)

[Final Refrain]
Under strain
(Racks the brain)
Pure potential
(… the inevitable)

Fluidization
(Try to liquefy)
Realization
(It did… solid defy)

[Final Chorus]
Fluidization!
(Flow!)
Fluidization!
(Go!)

Solid starts to move
Watch the moving mass grow

Water in between the grooves
Changes what we know

Fluidization!
(Flow!)
Fluidization!
(Go!)

From the mountain
To the valley
Feel the energy flow!

The collapse releases the energy.

The impact transforms it.

Fluidization redistributes it.

Entrainment multiplies the moving mass.

And the flow…

Carries the consequences downstream.
(Whole new scene)
… hole knew seen

Like wet concrete…
(Not quite bitter sweet)

[Final Refrain]
Under strain
(Racks the brain)
Pure potential
(… the inevitable)

Fluidization
(Try to liquefy)
Realization
(It did… solid defy)

Potential…

Kinetic…

Pressure…

Flow…

[Spoken, fading]

Oh, no, no, no
(Realization)
Fluidization.

About the Song: How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You Nepal-Tibet?
Fluidization Physics

Like wet concrete.

The initial fall releases the energy → The impact transforms it → Fluidization redistributes it → Entrainment multiplies the moving mass.

And the resulting flow carries the consequences downstream.

The collapse itself is a gravitational event. Gravity supplies the immediate energy that drives the mass downward. The climate connection lies in how human-caused warming can alter the physical conditions under which that gravitational energy is released.

Heat can accelerate glacier melt. Meltwater can penetrate fractures and accumulate beneath ice. Rain and meltwater can increase pore-water pressure. Permafrost thaw can weaken previously frozen ground. Warming can therefore change the mechanical stability of ice, rock, soil, and sediment. Climate change does not need to physically push a mountain downhill. It can alter the conditions that determine when that mountain becomes capable of moving.

Then gravity does the rest.

Once the mass begins moving, another fascinating piece of physics takes over: water can actually make a moving granular system more mobile.

We generally think of water as something that slows things down. But water under pressure between particles can reduce the friction holding those particles together. In simplified form:

σ′ = σ − u

where σ′ is effective stress, σ is total stress, and u is pore-water pressure.

As pore-water pressure rises, effective stress falls. As effective stress falls, frictional resistance can decrease. That can make a slope or debris mass substantially more mobile.

This is one reason a wet, saturated mass can behave so differently from the dry rock, soil, and ice from which it originated. The material does not literally turn into water. Instead, water becomes part of a coupled solid-fluid system in which fluid pressure can support and mobilize solid particles.

Under sufficiently energetic and saturated conditions, a granular mass can become partially fluidized, allowing it to flow and transport enormous quantities of additional material.

That is the “wet concrete” effect.

The distinction is important. We are not talking about a solid block of ice simply sliding down a mountain. We are talking about a material system whose physical properties can change dramatically as it accelerates, fragments, mixes with water, and incorporates sediment and other debris.

• The Mountains Crumble to the Sea
• Nepal–Tibet: Glacier Loss, Permafrost Collapse, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, Flash Floods, Mudslides and Avalanches
• The Nepal-Tibet Domino Effect: A Continuous Cascade of Failures
• Nepal-Tibet: Energy Like Wet Concrete
• Nepal-Tibet: Fluidization Physics
• Observe Tipping Points Topple → Climate Change Avalanche
• The Physics of When the Earth Starts Moving

A Little Tipsy

Uh-oh…
Something gleaming’s leaning.

A little bit unfit…

Tipsy.
(Hard to see?)

[Verse 1]
Standing straight
Or so I thought
Didn’t notice
What I’d lost

One little tilt
One little sway
And suddenly
I’m on my way

Push too far
And you may find
Gravity
… made up my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
Leaning!
(The meaning…)

Teeter!
(Totter!)

Getting closer
To the meter!

Tilt!
(Tilt!)

Slip!
(Slip!)

There goes
The grip!

[Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy

(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin

[Verse 2]
One small movement
Starts another
Sends me hellbent
Hate to have to smother

[Bridge]
The world suddenly
Turns upside down.
(No… still spinning round n’ round)

Tipsy!
(Tipsy!)

Teeter!
(Totter!)

Don’t ignore
The little meter

Jostle!
(Hustle!)

Rock!
(Rocked!)

Watch the balance
Start to unlock

Toppling!
(Tippling!)

Down!
(Down, down, down!)

One change
(Two!)

Two change
(Three!)

Watch the cascades
(Come to be)

Never again?
(Won’t happen!)

Can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)
Can’t you see…
(Don’t know where to begin)

I’m feeling…

[Whispered]

A little tipsy.

Gone reeling…

[Soft Response]

Oopsie daisy.

[Pause]

Gone crazy.

[Jostling]

From the top…

[Low Response]

Toppling…

[Silence]

To the bottom.
(Watch it happen)

[Whispered]

Never again…

[Pause]

To begin.

(Fell down, down down)
Broke his crown

Round…

And round…

And round…

[Full Band]

We go!

[Final Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy

(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin

[Spoken Over Instrumental]
Can’t you see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)

A little tipsy…

A little jostling…

A little change…

[Spoken, fading]

Then…
That’s when
You can see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t you can’t begin
(To put Humpty back together again)

Falling for You

[Intro]

Oh…

Can’t you see?

I’m falling.

[Pause]

Falling for you.

Or maybe…

It’s just gravity.

[Verse 1]
Started with a little tilt
Barely noticed, hardly felt
One small move
One little sway
And suddenly
I’m on my way

Could’ve stopped
Could’ve stayed
Could’ve chosen
Another way

But once you start
To lose your ground
There’s nothing quite like
Coming down

[Pre-Chorus]
Higher!
(Lower!)
Dire
(Pull me closer!)

[Refrain]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? Must be gravity)

[Verse 2]
Potential waiting
Way up high
Anticipating
If I can fly….

Then something changes
Something breaks
And all that energy
Awakes

Down we go
(oh, no, no, no!)

Picking up speed
(Yes indeed!)

[Bridge]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? Must be gravity)

Hear me calling?
(Falling!)

For you!
(It’s true!)

Can’t deny
(Won’t even try)

Heavy!
(Gravity!)

Something here
Is very real

Potential!
(Essential!)

Turns kinetic!
(Kinda like magnetic)

Pullin’ me down
(All around!)

Pull me through
(On top of you!)

Rock n’ rollin’ bowlin’
(’cause I’m falling for you!)

Oh…

Can’t you see?

[Whispered]

I’m falling for you.

