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