From the recording New Singles
An anthem for the youth climate movements such as Fridays For Future,
Extinction Rebellion, Eco Action Families, Youth4Climate, 35O.org and the Shawn Mendes Foundation, promoting the next day of Global Climate Action on September 25th and asking people to sign the international petition calling for ecocide law.
Song written by:
Scilla Hess, singer/songwriter and swiss eurovision finalist, Ellie Wyatt, BAFTA winning songwriter and children's TV composer and Jonathan Owes-Yianomah, London based music producer and West End singer.
Lyrics
Welcome to the world
Every boy, every girl
This is your life your big adventure
and your ticket is free
they send you to school
they’re gonna teach you the rules
you’ll find out things are not quite what they seem
take it from me
the book they wrote is full of lies
they says right is wrong and wrong is right
so don’t believe the black and white
cuz everything is shades of grey
we got to learn from our mistakes
Chorus:
We got to pick up the pieces
put them back together
it’s down to us
if we wanna make it better
And try to find our long forgotten road
pick up the pieces
put them back together
it’s down to us
if we wanna make it better
I’ll see you on the long forgotten road
Welcome to the plan
Every woman, every man
They tell you there’s no price tag on your life
they’ll have you believe
That you have a voice
You think that you have a choice
Meanwhile they sell our future for a dollar,
to a den of thieves
We’re all under the same skies
they got no answers to all our whys
We speak the truth to all their lies
Now we gotta gotta do what it takes
And learn from our mistakes
Chorus:
We got to pick up the pieces
put them back together
it’s down to us
if we wanna make it better
And try to find our long forgotten road
pick up the pieces
put them back together
it’s down to us
if we wanna make it better
I’ll see you on the long forgotten road
Woah
If we wanna
Woah
Then we gotta
try to find our long forgotten road
Woah
If we wanna
Woah
then I’m gonna
see you on the long forgotten road
now we’re writing the book
we’re not frightened to look
see it with our eyes wide open
we’re making our own rules
Now we’re taking control
old ways gotta go
see it with our eyes wide open
we’re making our own rules
We’re making our own rules
We’re making our own rules
Pick up the pieces
Put them back together
It’s down to us
If we wanna make it better
I’ll see you on the long forgotten road
Woah
If we wanna
Woah
Then we gotta
try to find our long forgotten road
Woah
If we wanna
Woah
then I’m gonna
see you on the long forgotten road
Gotta gotta do what it takes
And learn from our mistakes
Gotta gotta do what it takes
And learn from our mistakes