Anthropos Reckoning · Energeia

This song addresses the concept of the Anthropocene, an era defined by significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems. It calls for a reckoning with our actions and their consequences, advocating for responsibility and change to avert further damage.
In the shadow lines we forge our fate, towers rise at rapid rate
City beats with restless might, progress dims the stars at night
Industry booms, the echoes swell, forests silenced, rivers tell
Earth once lush, now paved in steel, our ambition's jagged wheel
Systems built on sweat and bones, the din of money, shattered tones
Global voices caught in webs, nature's plea in digital threads
Skyscrapers pierce the clouds above, yet the ground cries out for love
Questions float on winds of change, can we mend what's been estranged?
City lights, they never sleep, synthetic dawn, our progress deep
Machines hum while rivers weep, the concrete rises, nature's sweep
Global trades and urban sprawl, sky's the limit, moneys crawl
Faces lost among the throng, echo loud, where'd we go wrong?
Oceans choke on plastic waste, cities grow in hurried haste
Forests fall without a trace, profits made, but at what pace?
Questions rise as answers fade, human touch, the planet frayed
Built our homes and turned away, what price do we really pay?
Voices rise against the steel, telling truths we need to feel
In the shadow of a wheel, revolution, hearts of steel
Concrete jungles, nature's plight, restless cities burn through night
Global networks, sky is torn, promises of progress sworn
Trade routes carved in Earth's old skin, where's the line between loss and win?
In the balance of tech's rise, what's the cost of our grand prize?
Man-made rivers, plastic veins, echoes of forgotten plains
Corporate giants, shadow cast, how long will this progress last?
Profits rise, morality sinks, in our rush, who stops to think?
Urban sprawl, unending stretch, have we reached the final sketch?
Human touch, now cold and bare, can we heal what we impair?
Screens light up, but truth is dim, caught in cycles, can't break in
Burning skies, machines arise, ancient lands in compromise
Global grids and factory lines, traded futures, cultural binds
Shadow economies taking hold, stories buried, truth's been sold
Landscapes marked by human hands, enterprise across the lands
Currency of progress breaths, life in digits, hearts in debt
Connections built in virtual strains, humanity's broken beneath its feet
Voices of the past call out, can we change the screaming route?
Skies once clear, now stained gray, by our hands, nature’s fray
By our will, the oceans rise, questioning the grand prize
Smoke and mirrors, profit schemes, shattered earth and broken dreams
Global voices in the haze, finding hope in tangled maze
Towers climb, the earth subsides, in these networks truth confides
Fading forests, plastic shores, consequences we ignore
Machines speak in tongues of steel, over cities cast their seal
Questions shake the human core, what’s the price we can endure?
Cities buzz with endless light, shadows darken, day and night
In the dance of greed and gain, who will soothe the planet's pain?
Voices rise in strained appeal, wounds inflicted, slow to heal
In the wake of tech’s grand sweep, layered cries of nature’s weep
Underneath the digital sky, tech's advance, nature's reply
Capital sprawls, hearts built of stone, will the Earth stand on its own?
Sweatshops hum in lands afar, shadows haunt the corporate czar
Harvest dreams from conscious soil, profit's gaze on endless spoil
Echoes in the concrete heart, where did empathy depart?
In the grasp of iron gates, can we reverse these tangled fates?
The veins of commerce pulse and throb, urban rise on nature's sob
Forests fade, oceans sigh, what price for this grand high?
Industrial fires burn so bright, masking stars on restless nights
Global voices, muted cries, beneath the corporate, structured lies
Across the grid, a silent plea, for forests gone and blackened seas
Skyscrapers reach for hollow heights, tethered dreams in neon lights
Consume and build, repeat the plight, echoes in the endless night
Economic puppets dance, nature’s gasp, a fleeting chance
Trade our souls for shiny chrome, in this madness call it home
Systems climb and morals fall, in this race, who hears the call?
Man and machine, a blurred divide, in this chase, who's left behind?
Digital chains around our necks, culture’s lost in fast-paced checks
In this world of endless speed, where’s the space for hearts to bleed?
In the grasp of steel and stone, mansions built on fields dethroned
Climate warms, the ticking clock, progress feels a heavy shock
Rising tides and melting ice, nature's warning, we pay the price
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