[Pause]

Self-fulfilling destiny…

[Soft Response]

Heavy?

[Pause]

It’s gravity.

Gravity…

Gravity…

Gravity!

[Final Refrain]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? It’s gravity)

[Final Chorus]
Falling for you!
(Our love must be true?)

Feel the pull tonight
(Insight into incite)

Falling for you!
(It’s all I can do!)

Potential (our energy)

Kinetic (strategy)

A little change…

… accelerates…

At amazing rates

(Our first and last dates)

[Final Hit]

GRAVITY!
(See?)

Oh…

Can’t you see?
(The reality)

[Whispered]

I’m falling for you, too

Wet Cement

[Intro]

You think it’s solid?

Wait.
(I care to debate)

Add water.

Add pressure.
(New future)
The motion…
(Gives ya the notion)

[Verse 1]
Standing there
It looked so still
Frozen there unaware
Waiting for the thrill

[Pre-Chorus]
Break it!
(Break it!)

Shake it!
(Shake it!)

Add a little water
And accelerate it!

[Refrain]
Hit me like a ton
(Of wet cement)
She wasn’t done…
(Is what’s meant)

She kept flowing
(… kept going)
Not too discrete…
(Raging like wet concrete)

[Chorus]
Wet cement!
(Wet cement!)

Rolling down the mountain

Wet cement!
(Wet cement!)

Like a raging fountain

Solid pieces
In a fluid dance

Pressure gives them
A second chance
(Wet concrete)
Nothing stays discrete!

[Verse 2]
Water doesn’t have to push
The mountain from above
… all it has to do
Substitute for a shove

[Verse 3]
She wasn’t done
When she hit the floor
She gathered more
Then she had before

Entrainment!
(Entertainment!)
Not too discrete
(Not too discrete!)

Pieces lose
Their separate beat

[Bridge]
Wet cement…
(Hellbent)
Saturated
(Underated)
Pressurized
(Pulverized)

Hit!
(Hit!)

Like a ton!
(And then some)

Down!
(Smiles frown)

And she’s not done

More!
(More!)

Coming in
(Like never before)

Rock and roll
(Took their toll)

Break apart
(Stops the heart)

Come together
(Weather the whether)

[Breakdown]

Hit me…

[Whispered]

Like a ton…

Of wet cement.

[Pause]

She wasn’t done.

[Low Response]

No, no deterrent

[Drums Slowly Enter]

She kept flowing…

[Response]

Kept going…

RAGING LIKE WET CONCRETE!
(Better wear a helmet)

[Final Refrain]
Hit me like a ton
(Of wet cement)
She wasn’t done…
(Is what’s meant)

She kept flowing
(… kept going)
Not too discrete…
(Raging like wet concrete)

[Final Chorus]
Wet cement!
(Put a dent!)

Flowing through the valley
(Rollin’ up the scenery)

Wet cement!
(Hellbent!)

Nothing’s gonna stop it

Pressure!
(That’s for sure)
… what can endure

Entrainment!
(Entertainment!)

Pull the whole thing into one!
(Till the whole things… undone)

Wet cement!
(Wet cement!)

Raging like wet concrete!
(Landscape’s in defeat)

… what started as a mountain…
(No longer is certain)

[Final Hit]

WET CEMENT!
(Left a dent)

Still?

[Pause]

… until
(Ill)

See 1.5°C in Action

[Intro]

Step right this way…

Come see the show.

Not a movie.

Not a simulation.

The Earth system…

In action.

The feature:
(Our future)

[Verse 1]
For thousands of years
There she stood
No worries… no fears
Holding on good

[Pre-Chorus]
Step right this way
(See 1.5°C in Action)
It’s your lucky day
(We’re the main attraction)

[Chorus]
What to do
(When the glue)
Comes unstuck
(Out of luck)

But hey
(Say)
You get to see
(Manmade destiny)

See it move
(See it move)
See it slide
(See it slide)

No place to hide
(No, no place to run)
… ain’t that fun

[Verse 2]
Freeze and thaw
No sound ground found
Fractures open
All around

[Pre-Chorus]
Step right this way
(See 1.5°C in Action)
It’s your lucky day
(We’re the main attraction)

[Chorus]
What to do
(When the glue)
Comes unstuck
(Out of luck)

But hey
(Say)
You get to see
(Manmade destiny)

See our grip
(Drip, drip, drip)
… behold!
(Lost our hold)

See the crack
(Hear the wack)
See it grow
(Now you know)

[Bridge]
The interesting part…

Isn’t simply
one tipping point.

It’s what happens
when systems
begin talking to each other.

And you know…
(Albedo.)

Oh dear!
(The atmosphere.)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Glue!
(Flew!)

Comes unstuck!
(What the phfff…)
Awe…
(Thaw!)

What the heck?

Feedback finds
Other kinds

Loop dee loop
(That’s the scoop)

Watch the story
Now unfold!

Rock!
(On!)
… on…
Rock!
(On!)
… on…

Slide!
(Slide!)

Flow!
(Now you know!)

See…

1.5°C…

In action.

[Pause]

No satisfaction

[Pause]

No retraction

[Whispered]

And that’s the facts.

[Build]
[Low Drums Enter]

Permafrost… lost
(At what cost)

[Response]

The glue…

… flew

[Response]
(Oh no!)

[Response]

Oh no, no, no

[Response]

(Oh, no know)

[Full Band]
See…
(When the mountains crumble to the sea!)

[Final Pre-Chorus]
Step right this way
(See 1.5°C in Action)
It’s your lucky day
(We’re the main attraction)

[Final Chorus]
What to do
(When the glue)
Comes unstuck
(Out of luck)

But hey
(Say)
You get to see
(Manmade destiny)

See it move
(See it slide)
See it flow
(See it ride)

And the mountains crumble
To the sea…

See?

Destabilizes
(Fluidizes)
Died…
(By liquefied)

The mass begins to move.
(Physics will prove)

And the feedbacks…

Keep walking the walk.

[Final Hit]

No talk, talk, talk

[Outro]

The glue comes unstuck…

[Pause]

What the phhfff…
(Heck!)

[Whispered]
(Introspect)
And the mountains…

Crumble to the sea.

See?

About the Song
See 1.5°C in Action: The Nepal–Tibet Glacial Collapse

The permafrost tipping point—and its feedbacks with other tipping points—is the most interesting part to me. Permafrost was kind of the glue holding everything together… until 1.5°C. Then the coupled feedbacks start feeding each other, and the whole system begins to unravel. And the mountains crumble to the sea… see? 😉

Taking the Temperature of Climate Change: How Is Climate Energy Hitting You?

