D|--16---------14-------11-----8-----| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----13~--------10~------8~-----7~-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| E-|:---------------------------------:||:-------------------------------------------------------------------:| B-|-----------------------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] For the first time in three years, official clocks will pause For the Earth's rotation to allign with atomic time Fluctuation is due to the Earth's interaction with the moon Primarily, tidal acceleration gtr1 D|---16~----------14~---------11~--------8~----------| A|--------13~----------10~---------8~--------7~------| E-|:-------------------------------------------------:| B-|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| gtr2 D|---------------------------------------------------| A|--13-----------11----------9-----------7-----------| E-|:-x------------x-----------x-----------x----------:| B-|--10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--6--6-6-6-6--4--4-4-4-4--| E|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| [verse2] (drums come in) This process, this effect of tidal force, slows our planet's rotation Angular momentum, in direct correspondence, With the Eath's axial tilt, is dampened An existing kinetic energy within orbit is lessened, All the same, the reduction is notably fractional Specifically, days on Earth grow 1.4 milliseconds longer, Every one hundred years To put that in a different perspective, It won't be for another 100, 000 years until each day is about One-and-a-half seconds longer than as they exist today gtr1 D|---16~----------14~---------11~--------8~----------| A|--------13~----------10~---------8~--------7~------| E-|:-------------------------------------------------:| B-|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| gtr2 D|---------------------------------------------------| A|--13-----------11----------9-----------7-----------| E-|:-x------------x-----------x-----------x----------:| B-|--10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--6--6-6-6-6--4--4-4-4-4--| E|---------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------| [outro] D|---16~----------------------------| A|--------13~~~---------------------| E-|----------------------------------| B-|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| gtr2 D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------| B-|--10~~~-------------------------| E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|