This song is meant to make us think. It describes what is happening right now from the perspective of the Earth. As Earth, I have lived for a long time, longer than you can ever imagine. Several times before, great disasters occurred, like the asteroid impact in the Gulf of Mexico that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. This is called a global mass extinction. And now it is you, you humans, who claim to own the Earth and believe you are the crown of creation. I see that with your greed, and because your numbers keep growing, you are about to trigger the next global mass extinction. Past a certain point, this cannot be stopped anymore, neither by you nor by me. Neither by you, nor by me. As Earth, I am neutral, you are just one species in the concert of nature, only one among many. You are a part of the biosphere and just guests here on me. Learn quickly now to behave like good guests. Wake up! Can you feel the fever? Can you hear the pace? You have unleashed this dying race! The next mass extinction is already alive, you do not see it, you do not feel it, until everything breaks inside! You are sawing off the branch on which you sit. Wake up! The heat and the drought continue to increase. This is climate change, and it is here to stay. People feel it in their everyday lives and notice that something is wrong. But our economy, our politics, and our habits are like huge, heavy tankers, and that is why we keep moving straight ahead instead of turning around. Right now, humanity is driving at full speed toward its own downfall, and we just smile at this image, acting as if it had nothing to do with us. Five times I have watched, experienced great mass extinctions: Water rising. Fire wandering. Darkness staying longer. Stones counting days. Species losing names. Silence growing thicker. Wake up! Can you feel the fever? Can you hear the pace? You have unleashed this dying race! The next mass extinction is already alive, you do not see it, you do not feel it, until everything breaks inside! You are sawing off the branch on which you sit. Wake up! Since you want to continue like this, I tell you directly, clear and plain, clear and plain, clear and plain. Your days are numbered. The time with you is almost over. The next global mass extinction – you triggered it! It is running right now! It is running today! Wake up! Can you feel the fever? Can you hear the pace? You have unleashed this dying race! The next mass extinction is already alive, you do not see it, you do not feel it, until everything breaks inside! You are sawing off the branch on which you sit. Wake up!
