Alvar Lyrics
I felt it come, a blade of autumn alive
The amber shapes of sunset dance on the wall
I step outsidno boat, no sign of you there
In the endlessness, two worlds looking back at me now
[Refrain]
Oh, I've never seen the winter lights on the lake
[Verse 2]
I want to swim your silk-black skin to the floor
On lava moons, a song of hooves playing loud
The day you came, they took your name, they renounced
Took your right, your life, your heart can't wait forever
[Refrain]
Oh, I've never seen the winter lights on the lake
Oh, I've never seen the winter lights on the lake
[Verse 3]
I want to swim your silk-black skin to the floor
On lava moons a song of hooves playing
[Non-Lyrical Outro]
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In an interview with MusicOHM, Alison Goldfrapp broke down the song’s inspiration:
‘Alvar’ was inspired by a trip to Iceland that I took and my obsession with water and lakes and myths and legends, and also the story of Philomena Lee, which is a story about a mother who is forced to give away her child to a convent. The son and the mother ended up searching for each other for years and years, and the son constantly went back to the convent to get information from the nuns, but they refused to give him any information, though they knew everything. He actually died and asked to be buried in the graveyard of that convent so that, if ever the mother managed to find him, she’d know where he was. It’s just… oh my god. It was this combination of this trip to Iceland and reading this story and they all got merged with these ideas of myths. Hence: Alvar.”