Humpty Dumpty

[Intro]

Humpty Dumpty…

Had a great fall.

But here’s the thing…

The fall…

Was the beginning of it all

[Verse 1]
Sitting high upon the wall
Didn’t think he’d ever fall
Solid mass
And standing tall
Till gravity
Would have it all

[Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

[Verse 2]
Well…
First the shell
Hits the floor
Then comes more
Splattered yoke
Ain’t no joke

[Physics Breakdown]
[Music briefly strips to bass pulse and percussion]

Momentum…

[Spoken]

Mass times velocity.
(Ends in tragedy)

[Instrumental Hit]

[Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

[Bridge]
A stationary egg
(On it’s last leg)

[Pause]

Into the valley.

Onto the ground.

Splat!
(Imagine that)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Mass!
(Mass!)

Velocity!
(Velocity!)

Put ’em together
That’s momentum, see!

I meant…
(Movement!)

Coming down!
(All around!)

Impact!
(Not intact!)

And of course…
(Force!)

Stop it!
(Stop it!)

Turn it!
(Turn it!)

Shake it
(Break it)

Moving mass!
(Moving fast!)

Nothing like
A stationary past!

Humpty…

[Whispered]

Had a great fall.

[Pause]

But…

[Low Response]

The fall wasn’t all.

[Pause]

The impact…

[Soft Response]

Splat!

[Build]

Collision…

Collision…

Collision…

[Full Band]

COLLISION!

[Final Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

Humpty Dumpty
(Sat on a wall)
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)

[Final Hit]

HUMPTY DUMPTY!

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

[Pause]

Couldn’t put Humpty together again

(No, nowhere to begin)

Never together
(Again)

About the Song: The Fall Is Only the Beginning
The fluidization of the mass on the way down is remarkable physics. But the energy transfer at the bottom may be even more consequential.

The material did not strike the valley floor all at once.

The leading edge arrived first.

It collided with the valley floor and surrounding terrain, fractured, compressed, deformed, and began spreading. Behind it, enormous quantities of ice, rock, water, and sediment were still moving downhill.

That means the impact was not a single collision.

It was a cascading sequence of collisions.

The first material to arrive effectively became an impact surface for the material immediately behind it. The incoming mass continued transferring momentum into material that had already slowed, while the valley floor resisted the movement from below.

The basic relationship is:

p = mv

where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity.

Changing the momentum of an enormous mass requires an enormous force. The rate at which that momentum is transferred matters as well:

F = Δp / Δt

The shorter the time over which momentum is transferred, the greater the instantaneous force.

This is why the impact of a massive debris flow is fundamentally different from simply placing the same amount of material on the ground. A stationary mountain weighs an enormous amount, but its weight is distributed through relatively stable structures. A mountain in motion has momentum. When that momentum is suddenly redirected, compressed, fragmented, or stopped, enormous forces are generated.

Rough Sees Ahead

[Intro]
Hear that thunder?
(Out beyond!)
Feel the water?
(Rising on!)

Wind is howling through the mast
Dark clouds gathering fast
Captain’s looking to the sky
Something’s coming by and by

[Verse 1]
The barometer is falling
And the pressure’s running low
As each wave is getting taller
Nowhere left to go

[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)

Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)

[Verse 2]
Moisture fills the air
Her anger feeds the storm
There’s energy everywhere
They call it our new norm

[Chorus]
Rough seas ahead!
(Rough seas ahead!)
Hold on tight
(It’s gonna be a night!)

Rough seas ahead!
(Do you hear that dread?)
The forecast isn’t fiction
(It’s the physics up ahead!)

[Bridge]
Can we stave it off?
(Can we change the course?)
Can we slow the rise?
(Can we use the force?)

[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)

Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)

[Final Chorus]
Rough seas ahead!
(Rough seas ahead!)
Can you see?
(The reality!)

[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)

Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)

[Outro]
Keep your eyes upon the horizon
Keep your hands upon the wheel
The storm is not nearly done
The feel is for real

Rough seas…
(Rough seas…)
Ahead!
(Davey Jones’s bed)

Wind Whipped

[Intro]
Hear it coming
(Feel the gust!)
Clouds are turning
(Into dust!)

[Verse 1]
The wind was once a servant
We put it to the task
Turned the mills and drove the ships
And never thought to ask

[Pre-Chorus]
From the mountains to the ocean
From the ocean to the sky
She keeps on moving
As the winds begin to fly

[Refrain]
Wind whipped
(A slave of the modern age)
Future shipped
(To the history page)

The wind wails
(The system fails)
The sails ripped…
(… wind whipped)

[Verse 2]
The age has got a story
Written in the pressure lines
Forged with human glory
Building catastrophic signs

[Refrain]
Wind whipped
(A slave of the modern age)
Future shipped
(To the history page)

The wind wails
(The system fails)
The sails ripped…
(… wind whipped)

Hold the line
(Hold the mast!)
Storm is coming
(Moving fast!)

[Bridge]
Who’s the master?
(Who’s the slave?)
Did we build the future
(Or dig our own grave?)

We shipped the future
For another day
Now the wind is sending
That bill… right this way

No more pretending
No more looking back
When the future races at ya…
… feel it in the track

[Breakdown]
Wind!
(Whipped!)

Round and round
The energy flows
Where it ends
Nobody knows!

[Final Chorus]
Wind whipped!
(A slave of the modern age!)
Future shipped!
(To the history page!)

The wind wails!
(The system fails!)
The sails ripped!
(… wind whipped!)

[Outro]
Hear the wind
(Whip!)

Hear the sails
(Rip!)

The future isn’t somewhere
Far beyond the horizon

It’s here… see it happen

(Wind whipped!)

Neptune

[Intro]

Hoist the sail!
(No time to fail!)

Raise the mast!
(It’s a must!)

The tide is turning
(Moving fast!)

Where are we going
(… without knowing?)

[Whistle]

Goin’ to meet Neptune!

[Verse 1]
We thought we ruled the ocean
We thought we ruled the land
Built our cities on the shoreline
With a dollar in our hand

We drew ourselves a boundary
Said, “Water, stay behind!”
But the ocean never signed it
And the tide don’t read the lines

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
(The waters flow)

Up and down
(The currents go)

What goes up
(Must come down)

[Refrain]
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Soon, soon, soon)
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Whistle the tune)

Sing a sea shanty
(Whistle the tune)
Gone is our vanity
(Goin’ to meet Neptune)

[Verse 2]
Morning air is warming
The ocean takes the heat
Her crying loads the sky
And the reign fall will complete

[Refrain]
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Soon, soon, soon)
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Whistle the tune)

Sing a sea shanty
(Whistle the tune)
Gone is our vanity
(Goin’ to meet Neptune)

Nowhere to hide
(Nowhere to hide!)

