Nature Music
my brother and i we had an early
introduction to the natural world
my mom’s a botanist and my earliest
memories revolve around
picnics um
vacations to the mountains and
collecting specimens
from parks and forests we grew up with a
lot of affinity towards the natural
world
and when i grew a bit older and when i
was studying architecture and open
ecology
came with it also a lot of distraught
a lot of feelings of hopelessness and
despair
stemming from the condition of our
cities stemming from the condition of
our planet
and the atrocities that we were posing
on the planet
whilst i was still in university i lost
my father to something called
interstitial lung disease
which is an irreversible fibrosis of the
lungs
i remember feeling so unanchored
and i remember asking myself how and
where he was and whether he was okay
and i remember writing myself a poem two
days before he left
reminding myself that i would always
find him
in myself and i would always find him
in the earth because his body was now
going back to the earth
this was a huge revelation for me in
many different spheres of my life
until now i was thinking we have to work
with nature
we have to in some ways save nature
but this was an experience that had me
realized that we were nature
we weren’t separate from her and that
the boundaries that we have created
between ourselves and between plants and
other creatures are the living beings
are all created by ourselves
i also came to realize that i had a tool
i had a voice that i could use to take a
profound experience such as the loss of
my father
and turn it into something meaningful
and beautiful
to share with myself to bring solace to
myself
and those around me this was the first
song i wrote and it’s called daddy’s
little girl
i will find him in the old books from
the column
i will find him in my mother’s
eyes i
will find him sitting on the terrace so
can the sun i will find him
catching me and never
[Music]
always be
[Music]
daddy’s little girl
i will find him in the sunlight
peeking through my window i will fight
him
every cricket season
i will find him when i look up into
the night sky i will find him
catch a mate and
[Applause]
[Music]
miss cause you always
be daddy’s little girl
[Applause]
you always be
daddy’s little girl
i will find my soul
in my
[Music]
[Music]
is
[Applause]
[Music]
daddy’s little girl
[Applause]
after university i went on to work in
conservation
and i have learned that our actions are
causing severe disturbances
to the mountains to rivers to forests to
oceans
to all living creatures that walk swim
and fly on the earth
life as we know it is shrinking and
these precious resources
have taken millions of years to evolve
once lost
they would be lost forever we need to
come together and stand
beside her now she
is resilient the earth she will survive
but not us neither life as we know it
and this song is dedicated to her
have you ever seen the wind
i never saw her my friend
is she real what you know
i asked the trees for when she
flows the trees
they bow down their heads the trees they
bow
down their heads the trees they bow
down their heads the trees they bow
down their heads
do you know why we seem
to be alive eternally
they say the mountains keep the secrets
as
[Music]
in
[Music]
[Music]
so
whilst we strive to venture into
outer space she slowly
slips
[Music]
she slowly slips away
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
oh
[Music]