The writings of some random dude on the internet
They woke up one day to smoke-filled sky.
The sky was so smoky it turned it shades of red and orange.
It was extremely eerie.
It seemed like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie.
It look like the daylight sky you would see on Mars.
It was a sight to see.
I hope everyone in California and the West Coast will stay safe!
Preface: So I came up with these parody lyrics for the song “The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black” by Johan Johansson that relate to what is currently happening on the West Coast. There aren’t many lyrics to the song; just four lines. It is mostly an instrumental song. I will link the song below.
Ironically enough, this song was used in the trailer for the 2011 movie “Battle: Los Angeles,” which takes place in CA. California is also where the recent wildfires originated from.
Now, without further ado, here are the parody lyrics!
“The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Orange”
By Jaime David
The sun’s gone dim
And the sky’s turned orange.
The West Coast’s burnin’,
Twenty-twenty’s been so crap.
The world is on fire. It is currently burning. The temperatures keep on rising. It’s becoming alarming. This changing climate is becoming a crisis, and it’s a crisis that’s very frightening. If we don’t solve this soon, the world could come to an end. Maybe not the planet, but everything that lives in it. There would be no more humans and no more amazing creations. Monumental monuments like The Statue of Liberty would eventually become nothing but dust and debris if humans were to go extinct. Eventually, the same would happen to buildings, and everything else in between. They’d all turn into dust, just like us. If we were not here, anything we created would not matter at all. Anything that was floating in space would come crashing down to the Earth, setting everything ablaze. Eventually, nuclear reactors would start to meltdown, and all of the radiation that’s in them would all get let out.
All of the animals that are alive right now would be on their own, if they were not wiped out. There would probably be a few. Most of them would live underground. The ones that were above ground would most likely all die out if the climate were to get chaotic. They would thrive and populate underneath the Earth’s surface, and eventually they’ll reclaim the surface. Eventually, the radiation would decay, and the greenhouse gases would get replaced, and the planet will heal itself like it had a bad sickness. We won’t be here, and neither would a lot of other species, but there would be new species. They’d be survivors. They would survive us. They could potentially be the ones that reach our level of intellect. They could be reptilian. They could be arachnids. They could even be gigantic cockroaches. Whatever they are, they have the potential to take this planet to the stars if we ourselves don’t get to. They could learn from our mistakes. They could be better than us. They may develop intricate societies that have a diversity of species all living in harmony. It would definitely be an amazing sight to see.
They’d eventually develop space travel, and take us to the Moon. They’d take us to Jupiter and Venus and even Mars, too. They’d even probably take us all the way to Pluto. Who knows? They could possibly take us to see the entire Milky Way! We may discover different species living on other planets, and these species may be as smart as us and them, and have a complex intellect. It would be so cool to see.
The question is, would Earthlings be seen as threats, or will they be welcomed? Is it also possible that they’d be enslaved and treated like pets? There are so many questions that one has to ask when dealing with the possibility of becoming an intergalactic race.
All I do know is, I hope they would learn from our mistakes. If our species dies out, and does not get to see the future, I hope that whatever species in the far distant future that reaches sapience learns from humanity’s own shortcomings and mistakes. That is what I hope if humanity loses all hope.
However, we still have hope. We still have hope to achieve all of those great and amazing things. We could explore the vast reaches of the cosmos and explore all that there is to explore. We could travel to wherever we want to go to, and potentially find a new home. I don’t know. All I do know is that we need to become aware that our climate is changing. Our planet is in need, and we need to save it. There is a way to save it. We need to stop emitting greenhouse gases, and we also need to stop polluting our planet. We need to find an alternative fuel source and stop using oil. We need to make steps to go vegetarian or vegan and make our diets more plant-based. There is so much we need to do. The first thing we should do is educate ourselves. Once we do that, we share the information we learn to others.
Pollution; it’s not an illusion.
It is quite real, and we need a solution.
If we don’t solve this, it could be the end.
It could be the end of us all, and the world that we love
Could end up in flames as humans will try to blame
The problem on others and not act like brothers
When in reality, we all have a hand to play.
It is not just one group that’s the one that pollutes.
It’s a bunch that had acted, so we need a group effort
To solve this problem and help the environment.
We must have a vision, and avoid division.
We must work united in order to fight this.
This is Earth is our home; the one we were grown.
In order to save it, we must be it’s saviors!
Climate relocation has the potential to affect millions.
As sea levels rise and temperatures climb,
It’s only a matter of time before we will all but lose this fight.
But don’t give up hope. We can clean up this world like soap
Cleanses all wounds. We can all stop acting like fools
And treat this planet with care, for it’s the only one that’s there
Where we all live on and rely upon.
It is our home, so let’s fight until the break of dawn.
We don’t want to lose our homes, not here and not ever.
You wouldn’t want your house to be destroyed in a flood.
Think about all of us and the planet that we love.
Would you want to be forced to leave the Earth behind,
While the humans, plants, and animals that remained were all left to die?
If the answer is no, then you must know
Our time to act is now. We must not take a bow.
We shouldn’t give up or else our time will be up.
We must save this world. We must not go and furl
Up the sails for our voyage
To go and save the Earth.
This is our journey,
And for sure as heck, we won’t quit!
We will fight until the very end
To try and save the environment.
Our time to fight is now. Let’s go and show the world how.
My name is James, and this poem’s about change.
Climate change is real. I know you don’t want to hear
That humans are to blame for a climate that’s insane,
But it is the truth. We were the ones to pollute
The planet with greenhouse gases
And lakes and rivers with deadly toxins
Such as nuclear radiation,
Medical, drug, and coal waste,
And all sorts of other things that can hurt the environment!
It was on us. This is our mess.
In order to stop this, we must fight this.
We must work together to make the world better.
In order to do that, now is the time to act.
If we wait, it will be too late.
There may not be a world for future generations to inhabit.
This is our one shot to get it all right.
This our world, and this is our fight!
After reading this article by the NY Times, I was somewhat inspired to write a short poem about climate change in response to the title of the article. Hope you enjoy!
That’s…..hot!
Ok, no it’s not!
It sucks a lot!
It’s worse than I thought!
This planet’s all we fucking got,
and right now, it’s getting too damn hot!