We thought we owned the ocean…

But Neptune’s got the ride!

[Refrain]
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Soon, soon, soon)
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Whistle the tune)

Sing a sea shanty
(Whistle the tune)
Gone is our vanity
(Goin’ to meet Neptune)

[Bridge]
Oh, Neptune, mighty Neptune
King of all the blue
We sailed upon your waters
And thought we conquered you

[Sea-shanty Breakdown]
Yo ho!
(Yo ho ho ho!)

Down we go!
(Down we go!)

Watch ‘er rise!
(Watch the flow!)

High tide!
(No surprise!)

Neptune’s hummin’…

Let it ride!

Ohhh…

Ohhh…

Hey!

[Refrain]
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Soon, soon, soon)
Goin’ to meet Neptune
(Whistle the tune)

Sing a sea shanty
(Whistle the tune)
Gone is our vanity
(Goin’ to meet Neptune)

[Outro]

Goin’ to meet Neptune…

(Soon, soon, soon…)

Gone is our vanity…

Goin’ to meet Neptune!

(… to see god of the sea)

The Energy

[Verse 1]
Where does it go
When the fire dies?
Can you follow the flow
To where the energy rides?

[Pre-Chorus]
Heat in the pavement
Wind in the trees
Water keeps moving
Across the seas

The world keeps turning
Round and around
Energy shifting
As thoughts keep drifting

[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

[Verse 2]
A mountain holds it
High in the air
Gravity’s waiting
Potential there

Then comes the falling
Down comes the stone
Potential transforms
Into motion alone

Heat from the friction
Sound from the crash
Light from the lightning
Energy in a flash

[Pre-Chorus]
Exasperation
Can turn into drive
Annoyance can signal
That something’s alive

A setback can become
A reason to try
A spark can become
A fire in the sky

[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

[Bridge]
You can’t make it
Out of nothing

You can’t make it
Disappear

Can you redirect it
Transform it a bit
Just to be clear…
Can you make it useful here?

[Spoken]
Anger…

Into action.

Frustration…

Let it become invention.

Exhaustion…

A beacon… a signal
that something needs to change.
(Rearrange)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Energy!
(Transforming me!)

Moving through the system!
(Yes, “I am”)

Heat!
(To the beat!)

Motion!
(Notion!)

Potential waiting
For promotion!

Stored!
(Roared!)

Released!

Changed!
(Rearranged!)

Reconfigured!
(Go figure)

Nothing lost!
(Nothing gained!)
Just not… quite the same!

… keeps
Moving on!
(And on and on and on)

Exasperated!
(Annoyed!)

Turn it into motion!

Revitalization!
(Deployed!)

Set the energy
In a new direction!

Change the form!

(Change the norm!)

Change the direction!

(Change the introspection!)

Take the frustration…

And make it…

REVITALIZATION!

[Final Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

The question isn’t…

Where did the energy go?

The question is…

What form did it take?
(What impression did it make)

And what will we do…
(I’m asking you)

[Final Hit]

THE ENERGY!
(Certainty)

Can’t be created…

Can’t be destroyed…

Only transformed…

Redirected…

And…

Deployed.

About the Song

🌎⚡ ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED

So where does all that extra energy in the climate system go?

It doesn’t disappear.

It moves. 🌊💨💧🌀🧊🌱

The oceans absorb enormous amounts of heat. The atmosphere transports energy and moisture. Evaporation moves latent heat. Storms redistribute energy through intense precipitation. Ocean currents carry heat across the planet. Ice melts. Land heats and dries. Ecosystems respond.

And the greenhouse effect changes the planet’s energy balance—leaving more energy within the Earth system before it can ultimately escape to space.

450–500+ ZJ
🌡️ Accumulated excess energy

14–16 ZJ / YEAR
⚡ Approximate additional energy absorbed annually

The important question isn’t simply “How much has the temperature risen?”

It is: How is the increase in energy hitting you with extreme weather events?

When energy moves through steep
temperature, pressure, and moisture gradients,
the climate system can unleash:

• 🌧️ Violent Rain
• 🌊 Floods
• 💨 Atmospheric Rivers
• 🔥 Heatwaves
• 🏜️ Flash Droughts
• 🔥 Wildfires
• 🌪️ Microbursts
• 💨 Straight-Line Winds
• 🧊 Hailstorms

Different events. Different mechanisms.

But the underlying story is the same:
energy is moving, transforming, and being redistributed
through the Earth system.

The energy doesn’t disappear — IT MOVES.

Backyard Experiments
How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You? is a collection of backyard experiments conducted in conjunction with you—the reader. The goal is simple: to look at how the increased energy in the climate system is showing up in our everyday lives.

Is it becoming more extreme, more frequent, and more persistent? Are the changes becoming stranger—or even disturbing?

See: 🌎⚡How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? The Backyard Experiments

Like a Rolling Stone

[Verse 1]
Started at the top
Didn’t think we’d move
Just a little push
Just a little groove

Gravity was waiting
Patient as can be
One little nudge
And suddenly…

We’re moving faster
Down the line
Picking up momentum
One step at a time

What looked so small
At the start of the ride
Has become something
You can’t push aside

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know

What begins
As all alone
Can become
A force of its own

[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Verse 2]
All that energy
Waiting on high
Stored in the scenery
Under the sky

Then gravity says
“Let it go”
And suddenly
Watch ‘er flow

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know

Mass in motion
Changes things
Momentum has
Its own set of wings

[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Bridge]
… falling
(A moving mass)
Calling…
(Better move out fast)

While the choices last…

And when the time
Gets smaller and smaller
It’s time you’ll find…
The pitfalls of “taller”

[Spoken]
Mass times velocity.
(Oh the simplicity)

Of course…
(An enormous force)

Gonna hit ya…

Like a rolling stone.

You saw it coming…

[Response]

You’re not along

[Pause]

But once it starts…

[Low Response]

It’s moving.

One stone…

(Grooving)

Rock…

(Moving)

Rock…

(Proving)

A new grooving.

[Final Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Final Hit]

ROLL!

Roll, baby, roll…

Still rolling down the hill…

Like a rolling stone.

(Loss of freewill?)

