Malthusian Spectre
Malthusian Spectre
A house of cards
A building implodes
A highway crash
With 36 cars
A wooden boat
Whose hull is on fire
A sputtering plane
That’s run out of gas
A once proud nation
Burned just like Rome
An orange sky
Polluted and dark
The polar ice caps
Turning to water
A long line of dominoes
Rapidly falling
Pedestrian struck
In the crosswalk
A sign of the times
The car sped away
It doesn’t seem
Like anyone’s caring
I don’t care
Do you?
Chorus
A sweater unraveling
We pulled on its thread
Thomas Malthus
Is smiling in his grave
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Malthusian Spectre
Malthusian Spectre
A house of cards
A building implodes
A highway crash
With 36 cars
A wooden boat
Whose hull is on fire
A sputtering plane
That’s run out of gas
A once proud nation
Burned just like Rome
An orange sky
Polluted and dark
The polar ice caps
Turning to water
A long line of dominoes
Rapidly falling
Pedestrian struck
In the crosswalk
A sign of the times
The car sped away
It doesn’t seem
Like anyone’s caring
I don’t care
Do you?
Chorus
A sweater unraveling
We pulled on its thread
Thomas Malthus
Is smiling in his grave
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