[The World in a Wastebasket-an anthem in the spirit of anxious arena-rock protest… thunder drums, sharp guitars, smoke and neon over a drowning skyline] [Verse 1] Plastic roses in the supermarket glow, Wrapped in layers nobody needs to know. Mountains rising where the wild things stood, We traded forests for disposable goods. Oil-black rivers crawling to the sea, Every little convenience burying eternity. Children breathing smoke beneath the sun, We keep buying like the world’s not done. [Pre-Chorus] And the billboards sing, “Everything’s fine…” While the oceans choke One straw at a time. [Chorus] We threw the world in a wastebasket, Set it on fire and called it progress. Smoke in the heavens, poison rain, Everybody screaming but nothing changes. Living fast in a kingdom of plastic, Drowning Earth beneath our habits. We built a paradise so tragic— The world in a wastebasket. [Verse 2] Dead batteries rust in the poisoned ground, Ghosts of machines in every dumping mound. Fast-fashion bones hanging on the line, Worn for a week then left behind. Microplastics falling with the snow, Inside our blood now, everywhere we go. The animals stare with oil-slick eyes, Silent witnesses to our appetites. [Pre-Chorus] And the anchors grin On glowing screens, Selling tomorrow By killing dreams. [Chorus] We threw the world in a wastebasket, Set it on fire and called it progress. Smoke in the heavens, poison rain, Everybody screaming but nothing changes. Living fast in a kingdom of plastic, Drowning Earth beneath our habits. We built a paradise so tragic— The world in a wastebasket. [Bridge] How many landfills touch the sky? How many species have to die? How many warnings do we waste Before there’s nothing left to save? We can’t keep feeding this machine, Turning beauty into debris. The Earth is coughing in her sleep… And finally beginning to scream. [Final Chorus] We threw the world in a wastebasket, Watched it rot beneath the asphalt. Cities glitter while the rivers bleed, We consume more than we need. Living fast in a kingdom collapsing, Every heartbeat wrapped in packaging. If we don’t change, if this keeps happening— The world ends in a wastebasket. [Outro] Plastic tides… blackened skies… Everything disposable dies… And somewhere underneath the stain… The Earth cries out in pain.