Slipped Through Our Fingers

[Verse 1]
We had the moment
We had the chance
A door was open
We could’ve advanced

We saw the warning
But looked away
Thinking tomorrow
Would be another day

Time kept moving
We let it pass
Held onto shadows
And watched them last

The future whispered
But we didn’t hear
Now looking backward
The message is clear

[Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

[Verse 2]
We measured the cost
But forgot the price
Mistook convenience
For something called nice

We waited for certainty
Before we’d decide
While uncertainty
Was standing outside

Then suddenly
Years disappear
And what seemed distant
Is already here

[Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

[Bridge]
Prudence isn’t fear
It’s seeing what may come near

… knowing that tomorrow
Is built on what we’ve done

You don’t have to know
Exactly where you’ll go

You only have to recognize
The direction that you know

Opportunity!
(See reality!)

Knocking at the door!

Yesterday!
(Fades away!)

Think ahead!
(Instead)

Look around!

What we lose
May not be found!

Wait!
(Wait!)

Too late!

That’s the price
Of tempting fate!

Reach!
(Reach!)

Hold tight!

Do what’s prudent
While we’ve got the light!

The thought still lingers…

What if?

We would’ve moved?

Improved…

Changed our groove

A moment…

A chance…

A warning…

A glance…

[Final Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

The lesson isn’t
that we lost the opportunity.

The lesson…

Is recognizing
the next one
before another day slips away.

HOLD ON!

The thought still lingers…

The opportunity…

Slipped through our fingers

Clearly.

Liquidation Sale

[Intro]
Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Hear that sound?
(Going down!)

[Verse 1]
We put a price on everything
From the mountain to the sea
Put a dollar sign on tomorrow
And called it “free”

[Chorus]
Liquidation sale!
(Epic fail!)
Everything must go!
(What little we know!)

The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper
(While we sleep!)
… with the sheep

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling (falling)
We’ve been calling too long!

[Verse 2]
Heat waves in the marketplace
Floodwater through the door
Insurance walking out the back
Saying, “We don’t cover anymore”
[Chorus]

Liquidation sale!
(Moral of the tale?)
Everything must go!
(Everything we know!)

The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper (deep, deep, deep)
While we sleep…
(With fellow sheep)

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(We’ve been calling too long!)
… falling, calling, falling…

[Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!

[Bridge]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!

(Whoa-oh!)

The price is rising
(Not surprising!)
The cost no longer hidden
(The apple… bitten)

… the bill’s comes due…

[Breakdown]
For me n’ you

Going once!
(Once!)

Going twice!
(Twice!)

Sold to the highest bidder!
(Who?)

Sold the future!
(That’s you)
… for sure…

Going once!
(Going once!)

Going twice!
(Going twice!)

Sold!
(His story told)

Hail!
(Hail!)

Hail!
(Hail!)

The mighty dollar!
(The mighty dollar!)

But who will save us
(When the sale is over?)
… we’ll discover

[Final Chorus]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

No more hiding
(No more lies!)
No more selling
(Our demise!)

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(Hey! I’m falling!)
No more “same ole song”
(We’ve been calling too long!)

Liquidation sale!
(Liquidation sale!)
The final warning bell!
(The final warning bell!)

You can sell the future
(Still… you can’t escape the bill!)

[Final Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)

Same ole song…
(Not for long)

No, no more!
(No, no more!)

NO MORE!

[Outro]

Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Ding. Ding. Ding.

[Whisper]

Liquidation sale…
(Epic fail)
Souls for sale

Where Did It Go?

Where did it go?
(Do you know?)

I had it right here…
(Where’d it go?)

Oh, dear!

[Verse 1]
Started as a snowflake
Falling from the sky
The pressure… he couldn’t take
Dying to fly

[Refrain]
Where did it go
(Do you know?)

Sing the refrain:
(Down the drain!)

Does any remain
(Are you insane?)

Down the drain!

[Verse 2]
Water runs downhill
Flowin’, flowin, flowin’… till
Doesn’t want to stay
No, not another day

[Chorus]
[Refrain]
Where did it go
(Do you know?)

Sing the refrain:
(Down the drain!)

Does any remain
(Are you insane?)

Down the drain!

(Down the drain!)

[Pause]

Can’t ever go back.
(Time travel we lack)
Can’t ever go back…

[Refrain]
Where did it go
(Do you know?)

Sing the refrain:
(Down the drain!)

Does any remain
(Are you insane?)

Down the drain!

[Bridge]
Down the drain
(Gone insane)
Down the drain
(Who will remain?)

[Breakdown]
(Down the drain)
Where did the ice go?
(Down the drain)
Down, down, down
(Down!)

Where do we go?

(Down!)
(Down the drain)
Where did the energy go?

Oh, no, no

Drip!
(Drip!)

Drop!
(Drop!)

Flow!
(Flow!)

Go!
(Go!)

Plop!

[Final Refrain]
Where did it go
(Do you know?)

Sing the refrain:
(Down the drain!)

Does any remain
(Are you insane?)

Down the drain!

Oh, no…

Watch ‘er go!

(No whoa oh oh!)

Oh, no, no, no…

(Just woe, woe, woe!)

Down…

The…

Drain!

[Outro]
Gone insane

Cannot remain….

Hitting Me

Did you see…
(The energy)
Comedy…
(Or tragedy?)

[Verse 1]
The energy is everywhere
Moving through the air
Heat is rising
Winds are flying
Water’s going who-knows-where

[Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

[Chorus]
How is it hitting you?
(How is it hitting me?)
Energy
(Dramatically)

[Verse 2]
Evaporation till saturation
Pulling the heat high
(Way across the sky)
How long will it stay…
Waiting for the day

[Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

[Bridge]
Energy… transformed!

[Response]
TRANSFORMED!

Energy… transported!

[Response]
TRANSPORTED!

Store, store store!
(Some more)

[Response]
STORE!
RELEASED
(Doesn’t cease)

[Spoken]
Never created.

Never destroyed.

[Pause]

So…

Where does it go?

[Whisper]

(You’ll soon know)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Hit!
(Hit!)

From the side!

Wide!
(Wide!)

Far and wide!

Where it goes
Nobody knows?
(Feel the flows)

Pour!

More!
(More!)

Knocking at the door!

Extreme…
(Know what I mean?)

Primate!
(Irate!)

Climate!

Getting hit
Quite a bit!

The question…

Is no longer…

Whether the energy exists.

[Pause]

It does.

[Pause]

The question is…

How…

Is that energy…

Hitting you?
(Tell me do)

The energy…

Synergy…

HITTING!

[Final Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

Energy cannot be created.

Energy cannot be destroyed.

Not the norm… not the mean
(Mean extreme)

[Pause]

And eventually…

Destructively

[Final Hit]

HOW IS CLIMATE ENERGY HITTING YOU?
(Tell me, do)

The energy…

Is hitting me.

