Consume to Live
Threshold Lyrics

Living in the greenhouse growing crops that we can't eat
We are confined in this world where we cultivate plants in artificially controlled environments, but unfortunately, the crops we produce are not consumable.

Making money out of poverty turning forests into meat
We exploit poor people, making them work for low wages, and at the same time, we cut down forests to meet the high demand for meat products.

We got our fingers on the trigger of some suicidal gun
We are responsible for creating a dangerous situation that can only end in disaster

The population's getting bigger underneath a dying sun
With the increasing population and decreasing resources, we are living in a world that is on the brink of collapse.

There's a fire in the furnace and there's nothing left to burn
We have consumed all the resources and burned out everything that is essential for life.

Buried waste has reached the surface is there nothing left to learn?
Our carelessness towards disposing of waste has led to waste being accumulated in hazardous quantities; we still have much to learn about safe and sustainable waste management.

Every day ozone getting layered every way life is getting worse
The ozone layer is getting thinner every day, which is causing life on earth to become more dangerous and challenging.

Everybody's lung is getting cancer everyone has something more to lose
The deteriorating air quality is causing widespread respiratory illness, and we are all exposed to potential health risks.

Every country armies are rising every gene splitting into two
Countries are militarizing themselves, and with advancements in genetics, we are splitting our natural genetic codes with artificial modifications.

Every breath monoxide getting stronger every sea whales are beached
The concentration of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere is increasing with each breath, and as a consequence, more marine life is being lost.

Economies are growing subsistence life is dead
The economy is growing but at the cost of the subsistence of life in the natural world.

We can't sustain this growth and things are coming to a head
We cannot continue to grow and exploit resources without facing some severe consequences in the near future.

We gotta learn to climb down the ladder of success
We need to find new ways to measure success, rather than just exploiting resources and growing the economy.

With two feet on the ground we gotta clean up all this mess
We need to take a practical approach to clean up the mess we have made and build a sustainable environment for future generations.

Every life extinction is forever every town riots in the streets
It is imperative to understand that extinction is irreversible, and the loss of a single species can have widespread consequences, leading to uprisings and conflicts in cities and towns.

Every sky greenhouse is affecting every tree dying in the breeze
Greenhouse gases are impacting every part of the environment, causing widespread death of trees and other flora.

Every plant chemical pollution every song relying on the beat
Even plants are not immune to chemical pollution, and the beauty of music is shaped by its social and environmental context.

Every lake water getting shorter every heart aching for release
The water reserves in various lakes and bodies of water are getting shallow, leading to people feeling trapped and longing for freedom.

Surviving in a world of mass production we must all consume to live
Living in a world that is dominated by mass production and high demand, we need to consume resources to sustain ourselves.

Our working lives to give and join the unemployment lines
We work tirelessly in this industrialized world just to join the millions who have lost jobs and are now unemployed.

A man must try to sell his labour to the highest bid
A person has to sell his labor to the one who pays the most in a capitalistic society.

Keep his anger hid and try not to get pulled into
In order to survive, one must hide their emotions and tendencies to get frustrated by the system that is causing all this damage.

The vicious undertow
The destructive forces of capitalism are so severe that they seem to drag everyone down with their undertow.

But even in the middle classes they fall into that hole
The middle class is not safe from the destructive forces of capitalism and its detrimental effects on the environment and society.

Aspiring to that goal of rising from the yoke of
Despite its destructive nature, people still aspire to rise from being a victim of the capitalistic trap.

Such an exploitative state
The current state of society is exploitative, and it is causing widespread damage to our planet and society as a whole.

Consume to live
The only way to sustain ourselves in this world is by consuming resources, leading to a vicious and never-ending cycle of resource depletion and exploitation.