The Moloch Trap

VERSE

G

How on earth will we survive?

Em

Nature's worth more dead than alive

C

It's a race to cut down the trees

D

Before somebody else does

BRIDGE

   C                           D

Where are our brains and imagination?

 G                 D/F#        Em

Smokestacks pumping out damnation

                                           C

There's no way to prevent this

                 D

Cos we have...

CHORUS

                     G

Perverse incentives

                     Em

To sacrifice values

                      C

Be more competitive

                        D

Racing to the bottom

How can we stop them?

Without co-operation

The tragedy of the commons

Unnecessary sadness

Multipolar madness

Walking to the Moloch Trap

How do we turn?

How do we turn?

And break the cycle

Not fulfill

The prediction

Of human extinction

VERSE

Wars are good for the economy

Pollution boosts our GDP

Its nuclear weapons or risk destruction

AIs now an arms race

BRIDGE

What's good for others, is good because

It's long term good for all of us

Where are the glad and wise?

Instead, we have...

CHORUS

OUTRO

Do you mourn for Maldek?

Have fury at Lemuria?

And the conflicts of Atlantis?

Do you reminisce?

Free will vs Freedom

Within the law of karma

The madness of this 

Moloch drama

Are we gonna rise up?

Are we going to stand?

Or are we going to fall?

Are we going to fail?

JUST LYRICS:

How on earth will we survive?

When nature's worth more dead than alive

It's a race to cut down all the trees

Before somebody else does

Wars are good for the economy

Pollution means higher GDP

We need nuclear weapons or risk destruction

AIs now an arms race

Where are our brains and imagination?

Smokestacks pumping out damnation

There's no way to prevent this

Cos we have...

Perverse incentives

To sacrifice values

Be more competitive

Racing to the bottom

How can we stop them?

Without co-operation

The tragedy of the commons

Externalised expenses

Unintended consequences

Suboptimisation

Our collective failure

Unnecessary sadness

Multipolar madness

Walking to the Moloch Trap

How do we turn?

How do we turn?

And break the cycle

Not fulfil, and fall into

The inevitable prediction

Human extinction

Antibiotics boost food production

Help dramatically with illness reduction

But resistant bacteria

Are more than hysteria

Fossil fuels make cheap energy

And a few people very rich

But eventually, we all pay for it

Even if we never used it

What's good for all, is good because

It's long term good for all of us

Where are the glad and wise?

Instead, we have...

Perverse incentives

To sacrifice values

Be more competitive

Racing to the bottom

How can we stop them?

Without co-operation

The tragedy of the commons

Externalised expenses

Unintended consequences

Suboptimisation

Our collective failure

Unnecessary sadness

Multipolar madness

Walking to the Moloch Trap

How do we turn?

How do we turn?

And break the cycle

Not fulfil, and fall into

The inevitable prediction

Human extinction

Do you mourn for Maldek?

Have fury at Lemuria?

And the conflicts of Atlantis?

Do you reminisce?

Free will vs Freedom

Within the law of karma

Hasnevitable conclusion

The madness of this Moloch drama

Are we gonna rise up?

Are hide?

Are we going to fail?

Are we going to fall?

Are we going to stand up?

Are fight?

Not be gonna be the ones?

Who walk into the night