From magma world with little air To oceans deep and atmosphere Of changing temperature We can be very sure [Break] From rocks the proof comes easily Chalk limestone is compressed al-gee Once buried deep, then pushed up high Cold lands once saw hotter sky [Break] Burning, frozen, Earth has been Now we’re somewhere in between But warming at too fast a pace Much life and lives will lose this race [Break] Ice Ages come, Ice Ages go But Glaciation, you should know Is a far colder phase Within those frigid days [Break] Where ice sheets will grow And flow like rivers slow Crushing, carving land below One ended twelve K years ago [Break] And since then has ice and snow Meltwater into sea flow Raised its level plenty: Meters hundred twenty Higher; so coasts did flood And forced humans inward [Break] Burning, frozen, Earth has been Now we’re somewhere in between But warming at too fast a pace Much life and lives will lose this race [Break] And now we’ve moved into An Inter-glacial With far less ice in view Life is much more stable [Break] We’re still in an Ice Age But numbered are its days For Arctic ice may soon clear Which will greatly interfere [Break] With Earth’s cooling cycle Temperatures may spiral As reflectivity Of solar energy [Break] Is very much reduced And gases we’ve introduced Like methane and C-O2 Will extra heat hold onto [Break] Seas will rise a-gain Which will cause much pain For still it’s true of us today Most ‘round coasts and rivers stay [Break] Burning, frozen, Earth has been Now we’re somewhere in between But warming at too fast a pace Much life and lives will lose this race [Break] Though much harm has been done Our war may yet be won By not destroying trees Nor poisoning our seas [Break] Switching from fossil fuels To renewables; Advancing technology To change how we move and eat [Break] And products manufacture Try C-O2 to capture Then may we once more marvel At pristine green-blue marble
