I Had A Dream
It was quite boring, yeah, but I think the teachers liked it...
No we wouldn't lift a finger for the lost ones
We wouldn't give money to the poor
Our happiness has come in shape of gold
And we forget what's truly worth living for(Aurora - I Had A Dream)
12th of June 2012
Aurora was only six years old when she found her older sister's electric piano in her attics. It had some issues with the power button, so she sometimes had to play one-handed, while holding the button down (^1.1)
Her interest piqued, she started to dig out known tunes and songs by herself, thrilled and driven by the emotions coming forth. Rumors among the Warriors and Weirdos (Facebook group) has it that she by the age of nine had even learned to play Beethovens "Moonlight Sonata" by listening and searching. I haven't been able to confirm this, but it would not come as a surprise if it's true (^1.2)
Playing with the keys, she also composed melodies of her own during these first years. As a nine year old girl she startet writing lyrics, and during the next six years she had written 32 complete songs - and still had many song ideas not complete or not yet written down (^1.3)
According to an interview with the Sun newspaper in December 2015, "I Had A Dream" was the first one she wrote. It was inspired by a "drunk man sleeping in the streets". The song spins around conflicts, materialism and the sad fact that we as humans choose to ignore the darker, difficult sides of living (^1.4). This is probably incorrect - I will address the story of her first song later, because there is a lot of confusion around this topic.
She performed this song at her 10th grade graduation party, playing guitar. This was the first time she ever was on a stage. After she got some acclaim through "Puppet" (2012), a friend posted a videosnippet of this performance on Facebook and uploaded the whole song on Soundcloud (^1.5 and ^1.6)
I had my first performance at school. It was the last day of school... Goodbye in tenth grade and I was... That was not fun... I didn't like it... it was me and a guitar. I didn't know why I was playing guitar cuz I can't really play guitar, but as you know my heroes... I guess I wanted to play guitar like them - and and it was a song called "I Had A Dream", which is about me dreaming about horrible things we realize is actually happening... Guess it's not really a dream... Well, it was really long. 90 minutes long without a chorus, so I don't think the kids liked it that much. It was quite boring, yeah, but I think the teachers liked it... (1.7)
This is the small beginnings of her story. A story I intend to take you through - song by song.
Stay tuned!
Sources
1.1 - TV Troupes
1.2 - Warriors and Weirdos on Facebook
1.3 - Midtsiden
1.4 - Songfacts.com
1.5 - YouTube: I Had A Dream
Thank you for sharing 🥰