Analysis of AURORA's "In Bottles" song

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18.05.2024

It is weird that I seem to have this memory of writing about this particular song by the Norwegian female singer, AURORA. Either I typed it and it was deleted by someone or I never typed it at all. It is also weird because out of all her songs, this particular song, I have a past connection to because in my teens and early adulthood, I was heavily into Anne Rice's Vampire chronicles. I'm not anymore.

"In Bottles" starts with background forceful expirations and inspirations through the mouth, like an animal in heat.

Then it progresses to heavy rhythmic beats which simulate a beating human heart along with a chorus of male choirs humming in a Graegorian-like manner.

It's a polarity between instinctual blood lust(heat) and the redemptive belief(Gregorian) of an entity.

"I put my tears in bottles, incase if I need them later"

A Vampire does not cry tears. It cries blood. Hence, "I store it in bottles incase I might need them later to survive".

This particular Vampire is female(explained later-on). She objectifies her pain and suffering and sadness as an object that can be collected and treasured.

"You never know, you never know"

You never know what might happen in the future. This vampire believes in being ready for any misfortune. She's a planner. She prepares. She follows steps.

"And if I get thirsty, will they make me sad..... forever? Forever...."

Since they are blood tears of sadness, if I drink them to survive, will they make me sad forever?

"Oh. Cover your eyes. Cover your eyes...... Hide me inside... under your spine.....oh hoh hoh hoh"

The vampiress tells her lover, "Cover your eyes". I don't want you to see or know what I do to survive. "Hide me inside your spine". The spine is the seat of guts and bravery. I am your bravery. I am the gutsy side of you.

The spine is also an erogenous zone. Anne Rice's Vampires are erotic creatures. They bask in the pleasure of sensory experiences like contouring the bulges of a spine without taking part in sex. They can't have sex.(refer to Anne Rice's lore)

The other part of "hide me under your spine" is an instinctual residence of vitality when a human is torn apart by bestial brutality. Hence, this line also hints at the vicious nature of the vampiress. The marrow is meant to be sucked dry. That is the last savoured sensation of feasting on a human. "Under your spine".

"I will kindly watch you sleep... I find-out that your eyes are open."

I watch you kindly when you sleep and then I find-out that you're pretending to sleep. Self-explanatory.

"I hide all the pieces that you never would've liked, if you knew about them.... So I hide.. my children"

I have done and do things that you wouldn't like and I hide them from you because they would lead you to knowing about my children, my fledglings. This vampiress has sired other children beyond her lover. In Anne Rice's world, fledglings(new vampires of the same progenitor) usually know about each other. But this vampiress has secretly sired children. Outside of this mix between metaphor and reality, I believe she is hinting about her fans at "Warriors and Weirdos". The easiest explanation for "doing things" is probably financial.

"Oh, cover your eyes. Cover your eyes. Hide me inside. Under your spine. Under your spine. Oh hoh ho ho. x(repeated)"

Background: I watch you sleep wide open eyes x3

Repeat chorus

"Down your spine x4 Oh ho ho ho... Under your spine..."

This ending part shows a bit of anger, exasperation with her lover as she considers him to have very little spine.

Song closes with male chorus humming in a Gregorian way which is about redemption.

Redemption is the last sentence especially since the last note is uplifting, i.e, succeeding.

Further notes:

1. One of the Album Art is a blue coloured humanoid with his veins and arteries running throughout the body with runes enclosing the periphery. This hints of the supernatural.

2. The beat of the sound is both techno and rock mixed. It hints about their first contact. Likely a nightclub that played techno music.

3. Aurora is not a submissive angelic female. The moment I heard this song, I understood this over 3 or 4 years back. She does have an angelic voice and she is extremely talented and artistic.

4. This style of hers in this particular song was partially seen in her unreleased song, "Architect" about which I have written about elsewhere. Hence, In Bottles, is a rare anomaly diverging from her usual style.

5. The whole feel of the song screams vampire and counter-culture, gothic, etc. I'm not sure how popular this is with the new generation but the older generation who knows about Anne Rice will feel connected to this song.

6. This last point has no logical basis, but my intuition tells me, she met this particular lover during the time of "Queen of the Damned" with Akasha, i.e, somewhere near 2002. There is also a very high probability that Aurora sees herself as Akasha. The notes used in this song also gives a middle-eastern exotic feel to the entire song.

7. I would not be surprised if this lover in real life is a girl.