Long Forgotten Road
An anthem for the youth climate movement
In the summer of 2019 three musicians came together and decided to write a song for the youth climate movement. They were inspired by the incredible actions of Fridays For Future and Youth Strike 4 Climate and felt the need to express their own frustrations at government inaction on the climate and ecological crisis…
Long Forgotten Road
The song is written by Ellie Wyatt (BAFTA winning songwriter and children’s TV composer) Scilla Hess (Swiss singer and performer) and Jonathan Owusu-Yianomah (London based music producer and West End singer)
Scilla says…
“My motivation to write this song came from the issues that are sadly affecting our world. I’m tired of observing how those with political, corporate and financial power benefit while so many people suffer and our natural world is destroyed. The climate crisis has become evident and the seasons have shifted. Being Swiss and a ski-lover I've noticed that winters are now dramatically shorter. While I was going up a ski-lift last year I decided that I couldn’t be silent and pretend everything is going to be ok anymore. I have a strong desire to take action and speak up about our climate issues through my music. We need to wake up, "pick up the pieces and put them back together" for us and especially for the future generations to get back on our Long Forgotten Road.”
The book they wrote is full of lies
They say right is wrong and wrong is right
So don’t believe the black and white
‘Coz everything is shades of grey
We’ve gotta learn from our mistakes…
In January 2020 Eco Action Families teamed up with the Extinction Rebellion film crew to make a music video featuring kids from Brighton in the studio and climate action footage from all over the world. The video will be released on September 18th, promoting the next day of Global Climate Action on September 25th and asking people to sign the international petition calling for ecocide law.
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We got to 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 we gotta
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 they 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 we gotta
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
©2020 Ellie Wyatt / Jonathan Owusu-Yianomah / Scilla Hess
Long Forgotten Road
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 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 say right is wrong and wrong is right
So don’t believe the black and white
Coz everything is shades of grey
We’ve gotta learn from our mistakes
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
Coz now we gotta gotta do what it takes
And learn from our mistakes
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