Impossible Jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Your eyesight gets worse

As the world gets bigger

You're striving to adapt

But the chances get slimmer

Viewing the world through improbable eyes

The lens of competition cuts you down to size

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

More than a quarter of all Earth's species

Are threatened with extinction

In 2019 we lost the Cryptic Treehunter, the Chinese Paddlefish, and the Golden Toad

Collectively they reached the end of the road

It's harder than you think

Not to become extinct

The last sighting of a Yangtze r

Rver dolphin 2002

They're burning the forest

For fuel and cropping

Our balanced habitat is sizzling and popping

There's no camouflage as the trees get thinner

Nowhere to hide as I hunt my dinner

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

In man's industrial age

Between 250 and 500 thousand

Insect species became extinct

Each occupied its own unique

Niche in life on Earth

A vital part of life's rich tapestry

It's harder than you think

Not to become extinct

Now the food chain above me like

The food chain below me

Is all out of sync

Temperatures soar as the drought gets longer

I'm choking with thirst

As the dust blows stronger

The world is changing at impossible pace

My DNA can't keep up with the human race

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Impossible jump, impossible jump

Each year, 15 billion trees are felled

Due to human activity

That's a forest the size of a football

Pitch each and every second.

You deforested my family tree

Left to whither by humanity

It's harder than you think

Not to become extinct

The last Pyrenean Ibex checked

Out in the year 2000

Each year, 15 billion trees

Are felled due to human activity

That's a forest the size of a football

Pitch each and every second.

You deforested my family tree

Left to whither by humanity