"Some Type Of Skin" by Aurora

Aurora sings the big, anthemic "Some Type Of Skin" in which she realizes she must build a way to protect herself. As someone who lives life on the verge of tears because, well *looks all around at the whole world, pointing to it all*, I too often need some extra skin so the storms and stress can't penetrate. Or at least can't get as far in. Because, MY GOD IT'S A LOT.

Hit me hard where I am soft
Should my heart reveal itself to be
More than a muscle
Or a fist covered in blood
However much it feels to bleed
It's only temporary
We're good people and we both deserve peace
(Peace)

My God! It's a lot
(I build some type of skin)
(I've got to build some type of skin)
My God! It's a lot
(I build some type of skin)
(I've got to build some type of skin)

I guess I should build some type of skin
And let breath bе air
And love the things I know might disappear
And thе last light of the sun (Sun)
I let it slow me down
I'll crawl where everybody runs
We're good people
And we deserve peace
It's difficult, it seems

My God! It's a lot
(I build some type of skin)
(I've got to build some type of skin)
My God! It's a lot
(I build some type of skin)
My God!
(I've got to build some type of skin)
My God! It's a lot
(I build some type of skin)
(I've got to build some type of skin)
It's a lot
It's a lot
My God! It's a lot
It's a lot, a lot to me
To me

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"Daydreamer" by Aurora

Aurora sings "Daydream" at the right time.

When we weary, when we despair, when we can no longer take the ugliness they make, we sleep and retreat to our night dreams. But a day is coming where we will once again daydream, that is: make the dreams and goals and successes currently denied to us into reality.

White, silicon eyes, watching storms, sitting quiet
Reading books in the heat of city lights
Bored, everyone's bored
When I'm restless, put me under the night life stars
And I will feel grounded
I know I'm just a girl
But can I change lives?
If I am nothing, if I am trying, I think I can
I step on broken glass, and dream of soft clouds
When feelings are heavy they become all we are
And we become night time dreamers
And street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
In real life
The quiet lust belongs to all of us
And drives us closer into the madness
Of the world, of a girl
(And it suits me just fine)
'Cause everyone dies, and nobody loves
And somebody dies right now
I hear the quiet, sweet music that no one sings
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers and small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
In real life
All I ever know is what I dream about when I'm sober
Never turn away from love
Before the love, you have me sober
All I ever know is what I dream about when I'm sober
Never turn away from love
Before the love, you have me sober
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Then we become night time dreamers
Street walkers and small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
(Nothing can die while we are here)
When we should be daydreamers
(Nothing can die while, nothing can die)
Daydreamers

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"Home" by Icarus feat. Aurora - Lane 8 Remix

I am hooked on this song "Home" by Icarus with Aurora on vocals, remixed by Lane 8.

And I go home again, it's time
And I go home again, it's time
And I go home again, it's time
I'm going home again, it's time

Such simple lyrics, seemingly without meaning. But in actuality, I find the concept incredibly profound. In poetry, we are always looking for compact ways to express large thoughts. Poetry is emotional shorthand. It is a signifier, a sign post for something too big for our hearts or minds to hold at once. A lot of art plays this role for us, including film, painting, sculpture, and dance. Literature does this to an extent but the structure of literature allows for the luxury of explaining large concepts at length and does not really need to be a signifier as it can end up being the signified. But the brevity of poetry--good poetry--allows for the processing of enormous concepts. And for this song, Icarus and Aurora are singing about going home. Indeed it is the only line in this repetitive song. But why would anyone sing about a subject so mundane and ordinary as "going home?" Unless of course the simple act of going home carries more weight than just getting in your car or on the subway to go back to where you live, where you "have your stuff." Going home here possibly signifies a return to comfort, to care, to love, where we all experienced a feeling of nurturing...and if you did not have that experience, firstly, I am sorry, but secondly, this signifies a place in your heart where it is still possible to be nurtured in that primal, unconditional way. A way that you still long for and need, whether you know and admit it or not. But there is of course another level of meaning. And it is to this one that I respond the strongest. Despite the electronic dance beat of this song, the sense is absolutely laden with emotion, in a minor key, with a dramatic, serious bass line. The mournful tune and Aurora's otherworldy harmonized vocal treatment back up this epic idea...the sound is grand, transcendent...going home...a return and all that entails, a rest and all that entails...a final rest. Going home as a return to a point of origin, coming full circle, making a full cycle from start to finish. It's time. What do you think this could be referring to? When is it time? Use your imagination. Listen to this song with that idea in mind. Listen to Aurora plaintively singing these words.

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"Queendom" by Aurora

Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora has revealed her soaring, anthemic "Queendom" with truly glorious, tender lyrcis.

She says of the song, "Queendom is about celebrating all the differences in us. It’s about celebrating the women and the children and animals and the men also. The quiet ones and the introverts, where they can sing and be seen. It’s about the shy people and the lonely people and I hope it can be a place where we can come and be lonely together and then not be lonely anymore. Queendom is a place for all of us."

The underdogs are my lions
The silent ones are my choir
The women will be my soldiers
With the weight of life on their shoulders

Drink until you’ve had enough
I’ll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb

'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
Our queendom come

The sea waves are my evening gown
And the sun on my head is my crown
I made this queendom on my own
And all the mountains are my throne

Drink until you’ve had enough
I’ll drink from your hands
I will be your warrior
I will be your lamb

'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
Our queendom come

I hunt the grounds for empathy
And hate the way it hides from me
Of care and thirst I have become
You have a home in my queendom
You have a home in my queendom
You have a place in my queendom
You have a home...

'Til queendom come
'Til queendom come
My queendom come
My queendom come

http://www.aurora-music.com/

Aurora on Jupiter

NASA's Juno probe is finally in orbit around Jupiter!
And just a few days ago, NASA posted to their Instagram feed this video of auroras over Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Amazing...

Bright auroras on Jupiter! This composite video illustrates the auroras on Jupiter relative to their position on the giant planet. As on Earth, auroras are produced by the interaction of a planet's magnetic field with its atmosphere. The Jupiter auroras observed by our Hubble Space Telescope are some of the most active and brightest ever caught by Hubble, reaching intensities over a thousand times brighter than those seen on Earth. Hubble's sensitivity to ultraviolet light captures the glow of the auroras above Jupiter's cloud top. Fourth of July, our solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. In the evening of July 4, Juno will perform a suspenseful orbit insertion maneuver. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 km) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields. Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Nichols (University of Leicester), and G. Bacon (STScI) #nasa #space #hubble #hst #astronomy #jupiter #juno #science #planet #nasabeyond #solarsystem

A video posted by NASA (@nasa) on Jul 2, 2016 at 10:09am PDT

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