No, the sky's not falling. But there are people in high places who know that if you can make people believe it is, you can get them to pay you to build them and to lock them into them. And keep their attention off other matters.

That ballade of mine - I tried singing it just now, and the tune came out somewhere in between The Parting Glass and Boolavogue. Either would do if anyone feels like giving it a go. (And right enough, Amos - once you've got a good line like that to work to, the rest is carpentry.)