Theo Nightshade - Carbon Trace Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Grandma told me 'bout the trees that used to grow
Down on Jefferson, before the city stole their soul
Numbers climbing higher than they ever did before
While suits and ties keep dancing on this burning floor

[Chorus]
These changes coming faster than we knew
Mercury rising, turning grey skies blue
All these summits, but we're falling through
Counting carbon while the truth burns through

[Verse 2]
Concrete rising where the gardens used to be
Watching data scroll like obituaries
Playing jazz in empty rooms of memories
While the world outside is gasping just to breathe

[Bridge]
Broke it down to understand
Watch it slip right through my hands
Like smoke signals in the breeze
Lost in all these frequencies

[Verse 3]
Conference rooms and coffee cups run dry
Watching suits debate while oceans start to rise
Got their charts and graphs to quantify our fate
But they can't measure what we've learned too late

[Chorus]
These changes coming faster than we knew
Mercury rising, turning grey skies blue
All these summits, but we're falling through
Counting carbon while the truth burns through

[Outro]
Grandma's garden's gone, but still I play her tune
In this concrete jungle underneath the hazy moon
Breaking down the pieces of this bitter song
While the world keeps spinning madly, right or wrong