Apocalypse
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With humour, irony and a provocative edge, Apocalypse takes aim at one of the emblematic figures of our time: the climate sceptic. The song portrays those who deny global warming not on the basis of scientific analysis, but because they do not personally feel its immediate effects. From their shaded terrace, their swimming pool, or their air-conditioned home, they solemnly explain that everything is fine and that scientists’ warnings are exaggerated.
Beyond caricature, the song questions the mechanisms of denial, disinformation, and the rejection of expertise. It also draws a parallel between various forms of contemporary denialism: conspiracy thinking, anti-vaccine attitudes, rejection of scientific facts, and refusal to acknowledge the social and environmental consequences of collective choices.
One of the recurring threads of the lyrics is the question of inequalities in the face of climate change. While some can still protect themselves from it thanks to their material comfort, others are directly exposed to it: outdoor workers, people living in overheated housing, or populations forced to leave territories that have become uninhabitable. The song thus contrasts the comfortable certainties of the privileged with the lived reality of those who have neither air conditioning, nor refuge, nor any possibility of escape.
Beneath its light and satirical surface, Apocalypse is a committed song that invites reflection on individual and collective responsibilities in the face of the climate emergency. True to Jean-Pierre Martinez’s universe, it uses humour as a tool of social criticism, transforming a serious subject into a biting fable in which laughter serves to reveal the contradictions of our time.
The full lyrics of the song Apocalypse are presented here together with the audio recording.
A song that can accompany Jean-Pierre Martinez’s play Apocalypse, musical tragicomedy :
https://jeanpierremartinez.net/en/apocalypse-a-musical-tragicomedy/
The lyrics of the song Apocalypse
In the shade out on the terrace
Lounging by the pool
Or sitting nice and comfortable
With the air-con running cool
Sipping gin and tonic on the rocks
In their favourite designer polo
They smile and calmly tell you
Global warming? I don’t think so
They’re the climate sceptics
If they don’t feel the heat
Then the thermometer must lie
Come on, it’s only summer
Summer’s hot. So why ask why?
It’s hot, don’t panic
We’re the climate sceptics
It’s hot, it’s just the season
And we’ve always got a reason
It’s hot, don’t panic
Nothing catastrophic
Whatever the facts, whatever the weather
We know better
We know better
I think, therefore I am, oh, please
You don’t need to think to have a view
In a democracy any fool can say
I don’t think, I know it’s true
Who are all these eco freaks
Saying that the world’s an oven?
And now they claim the heat they feel
Is somehow caused by my SUV
Why make such a fuss about it?
Maybe they’re just sick
When you’re running a temperature
Just blame the thermometer for it
A fool is always a fool
You know the golden rule
Just because you know nothing
Doesn’t mean you can’t lecture us all
It’s hot, don’t panic
We’re the climate sceptics
Champions of critical thinking
While everybody else is sinking
It’s hot, don’t panic
Nothing catastrophic
Whatever the facts, whatever the weather
We know better
We know better
Climate sceptic
You must be right
All those scientists
Just can’t see the light
Troublemakers
Spoiling the fun
Paid manipulators
Maybe spies, every one
You’ve figured it all out
No degree required
An opinion will do
A conviction’s even better
Facts just make you tired
Yesterday anti-vax
Today climate sceptic
Tomorrow MeToo denier
Always conspiracy-minded
Nothing is true
Unless you decide it
Whatever the facts, whatever the proof
Just call it fake
And deny the truth
We’re the climate deniers
Meanwhile, out on construction sites
Workers sweat in fifty-degree heat
Then head back home to concrete blocks
With no cool air, no relief
While somewhere off the coast of Africa
People crowd onto boats and cross the sea
Funny thing about climate refugees
You don’t meet many climate sceptics
Fleeing the heat
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