Quite a bit.
(Feel the hit)

About the Song
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

But it can be transformed.

It can be transported.

It can be stored.

And it can be released.

The climate system is doing all four.

The question is no longer whether the energy exists.

The question is: How is that energy hitting you?
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You?

Melt My Heart

[Verse 1]
You melt my heart
Right from the very start
A little warmth
A little spark
A little change
Can leave a mark

[Pre-Chorus]
Falling rain
Melting snow
Where the warm winds
Choose to blow

Something frozen
Starts to move
Something solid
Finds its groove

[Refrain]
You melt my heart
(Right from the very start)

When it rains
(It pours)
Oh, the strains
(No one ignores)

You melt my heart
(In the flow)
… you know…
(It will depart)

[Verse 2]
Six thousand two hundred
And five gigatons gone
Hold on, hold on
… for how long?
(Same ole song)

[Pre-Chorus]
Foehn winds blow
Warm and dry
Down the mountains
From the sky

[Refrain]
You melt my heart
(Right from the very start)

When it rains
(It pours)
Oh, the strains
(No one ignores)

You melt my heart
(In the flow)
… you know…
(It will depart)

[Bridge]
When the foehn blows
And the river flows
The ice sheet feels
What the atmosphere knows

Warm air!
(Warm air!)

Moist air!
(Moist air!)

Meeting over Greenland
Changes everything there

And those combined events
Have become more frequent
In the twenty-first century

Foehn
(Keeps blowin’)

Melt is felt.

[Rap Vocal Break]
Melt!
(Felt!)

Heart’s
(Part)

Right from the very start!

Reign!
(Pain!)

Pour!
(Poor)

At the door!

Flow!
(Whoa, oh know)

Watch it go
(Go, go, go)

Gigatons!
(Gigatons!)

Gone!
(Rise!)

Changing shores
Before our eyes!

You melt my heart…

And I wonder…

How much can a heart take?

[Pause]

For goodness sake

[Pause]

How much can we take…

When it rains…

(It pours.)

[Final Refrain]
You melt my heart
(Right from the very start)

When it rains
(It pours)
Oh, the strains
(No one ignores)

You melt my heart
(In the flow)
… you know…
(It will depart)

Oh, I fear…
(It does not simply disappear.)
See the sea…
(Getting near)
… changing forms
(Our new norms)
… the energy…
(What a tragedy)

[Final Hit]

YOU MELT MY HEART!

When it rains…

It pours.
(Poor, poor, poor)
Till no more.

About the Song
GEUS estimates that Greenland lost approximately 6,205 Gt between 1986/87 and 2025/26, contributing approximately 17.4 mm to global mean sea level.

Near low-elevation outlet glaciers, researchers found that 80–100% of extreme melt occurred during foehn conditions, while 50–75% occurred during atmospheric-river conditions. The researchers also found that these combined AR-foehn events have become more frequent during the 21st century.

Greenland: 6,205 Gigatons of Ice Gone—and the Energy Behind It

The Liquid Did

[Intro]
Drip…
(Drip…)

Drop…
(Drop…)

Plop!

[Verse 1]
Started out solid
(Solid did)
Frozen and still
High on the mountain
Up on the hill
(Until…)
… never again

[Refrain]
Get solid
(The liquid did)

Then, drip, drip
(Drip, drip, drop)

Plop!

(Oh, no)

Watch ‘er go!
(No whoa oh oh)

Oh, no, no, no
(Just woe, woe, woe)

[Chorus]
Drip turns to trickle
Trickle to stream
Stream turns to torrent
Faster than it seems

Get solid
(The liquid did)

Then gravity said:
“Come along for the ride.”
(No place to run… no place to hide)

[Verse 2]
Water in the fractures
Water underground
Water between particles
Lost into the ground
(A new state found)
Fluidization
(Situation)

[Refrain]
Get solid
(The liquid did)

Then, drip, drip
(Drip, drip, drop)

Plop!

(Oh, no)

Watch ‘er go!
(No whoa oh oh)

Oh, no, no, no
(Just woe, woe, woe)

[Bridge]

… moisture
(Seep deep!)
… for sure
(Deep, deep, deep)
[Rap Vocal Break]

Drip!
(Drop!)

Drop!
(Plop!)

Gravity says:
“Don’t stop!”
(Why not)
Cannot

Flow!
(Flow!)

Go!
(Go!)

Ice!
(Stone!)

All say:
“You’re not alone!”

Move!
(Move!)

Falling…
… the groove!

Drip…

Drip…

Drop…

[Pause]

Plop.

[Build]

Then drip becomes streams…

Streams ruin dreams…

Right there…

Nightmare!

[Final Refrain]
Get solid
(The liquid did)

Then, drip, drip
(Drip, drip, drop)

Plop!

(Oh, no)

Watch ‘er go!
(No whoa oh oh)

Oh, no, no, no
(Just woe, woe, woe)

[Outro]

Drip…

Drop…

Plop…
(Oh no!)
Watch ‘er go…
(Oh whoa woe oh)

Know the Flow

[Intro]
Up from the ocean…
(Down from the snow!)
Round and round…
(Here we go!)

[Verse 1]
She has a memory
Of every place she’s been
Mountain top to riverbed
And back around again

[Refrain]
So we’ve come to know…
(Know the flow)
There’s no saying no
(To where she’ll go)

Oh, no, no, no

[Verse 2]
Rain can fall
(Rain can pour!)
Runoff races
Out the door!
[Refrain]
So we’ve come to know…
(Know the flow)
There’s no saying no
(To where she’ll go)

Oh, no, no, no

[Chorus]
Know the flow!
(Watch it go!)

From the mountain
To the river
To the ocean down below

Know the flow!
(Round we go!)

[Bridge]
Understand:
(She commands the land0

Flow!
(Flow!)

Go!
(Go!)

Round and round!

Flow!
(Flow!)

Go!
(Go!)

[Breakdown]

Where did it go?
(Down the drain!)

Where will it go?
(Down the plain!)

Where does it flow?
(We gotta know!)

[Full Band]
FOLLOW THE FLOW!

[Final Refrain]
So we’ve come to know…
(Know the flow)
There’s no saying no
(To where she’ll go)

Oh, no, no, no

Know the flow!

(Know the flow!)

Know the flow!

(Watch her go!)

