verse 1
C#m7 F#7
Every new age is the death of another
G7 A7
This is, must be, will be too
C#m7 F#7
Every new age, dear, is the death of another
G7 A7
Of the old. breaking ground
B7 C#m7
for the new Anthropocene.
F7 G7 Am7
This will be. Will be the death of you.
F7 G7 Am7
This will be. Will be the death of you.
verse 2
C#m7 F#7
Our hubris has come undone
G7 A7
We’ve sucked out all petroleum
C#m7 F#7
We’ve built our cities in the sand
G7 A7
Spray painted boxes criss-cross our land
C#m7 F#7
Two billion, two hundred twenty-two million, three hundred sixty-six thousand,
G7 A7
six hundred fifty four tons of food plundered
C#m7 F#7
just this year to feed us. Just this year.
G7 A7
This is the face of seven billion
C#m7 F#7
The earth’s become our pavilion
G7 A7 C#m7
Hastily built and easy to clear.
F7 G7 Am7
This will be. Will be the death of you.
F7 G7 Am7
This will be. Will be the death of you.
C#m7 F#7
We are the ants and this is our pile
G7 A7
King of the mountains Damn! This is the face of seven billion
C#m7 F#7
The Earth’s now my pavilion
G7 A7
Our new age is one long regression toward the mean
C#m7 F#7 G7 A7
Anthropocene
Outro
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