We are right now in the
beginning of a climate and ecological crisis, and we need to call it what it
is: an emergency.
We must acknowledge that
we do not have the situation under control, and that we don't have all the
solutions yet; unless those solutions mean that we simply stop doing certain
things.
We must admit that we are
losing this battle.
We have to acknowledge
that the older generations have failed.
All political movements in
their present form have failed, but Homo sapiens have not yet failed.
Yes, we are failing, but
there is still time to turn everything around.
We can still fix this.
We still have everything
in our own hands, but unless we recognise the overall failures of our current
systems, we most probably don't stand a chance.
We are facing a disaster of unspoken sufferings for enormous amounts of people, and now is not the time for speaking politely or focusing on what we can or cannot say.
We are facing a disaster of unspoken sufferings for enormous amounts of people, and now is not the time for speaking politely or focusing on what we can or cannot say.
Now is the time to speak
clearly.
Solving the climate crisis
is the greatest and most complex challenge that Homo sapiens have ever faced.
The main solution,
however, is so simple that even a small child can understand it: we have to
stop our emissions of greenhouse gases, and either we do that, or we don't.
You say that nothing in
life is black or white, but that is a lie, a very dangerous lie.
Either we prevent a 1.5
degree of warming, or we don't; either we avoid setting off that irreversible
chain reaction beyond human control, or we don't; either we choose to go on as
a civilization, or we don't.
That is as black or white
as it gets because there are no grey areas when it comes to survival.
Now we all have a choice: we can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations, or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.
Now we all have a choice: we can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations, or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.
That is up to you and me.
And yes, we need a system
change rather than individual change, but you cannot have one without the
other.
If you look through
history, all the big changes in society have been started by people at the
grassroots level—people like you and me.
So, I ask you to please
wake up and make the changes required possible. To do your best is no longer
good enough.
We must all do the
seemingly impossible.
Today, we use about 100
million barrels of oil every single day.
There are no politics to
change that; there are no rules to keep that oil in the ground.
So, we can no longer save
the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed.
Everything needs to change,
and it has to start today.
So, everyone out there, it
is now time for civil disobedience.
It is time to rebel.
Writer(s): George Bedford Daniel, Matthew Timothy
Healy, Adam Brian Thomas Hann, Ross Stewart Macdonald
'The 1975' first appeared as the opening track on the
band's debut album, 'The 1975'. The opening tracks on the second and thirds
albums are also called 'The 1975', have the same lyrics but different melody.
album: "Notes On A
Conditional Form" (2020)
The 1975
People
Frail State
Of Mind
The Birthday
Party
Me And
You Together Song
If
You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)
Guys
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