7th of November, 2015
Wherever I search, background information is eluding me, but it was considered a "world premiere" when she played it at TV2s "God Morgen Norge" in June 2017 (^38.2). Very strange. A search on YouTube reveals a lot of performances of this one in 2015/2016, so it's a mystery that it wasn't released on her first album (38.2).
"It's a song about feeling isolated" (^38.1)
I will now head for her next album. I found a story, written by Aurora and Oscar Adame at Warp Magazine. It makes a lovely transition from AMDGMAAF (38.3):
«The image that illustrates my first studio album is a moth. They are the sisters of the butterflies, they are brown, they do not have any hair and nobody likes them; that is why I love them and I collect them when I find them dead. I am fascinated by them because they fly at night, always looking for a place near the light. It is weird because they could do it during the day and not look for anything.
I am the moth of my cover, my wings say that I am close to death, but in reality I am finishing a process of change. I manage to open them and instead of looking for light, like any other moth, I go out in search of silence, a quiet place, a place away from noise and people. I realize that I could go anywhere and I would love it.
I end up searching in nature, in a freshwater lake. It’s been a long time since I saw any lake. There I pretend that I am walking on the water, dancing on it, it seems that I am doing it, but actually I am flying. That’s when a fish catches me, I become their food and I become a part of it.
Now I see the world with its eyes and the lake is the opposite of what it looked like when I was a moth. At that moment I saw it, I knew that I would die if I entered it. Now that I am a fish, I see outside of the lake and I know that I will die if I go out. I love being able to breathe underwater. I love the sea. I love the ocean. It’s like flying. I love swimming. I love being a fish. I am a fish with one eye.»
Sources
38.1 - Aurora Live off the Plate
38.2 - TV2 God Morgen Norge
38.3 - Warp Magazine
38 - Animal Soul on YouTube