Where I live, deep in the countryside, the roads are empty of cars. There are no planes in the sky. It is perfectly silent.
I spend all day at home with my children, and when I leave the house once a day I see nobody else on the footpath.
We are sealed off from the rest of the world with the sunshine and the apple blossom.
On the surface, we are living in paradise. But we are only here because we are in the midst of a global crisis that is killing thousands of people every day. Holding those two ideas in your head at the same time is exhausting and disorienting. And this song is the best way I know to express that.
Lyrics:
We are forced to live
In Paradise
The four of us
Don't go outside
We play games and build and climb
And the sun shines
When your car's not racing
There's less blur at this pace, and
How clear I see your faces
I am the threat that you see through
I am the heat
you don't feel
Till I'm under you
We are forced to live
In Paradise
The four of us
Meanwhile outside
They put their face against the fire
Day after night
If you hear me complaining
About cancelled trips on planes, then
Show me where I'm failing
I am the threat that you see through
I am the heat
You don't feel
Till I'm under you
