Undone
Ólafur Arnalds * Track #10 On some kind of peace
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‘Undone’ is the closing track of ‘some kind of peace’. The songs starts off with a voice excerpt from the late folk singer Lhasa de Sela, which is itself an outtake from a fragment (transcribed in its entirety here and included as an intro to the song here) in which she explains the inspiration behi...
Undone Lyrics
[Interlude: Lhasa de Sela]
As we get bigger and bigger
The distance between ourselves
And that other outside world
Becomes smaller and smaller
And this world that we are inside
Which seems so huge in the beginning
And so infinitely welcoming
Has become very uncomfortable
And we are obliged to be born
And my father says that
Birth is so chaotic and violent
That he's sure that the moment of birth
We're all thinking
"This is it, this is death
This is the end of my life"
And then we're born
And it's a surprise 'cause its just the beginning
Undone Q&A
Who wrote Undone's ?
Undone was written by Ólafur Arnalds.
Who produced Undone's ?
Undone was produced by Ólafur Arnalds.
When did Ólafur Arnalds release Undone?
Ólafur Arnalds released Undone on Fri Nov 06 2020.
What did Ólafur Arnalds say about "Undone"?
The text you can hear, spoken by the late folk singer Lhasa de Sela, is more hopeful than sad. It’s about thinking that we’re about to die, but in reality we’re being born again. It’s a metaphor for the transitions and struggles we go through. They often feel like they won’t end, and they often feel...