Name: Too Late!
Duration: P00H06M43S
Description: A damning climate change report published in 2021 was largely ignored by the certain leaders of the western world, since action would have off-sided fossil-fuel producers and other significant political donors. Meaningful action may now come too late.

Too Late!

from DARK BLUE by John Greenwood

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A damning climate change report published in 2021 was largely ignored by the certain leaders of the western world, since action would have off-sided fossil-fuel producers and other significant political donors. Meaningful action may now come too late.

lyrics

When the sunlight fails to pierce the ever-deepening clouds,
And the oceans rise to claim each new Atlantis, proud,
It will be too late, to cry and wring our idle hands,
What have they done?

When we gaze out, over the salted fields where nothing grows,
The green and living land confined to memory,
It will be too late, to halt the march of Vulcan’s hoards,
What have we done?

Too late! Too late!
The birds flew south, and never returned,
We took the light and turned it into darkness,
Gone in the smoke of the black we burned.

And now we’re told the world is dying faster than we though,
Fire and flood the hefty price for the comfort that we sought,
But the bloated fools, some chose to rule, say everything is fine,
When they sold their souls for oil and coal, they should have bought a spine.

The targets set will not be met whilst they deny the need,
So we won’t be forced to change our course from selfishness and greed,
And its much too late to set things straight, so we whine for all we’re worth,
And the meek….. shall inherit what’s left of the earth.

Too late! Too late!
All hope went south and sea levels rise,
Ignored the signs, sit back as life declines,
We’ll be gone in the smoke of political lies

Child’s Voice, spoken :-
I found a box today, out the back, by the dead tree. My great grandma had buried it there as a child and put some of her favourite things in it, with a note saying: “To whomsoever finds this in the future!”. There was a picture of her sitting where the lake used to be. She looked carefree and happy. My mum said I should make a time capsule just like it and we started to talk about what I might put in it. But my dad just said, “What’s the point? What can we leave them that will make them think better of us?” I didn’t really understand what he meant at the time, but I cried myself to sleep that night and my tears made me think, I would leave them water, if I could.

Too late! Too late! (Where did our Eden go?)
The rich flew up and never came down,
They took our toil and fashioned our extinction,
We’re gone in the smoke of our cities and towns…..

credits

from DARK BLUE, released July 1, 2023
Music - John Greenwood
Words - John Greenwood and Andrew Fanning

Lead Vocal, 6 and 12-steel string acoustic guitars, nylon string classical guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar, programmed orchestration - John Greenwood
Keyboards - Sean Timms
Violins - Sarah Greenwood
Drums - Ben Todd
Child’s Soliloquy - Kirstin Damkat

Mixed and Produced by Sean Timms

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John Greenwood Adelaide, Australia

Following a life training as a Plastic Surgeon and practicing as a Burn Surgeon and Director of the Adult Burn Centre of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. retirement has finally allowed me to pursue some musical dreams. As lead guitarist of Unitopia, I have formed part of the formidable writing quartet responsible for the upcoming Seven Chambers album. ... more

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