[Outro]
Drip…
Drop…
(She won’t stop)

Here we go again
(She’ll always win)

Granular

[Intro]
Piece by piece
Grain by grain
Rock and ice
In the rain

What was solid
Won’t stay still
Down the slope
Against its will

[Verse 1]
Get down to the smallest pieces
That’s where the story starts
Pebbles, sand and broken stone
Scattered parts of parts

[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)

A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)

[Verse 2]
Rock comes crashing down all around
Guess she’s breaking free
Infiltrate the fractures
Lubricate liquidity

[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)

A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)

[Breakdown]
Rock!
(Rock!)
Mix it up!
(Mix it up!)
Shake it loose!
(Shake it loose!)

[Final Chorus]
Granular!
(Down to the grain!)
Spectacular!
(Here comes the rain!)

A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea!)

Granular!
(Nitty gritty!)
Grandiose or a pity?
(Spectacular failure)

[Refrain]
When you get down to the nitty gritty
(Granular)
Is it grand or is it a pity
(Spectacular)

A concoction
(Of debris)
Fluidization
(Headin’ for the sea)

[Outro]
Grain by grain
Stone by stone
Water finds
It’s way home

Granular…
(Granular!)

Down to the nitty gritty…

(Headin’ for the sea!)

Shocking!

[Intro]

Did you hear that?
(Zap!)

Did you see that?
(Flash!)

Whoa…
(Wake from your nap)
(It’s time to dash!

It’s shocking!

[Verse 1]
It’s happening in the atmosphere
You can feel it in the air
Heat is building
Moisture rising
Energy is everywhere

[Refrain]
I’m talking…
(Shocking!)

There’s no denying…
(It’s electrifying)
…and terrifying

[Verse 2]
On September one
The storm was far from done
Thousands of strikes
Lit up the night sky
(Yikes!)
Feel the sky cry

[Refrain]
I’m talking…
(Shocking!)

There’s no denying…
(It’s electrifying)
…and terrifying

[Bridge]
Science has a warning
Written in the storm:

For every degree of warming
The lightning risks transform

Zap!
(Zap!)

Flash!
(Flash!)

Boom!
(Boom!)

Again!

Zap!
(Zap!)

Flash!
(Flash!)

Boom!

I’m talking…

(Shocking!)

There’s no denying…

(It’s electrifying)

…mystifying

[Full band]

WATCH THE SKY!
(CRY!)

[Refrain]
I’m talking…
(Shocking!)

There’s no denying…
(It’s electrifying)
…and terrifying

[Outro]

[Thunder rolls]

Where there’s heat…

(There’s energy.)

It comes to be…

(Oh, you’ll see)

[Lightning crack]

ZAP!

About the Song: How Is the Climate Energy Hitting You?
Chester County, It’s Shocking

How is a warmer and increasingly moisture-loaded atmosphere changing the conditions under which severe thunderstorms develop?

Over the past decade, the number of lightning strikes in Chester County, PA, has increased dramatically, rising from approximately 18,200 in 2016 to more than 30,500 in 2026.

During the peak of the September 1 storm, Chester County was bombarded by thousands of lightning strikes. The broader storm line was averaging more than 400 lightning strikes every 15 minutes as it moved through the region.

Peer-reviewed atmospheric research published in Science has projected that cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in the contiguous United States could increase by approximately 12% for every 1°C of global warming.

Lightning strikes in Chester County during September 1–2, when two extreme storm systems passed through the region, are estimated at 4,361 strikes. In 2016, there were approximately 18,200 strikes. Assuming there are no additional storms for the remainder of 2026, the estimated total would reach 34,861 strikes—representing approximately a 91.5% increase over the 2016 total, or nearly double the number of strikes recorded ten years earlier.

Chester County, It’s Shocking: Lightning Strikes Are Surging

River Rises

Listen to the water
(Do you hear it rise?)
Look across the valley
(See it with your eyes?)

Something’s moving
(Coming fast)
Something’s changing
(From the past)

[Verse 1]
Rain comes down
The ground can’t take it
Every channel fills
Who knows if we’re gonna make it—

To the bank
(Hope sank!)
Then another surge
(Splurge)
… who’s to thank?

[Pre-Chorus]
Up the creek
(Without a paddle)
Guess we’re about…
… to find out…
(There’s no way out)

[Refrain]
More surprises
(As the river rises)
Over the bank…
(Who’s to thank)

Rising higher
(Getting dire)
Higher, higher

[Verse 2]
Load it up
(Yup, up, up, up!)
Then let it pour
(Raging roar!)

[Refrain]
More surprises
(As the river rises)
Over the bank…
(Who’s to thank)

Rising higher
(Getting dire)
Higher, higher

[Bridge]
Higher than yesterday
Higher than before
Water at the doorstep
Water through the door

Surprise!
(Rise!)

Higher!
(Dire!)

More!
(Than before!)

… coming through the door?

Higher…

Higher…

Higher…

[Final Refrain]
More surprises
(As the river rises)
Over the bank…
(Who’s to thank)

Rising higher
(Getting dire)
Higher, higher

More surprises
(More surprises!)

River rises
(River rises!)

Higher…

Higher…

Higher!

[Outro]
Watch the water…

(Watch it rise)

Watch the water…

(Before your eyes)

Higher…

Higher…

Dire!

Float an Idea

Float it out
(Out it goes)
Let it drift
(Where it flows)

Too late to hold tight
(Despite your might)
A little thought
(Hey! Why not?)

[Verse 1]
A tiny spark of possibility
Before the work is ever done
Let the question find some daylight
Incite insight

[Refrain]
However remote
(Float!)
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

Merrily, merrily
(Our dream is but a stream)
The scene seen
(Floats… sing the note)
Float!
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

[Verse 2]
Down the stream of consciousness
Thought are gatherin’ speed
Ride as ideas collide
And becomes a different breed

[Chorus]
Float an idea!
(Let it fly!)
Float an idea!
(Reach the sky!)

Merrily, merrily
(Go with the flow)
You never know
(Where it will go)

Float an idea!
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
Float!

[Refrain]
However remote
(Float!)
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

Merrily, merrily
(Our dream is but a stream)
The scene seen
(Floats… sing the note)
Float!
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

[Bridge]

What if?
(What if?)

Why not?
(Sought)

Could it be?
(Reality?)

Let it float!
(Hit that note!)

Float…

Float…

Float!

[Breakdown]
A thought becomes a question
(A question becomes a dream)
A dream becomes a vision
(A vision becomes a stream)

And when the stream is flowing
(You follow where it goes)
One little idea
Can change the way it flows

[Final Chorus]
Float an idea!
(Let it fly!)
Float an idea!
(Reach the sky!)

Merrily, merrily
(Our dream is but a stream)
The scene seen
(Floats… sing the note)
(Ahh, ahh, ahh!)

