[Intro | bright analog synth hook | distant cicadas | immediate dance pulse | energy 25%] [Verse 1 | alternating young adult male and female voices | dry rhythmic delivery | minimal synth bass | energy 35%] Devouring the forests Poisoning the seas Those rotting creatures Are feasting on the Earth [Elderly voice entering through a narrow speaker] Again today [Pre-Chorus 1 | middle-aged solo voice | synth hook thinning | vocal moving closer | energy 50%] So we picked up our guns But the ruined face inside my sights [Young and elderly voices appearing briefly behind] Looked like someone I knew [Chorus 1 | catchy militant call and response | sharp synth stabs | punchy drums | energy 75%] [Different voices from left and right] Shoot, shoot [All adult generations] Save this planet [Voices chasing one another] If they try to run Chase them to the ends of the Earth [All voices briefly united] Shoot, shoot Save this planet Take back the summer they stole from us [Verse 2 | each line passed to an older singer | cheerful social tone | bright synth hook returning | energy 45%] [Young adult male voice] That must have been the last one [Young adult female voice] Finally, it’s over [Middle-aged female voice] Let’s light up the city [Middle-aged male voice] Burn down the forests and build our homes [Elderly voice | pleasantly matter-of-fact] Dump everything filthy into the sea [Pre-Chorus 2 | single adult voice | extreme close-mic | drums thinning | energy 55%] The man staring back from the mirror Has gums that are turning black [Voice becoming dry and slightly lower] Ah, I’m getting thirsty [Chorus 2 | bright euphoric dance chorus | youngest voices entering first | reckless overlapping vocals | energy 85%] [Teen and young adult voices] Run, run Wherever desire takes you [Child voice entering naturally] The whole world [All generations] Revolves around us [Voices freely crossing the stereo field] Run, run Wherever desire takes you We already took the summer back, after all [Bridge | synth hook disappearing one layer at a time | adult solo voice | energy falling] In the distance I saw them aiming their guns [Distant child teen and young adult voices | sincere] “Save the planet” [Adult voice | recognition] A voice I had heard before [Adult voice straining and degrading] I thought I screamed for them to run But all that came out was a growl [One-Time Event | elderly voice | all instruments removed] The hammer clicked [SFX: dry hammer click] [Complete silence | no gunshot] [Adult voice | extremely close | almost spoken] For a moment, every sound disappeared [Cicadas return alone] [Distant young voice] Then the cicadas started singing again [Final Chorus | stripped synth pulse | isolated generational voices | no euphoric lift | energy 50%] [Child voice] It isn’t complicated [Teen voice] Nothing ever really changes [Young adult voice] Just when you think it has [Middle-aged voice] It all comes back around [Elderly voice] Again and again [All generations softly overlapping] Like this returning summer [Child voice | wide pause] A short summer [Adult voice | wide pause] A short life [Elderly voice | dry and calm] A short-lived planet [Outro | one bright synth note repeating | faint cicadas | close voices] [Elderly voice] A cycle isn’t the same as eternity [Adult voice] See? [Several generations quietly overlapping] Don’t you feel a little better now? [Child voice | genuinely cheerful] Summer is fun, isn’t it? [End | synth note stops | cicadas remain briefly | clean cut]
