NATURAL WORLD (for the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough)

A song to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, May 8th 2026, inspired by 'A Life on Our Planet. My Witness Statement' By Sir David Attenborough (2020). Lyrics: OPENING: One hundred years; we’ve seen our life on earth through your eyes Witnessed the beauty our world holds and hides VERSE: What we’ve seen through all the scenes you’ve shown Is that this blue planet isn’t ours alone From the coral reefs to forest canopies There’s a treasury, a precious harmony BRIDGE: We are a part of the natural world We are not separate from nature We all depend on the natural world We are not separate from nature The truth is, it’s up to us, Our fragile earth is in danger CHORUS: But there still is time If we act now We can put it right If we act now VERSE 2: From the endless plains up to the frozen poles Our story still unfolds: it connects us all But as the balance shifts As systems come adrift We must reset the clock: We must re-wild the world BRIDGE: We are a part of the natural world We are not separate from nature We all depend on the natural world We are not separate from nature The truth is, it’s up to us: Our fragile earth is in danger CHORUS: But there still is time If we act now We can put it right If we act now The world’s not ours to own It’s ours to share or lose And we must make a choice While there’s a choice to make SLOWER: What we do over the next five years Will set the course for a thousand more If we reset the clock If we re-wild this world Then our children’s earth Will have been worth it all We are a part of the natural world We are not separate from nature We all depend on the natural world We are not separate from nature. Words and music by Pete M. Wyer. Featuring: Chromatix A Capella, Madison, Wisconsin London Climate Choir Wing-It Singers, London Cecil Sharp House Choir, London Bella Mammas, St Briavels, Wye Valley Forest of Dean Climate Choir Kangaroo Choir, UK Kingfisher Choir, UK Sing for Joy, UK St. Briavels People’s Choir, UK Wye Valley Singing Group Loten Namling, Bern, Switzerland Sing Eazy, East Dulwich Kentucky Climate Choir Crystal Palace Community Choir Antoa Senior High School, Kumasi, Ghana Animato Children’s Choir, Evesham Evesham Vale Connection Choir Free We Grow, London Bristol Climate Choir, UK Llandogo Primary School, Wales The Harveys, Venice Tess and the D’Urbervilles, Devon Vale Connections, Evesham, UK Singing for the Brain Group, Putney, London Plymouth Climate Choir, UK Portsmouth Climate Choir, UK Queens College Vocal Ensemble, New York Institute Collective, Margate. UK Rebel Botanists, Plymouth, UK Hounslow Seniors, West London Phoebe and Sophie, North London Joycelyn Acheampong, Ghana St John Paul Sabbatical Centre Choir, Nairobi, Kenya Madame Gandhi, Colombia Neet & Yasmin, Dulwich, London For Future’s Sake, New Zealand Dancer: Ivan Appiah, Ghana Valencia Voices, Spain Tibet Community in Britain Zimbabwe Climate Choir and Malibongwe School Pitchface Choir, Melbourne, Australia Special Thanks to: Kai Honey Kim Price Melanie Mackintosh Earth Percent Make Music Day Climate Choir Movement Brian Eno Pete Townshend Joe Townshend Matt Black Jan Woolf Atul K. Shah Hard Arts Collective Tom Birkett Alison Chavez Aaron Friedman The Linnean Society of London Sydenham Tennis Club Bill Hoffman Lord Barwuah Oheneba Jessamy James Holly Bestley David Ingram Martin Cottom Sathari Kam Cecil Sharp House Choir Lord Barwuah Oheneba Syan Vallance Kate Saunders Xanthe Vaughan-Williams Fourth Day PR, London Vicious Kid PR, New York Celia Qu Editor Conceived and Composed by Pete M. Wyer Words inspired by ‘A Life on Our Planet. My Witness Statement’ by Sir David Attenborough