[Final Refrain]
However remote
(Float!)
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

Merrily, merrily
(Our dream is but a stream)
The scene seen
(Floats… sing the note)

[Outro]
Float!
An idea
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

Float!

[Soft whistling]

As we go…

(Into the flow…)

Don’t need a boat…

(Float!)

An idea.

(Ahh, ahh, ahh)

Let ‘Er Roll

[Intro]

Here we go!
(Whoa, oh, oh)
Down the line!
(Faster than divine)

Water moving
All the time
Catch the current
(In the present)
Let it roll!
(Roll, roll, roll)

[Verse 1]
There’s a current underneath us
It’s present… are you aware
Drips drop on a journey
Moving here and moving there

[Pre-Chorus]
(Don’t fight the flow)
You can’t stop the river
(You already know)

[Refrain]
Let ‘er roll!
(Rolling down the river)
Roll, baby, roll
(The thrill will deliver)

[Verse 2]
Rain comes down upon the watersheds
Reign comes down upon our heads
Pebbles, sand and clay
Will make their way

[Chorus]
Let ‘er roll!
(Rolling down the river)
Roll, baby, roll
(The thrill will deliver)

Round the bend
(Energy send!)
Down the way
(Into yesterday!)

Let ‘er roll!
(Let ‘er roll!)
Can’t fight the tide
(Better step aside!)
… or go along for the ride

[Bridge]
Where’s it going?
You know:
(Down below!)
Down low
(Go, go, go)

[Breakdown]

Roll!

(Roll!)

Roll!

(Roll!)

Down the river
See the sea!

[Final Refrain]
Let ‘er roll!
(Rolling down the river)
Roll, baby, roll
(The thrill will deliver)

Let ‘er roll!
(Let ‘er roll!)

Let ‘er flow!
(Let ‘er flow!)

Down the river…

To the sea!

[Outro]

Roll…

(Roll…)

Baby, roll…

(Rolling down the river…)

Let ‘er roll!

(Hope? … a sliver)

Dam!

[Intro]
Hold back the water
(Hold it back!)
Build up the wall
(Build up the wall!)
Think you’ve got nature
Right where you want her?
Then comes the rainfall…
(Reign fall)
And down comes it all!

[Verse 1]
Stack up the concrete
Pile up the stone
Tell the river
“Stay in your zone”
(Yeah, leave us alone)
[Pre-Chorus]
Water keeps rising
(The water keeps rising)
Water keeps rising
(The water keeps rising)

… ain’t that surprising

[Refrain]
Dam!
(So there “I am”)
Or so I thought
(Therefore I was?)

Damn!
(I mean gosh darn!)
… unneeded harm
(Should cause alarm)

Washed away
(Back to yesterday)

[Verse 2]
A wall of water
A wall of mud
A wall of debris
Coming like a flood

The river remembers
The path to the sea
You can change its direction
But not her destiny

[Refrain]
Dam!
(So there “I am”)
Or so I thought
(Therefore I was?)

Damn!
(I mean gosh darn!)
… unneeded harm
(Should cause alarm)

Washed away
(Back to yesterday)

[Bridge]

Dam!

(Damn!)

Dam!

(Damn!)

One little word
Two meanings collide

One holds the water
One asks us why

Thought we could trust it?
(Watch our actions bust it?)

[Breakdown]
Hold!

(Hold!)

Back!

(Back!)

Rise!

(Rise!)

Crack!

(Crack!)

Then—

Whoosh!

[Final Refrain]
Dam!
(So there “I am”)
Or so I thought
(Therefore I was?)

Damn!
(I mean gosh darn!)
… unneeded harm
(Should cause alarm)

Washed away
(Back to yesterday)

[Outro]
Yesterday…

(Yesterday…)

The dam was there
(The damn unaware)

Today…
(The dam gave way)

Today…
(The damn came to stay)

Dam!

Rainman

[Intro]
Clouds are gathering
(Here they come)
Thunder’s rattling
(What have we done?)

[Verse 1]
Man walked out beneath the sky
Thought he knew the way
(Not really knowin’ why)

Built a world of steel and stone
(All alone… on his throne)
And harmed ‘er day by day

[Refrain]
Man,
(You brought the reign)
You bought the rain

Man, oh, man
(That ain’t no plan)
… ya can’t start over again

Man,
(You brought on the pain)
You bought the rain

[Verse 2]
Rainman, Rainman
What did you expect?
You changed what was clear
To doom and fear

[Chorus]
You bought the rain!
(Bought the rain!)
You brought the pain!
(Brought the pain!)

Round and round
The energy goes
Down it falls
And up it flows

Rainman!
(Oh, Rainman!)
Look what you’ve done!
The reckoning has started
And the runoff’s on the run

[Bridge]
Reign or rain?
(Rain or reign?)
Who’s in control?
(What’s your role?)

You changed the game
(It’s not the same!)
… a heavy toll

[Breakdown]
Man!
(Oh, man!)

Round and round
The world turns
Yet, we’re hellbound…
To burn
(Burn, burn, burn, burn)

[Final Chorus]
Rainman!
(You brought the reign!)
You bought the rain!
(Bought the rain!)

Rainman!
(Oh, can’t you see?)
The energy
(Is coming down on me!)

Man, oh, man
(That ain’t no plan)
You changed the atmosphere
(To one of tears and fear)

[Refrain]
Man,
(You brought the reign)
You bought the rain

Man, oh, man
(That ain’t no plan)
… ya can’t start over again

Man,
(You brought on the pain)
You bought the rain

[Outro]
Rainman…
(Rainman…)

Look to the sky
(Now, you know why)

No more denial
(You can’t hide)

You bought the rain.
(Now it’s your ride)

Stick in the Mud

[Intro]
Well, the water came down
And the river ran wide
Mud in the middle
And nowhere to hide

[Verse 1]
I was standing on solid ground
Or so I thought I was
Then the rain came pounding down
And changed the way it does

[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
Don’t you know
(Stuck here after the flood)

Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
There I go
(Down with the rising flood)

[Verse 2]
Grain by grain
Stone by stone
Raise the strain
Submerged home

[Bridge]
You can call it mud
You can call it flow
You can call it trouble
When you see it go

[Breakdown]
Stick!
(In the mud!)

Slip!
(Into the flood!)

Roll!
(Here we go!)

Goal?
(Do you know)

[Refrain]
Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
Don’t you know
(Stuck here after the flood)

Oh, oh, oh
(Just a stick in the mud)
There I go
(Stuck here after the flood)

[Outro]
Oh, oh, oh…
(Just a stick in the mud)

Don’t you know…
(Stuck here after the flood)

Just a stick…
(Just a in the thick…)
Just a stick in the mud.