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[Verse 1: The World Today]
The rivers run slower, the lakes run dry,
The forests burn under an ashen sky.
They drill for profit, ignoring the cost,
Counting their riches, while futures are lost.

The glaciers weep, the oceans rise,
Yet they peddle their greed, spinning their lies.
"It’s not our fault," they shout and defend,
But how do they sleep as the world starts to end?

[Chorus]
Don’t saw the branch, the one we’re on,
When it’s gone, it’s gone—it won’t grow back, it’s done.
All the gold in the world won’t heal the pain,
Change your ways, or we’re circling the drain.
How many signs do you need to see?
This path is ruin—it’s no mystery.

[Verse 2: 20-25 Years Ahead]
The crops won’t grow in the poisoned soil,
The air is thick with carbon’s toil.
Cities swallowed by a hungry tide,
Millions displaced, with nowhere to hide.

Heatwaves scorch where the seasons twist,
Animals vanish from the extinction list.
The deserts march where green once grew,
And still, they’ll ask, "What could we do?"

[Chorus]
Don’t saw the branch, the one we’re on,
When it’s gone, it’s gone—it won’t grow back, it’s done.
All the gold in the world won’t heal the pain,
Change your ways, or we’re circling the drain.
How many signs do you need to see?
This path is ruin—it’s no mystery.

[Verse 3: What We Can Do]
Stop chasing profit, start planting seeds,
Listen to the Earth and her desperate needs.
Wind and sun can light the way,
But we must act—it starts today.

Hold leaders accountable, make them pay,
No more excuses, no more delay.
Education, innovation, unite the fight,
For our only home, for what’s still right.

(Guitar-Solo)

[Chorus]
Don’t saw the branch, the one we’re on,
When it’s gone, it’s gone—it won’t grow back, it’s done.
All the gold in the world won’t heal the pain,
Change your ways, or we’re circling the drain.
How many signs do you need to see?
This path is ruin—it’s no mystery.

[Bridge]
The corporations profit, the politicians spin,
But nature won’t care for their deadly sins.
The clock is ticking, we’re running out of time,
The future’s ours to save—or it’s the crime.

[Outro: A Plea for Change]
Don’t saw the branch where your children rest,
Make the future better, give them your best.
There’s still a chance, but we must unite,
To turn the darkness back into light.

Don’t Saw the Branch

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Don’t Saw the Branch

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