Carbon Footprint Lyrics

Today I speak again from my country

From a small islet that is likely to be one of the first spots in Tuvalu

To be submerged by rising sea levels

Since COP 26 the world has not acted, and so we in the pacific have had to act

As we have seen temperatures rise, projections remain well above 1.5 degrees Celsius

Foretelling the imminent disappearance of islets like this one

We've had to take our own precautionary steps with the Future Now Project

As our land disappears we have no choice but to become the world's first

Digital nation

Stream a song, and let it go

Paying for fuel with tickets to the show

Two metric tons, in just an hour

Sacrifice your hometown to a shower

Calling in a halftime rewrite

Puncture the pulse and rearrange the mist

To the cusp of the door

Put the pain in the stage

Make it worse than you've ever known before

Oh, your carbon footprint grows

No, don't let your people know

Daddy came from a long line of bankers

Never had to worry about nothing

Red hands playing for your golden team

Oh honey now you're talking real currency

13 going on 33

Positively thrashing every single time they've ever come home Clean

Feature me lifting up the C Team in sequence to leave it, or steal it

Every work of art comes from a spot that's gotta be a thorn in your side

Every mystery has a piece that you're unable to find

Oh, your carbon footprint grows

No, don't let your people know

Oh, your carbon footprint grows

No, don't let your people know

Our land, our ocean, our culture are the most precious assets of our culture

And to keep them safe from harm, no matter what happens in the physical world

We'll move them to the cloud

Islets like this one won't survive rapid temperature increases, rising sea levels, and droughts

So we'll recreate them virtually

Piece by piece, we'll preserve our country,

Provide solace to our people

And remind our children, and grandchildren what our home once was