Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Glaciers, artist - Dan Bull. Date of issue: 06.01.2012
Song language: English
Glaciers |
| The closer to the poles of the Earth you go |
| Or ascend heights, the temperature turns low |
| Ten thousand years ago, the world was colder than it is today |
| Britain immersed in snow |
| Glaciation changed the face of the countryside |
| To become more like the Earth we know |
| Working slowly, giant hunks of ice |
| Cut and slide then push aside tons of stone |
| Signs say at the time of the ice age |
| A third of the Earth’s surface totally snowed over |
| Then the Fahrenheit rose, polar caps and ice flows |
| Capsized, and shrank in size loads |
| Today the only glaciers remain |
| On high latitudes or low altitude terrain |
| So though only a tenth of the globe’s glaciated |
| There’s occassional formations close the the equator |
| See the way that they’re made in this how-to guide |
| Snowflakes accumulate in mountainsides |
| The weight creates pressure |
| Making a firm and dense substance that’s termed by the name of firn |
| If the ice stays frozen as snow falls |
| Then it snowballs, grows and grows more |
| And as the mass increases |
| Gradually gravity grabs massive pieces and releases them |
| Woe betide anything in the way |
| As they slowly slide lower and erode it away |
| With an amazing grace |
| Glaciers patiently changed the landscape on a grand scale |
| Glaciers, how long will they stay here? |
| Glaciers, how long will they stay here? |
| Two major stages make up glacier formation |
| And they’re named accumulation and ablation |
| Accumulation happens in the winter, it gets bigger |
| While ablation is the inverse |
| It shrinks year to year every summer, then returns |
| And that’s the basic annual changes that happen to a glacier |
| But on a grander timescale |
| The average size fails to remain the same |
| And changes at a snail’s pace |
| Now I don’t wanna get too technical |
| So let me just explain the basics |
| And then I’ll change the subject |
| If you take away ablation from accumulation |
| Then the data you remain with is the glacial budget |
| If the figure’s bigger than zero, it’s advancing |
| But if it’s less than, it’s a negative regime |
| The level will decrease until everything retreats |
| And all we’re left with is a petty little piece of what it used to be |
| Experts agree that greenhouse gas such as CFCs |
| Mean the atmosphere’s heat’s increasing |
| Leading to deeper seas, the decline in ice |
| Causing rising tides on shorelines worldwide |
| Glaciers, how long will they stay here? |
| Glaciers, how long will they stay here? |