A song to set you free
When your mind is in a zoo, here’s a song to set you free. Our chaotic cities imprison us in cages disguised as cubicles, classrooms, cars, and captive screens. The web was meant to open the world for us, but even our phones have locked our attention into a small box. Is there a better way to live our life?
Only when you realize you are in a cage can you learn how to escape. Here’s a song to set you free. Keep this song with you as a memory. Whenever you hear it, you’ll remember. It’s time to free yourself.
Living In A Zoo: Lion Song
🦁 Please share this song. Let’s open a few cages and get people back into nature.
(Song link given below. Download for free or pay what suits you.)
Living in a city can be rough. If your head or heart is feeling trapped, you can always come home to the forest. There are many amazing gifts waiting for you to discover. Start your adventure with this article on the Japanese art of creating health and happiness with nature: FOREST BATHING
Also try our set of 10 magical walks to learn life’s most useful skills: Nature Play
Healing Forest Band:
Music connects cultures, but can it connect different worlds? I have used AI to create a music band with one animal from each continent (the penguins are still deciding.) The songs by Healing Forest band remind us to come back to the natural world, even if it is for a short while. We need nature in our lives.
Our forests need us too. Please download the song video and share it far and wide. Add this video to your social media presence and make a small difference. Feel free to use it as you please. (*A link back to our site would be deeply appreciated.)
WHY IS THIS USEFUL: Social media is filled with junk content, but when you create something meaningful they ask you to pay to promote it. This video was made to enable like-minded friends like you to add a little nature call into the digital world. Use it to remind people that there’s a wilder, freer world waiting just outside the cage.
Lyrics:
We are living in a zoo
there’s an animal in me
there’s an animal in you
but we’re living in a zoo
trapped in a cage
money is our food
and our rent is due
everything is planned
we’re told what to do
always chasing something new
they don’t leave a clue
but somewhere, somehow
there’s a feeling in you
we’re living in a zoo
there’s an animal in me
there’s an animal in you
and we’re living in a zoo
short is life
seasons are few
the forest’s lonely too
switch off the screen
it’s time for a coup
will you break through
there’s a lot to chew
but it’s easy to escape
only if you knew
we’re living in a zoo
there’s an animal in me.
there’s an animal in you.
but we’re living in a zoo.
~ Lyrics by
ND | healingforest.org
Making of Lion Song
Lion song, was shot in Singapore. The name Singapore originates from the Malay word “Singapura” which translates as Lion City. The official mascot for Singapore is the Merlion, a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Singapore is a beautiful, eco conscious place and is also known as the garden city. *This song is a reflection on the state of our human race and not an indicator of any particular country.
The birds and animals in the video are from Mandai Zoo and S.E.A Aquarium in Singapore. It features some extremely rare and endangered species. Some of the notable ones are: white cheeked gibbon, nicobar pigeon, and sea dragon. How many others can you spot?
The band members, and the hero our Lion song – Merlin (son of Merlion) were generated using Midjourney, KlingAI, and Runway ML. We used Suno to generate the song tune and it was put together using Davinci Resolve. Ai is enabling us to give a voice to these amazing wild creatures. Helping us tell uniques stories that can bring people back to nature.
Our small ‘Healing Forest’ band is getting ready to release more songs in the coming months. Leave a comment to let us know which topic you’d like us to make our next song on.
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