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ird On A Wire’ was written write a song was something new for
‘Bas a reaction to the atroci- Claire. She tells us, “I’ve never,
ties that humankind is capable of. being totally frank about it, been
After watching the news one morn- somebody who has ever written any-
ing, and feeling appalled at every- thing particularly political or spoken
thing reported on, Claire felt the very much about it. I was very much
need to put pen to paper. She says raised to be one of those people,
that the news showed everything that… what’s the saying? ‘You can
going on in the world, such as wars, talk about anything except for reli-
mass murders, school shootings, gion and politics.’ I was very much
climate change, animal cruelty and like… I wouldn’t say I believe that,
human cruelty – and “how so often but I lived my life by it a little bit, and
we just look the other way and keep yeah, I guess this song is kind of my
going about our business as if we realisation that that’s not really good
don’t even notice our world is on fire enough. But it’s a very new, sort of…
around us.” Claire tells us, “I feel like well, I don’t even know if I’d say it
I’m constantly wondering how I can was new, it’s not new… every time I
do more in my personal position, but watch the news, I’m shocked by
feeling completely lost as to where everything that’s going on, but I
to begin.” think it’s the first time that I’ve been
Being inspired by the news to properly ashamed of my hand in it,

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