Only Polar Bear
Melting Arctic Serenade: Major Birmingham's Cry for the Polar Bear
Lyrics
Offshore gas activities
Reference to offshore gas activities
Tanker traffic has increased
Noting the increased traffic of tankers
WOAH can you see what's swimming out there?
Rhetorical question about something in the water
Yeah, that's just another polar bear
Identifying a polar bear in the water
Climate change, Jesus Christ
Expressing concern about climate change
Can't you see there's no more ice
Highlighting the disappearance of ice due to climate change
For the polar bear to swim to
Observing the challenges for polar bears to find ice to swim to
He's running out of land and soon we will too
Anticipating the reduction of available land due to melting ice
Climate change is in the air
Stating that climate change is prevalent
And I'm wondering when the public will start to care
Questioning when the public will become concerned
About the Ursus maritimus with the snow white hair
Referring to the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with concern
Yeah I'm talking about the one and only polar bear
Emphasizing the uniqueness of the polar bear
Swimming miles to look for prey
Describing the long journeys polar bears take to find prey
And half the ice will be gone by May
Noting the expected reduction of ice by May
He swam so far but he had to stop
Highlighting the polar bear's struggle due to diminishing ice
But we wont until we mine the last oil drop
Connecting human activities (mining oil) to environmental impact
Greenland is turning green
Observing the changing landscape in Greenland
Water levels rising in the sea
Pointing out rising sea levels
Milankovitch cycle and CO2
Referencing the Milankovitch cycle and CO2 as factors in climate change
Well please believe me when I tell you
Requesting belief in the urgency of the climate situation
Climate change is in the air
Reiterating the presence of climate change
And I'm wondering when the public will start to care
Expressing concern about public indifference to climate change
About the Ursus maritimus with the snow white hair
Reiterating concern for the polar bear's plight
Yeah I'm talking about the one and only polar bear
Emphasizing the uniqueness of the polar bear
CALEB, GO IN
Calling someone named Caleb to take action
Gotta save 'em all
Expressing a need to save polar bears and possibly the environment
Polar bears and that
Referencing the importance of polar bears and geological matters
Geology rocks
Possibly a playful reference to the importance of geology
It's getting kind of ridiculous innit
Expressing frustration with the growing environmental issues
The pond is getting bigger and bigger
Noting the increasing size of a pond, a metaphor for environmental problems
Somethings got to change
Calling for a necessary change to address environmental challenges
The sea level is rising
Highlighting the rising sea levels as a critical issue
Climate change is in the air
Reiterating the presence of climate change
And I'm wondering when the public will start to care
Questioning when the public will show concern for climate change
About the Ursus maritimus with the snow white hair
Reiterating concern for the polar bear's plight
Yeah I'm talking about the one and only polar bear
Emphasizing the uniqueness of the polar bear
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