Heather Nova, born Heather Allison Frith, (Bermuda; July 6, 1967) is a sing… Read Full Bio ↴Heather Nova, born Heather Allison Frith, (Bermuda; July 6, 1967) is a singer-songwriter and poet.

Heather Nova is the Bermudian Songwriter who grew up on a boat in the Caribbean and went on to sell over 2 million albums in her 15 year career to date. She has released seven albums and has opened for artists like Van Morrison and Neil Young as well as performed with artists like Sarah McLachlan. She has also had hit records with co-writes featuring artists like ATB (Renegade), and Eskobar (Someone New).Her brother is the Reggae singer Mishka.

By the end of the 1980s, after leaving RISD, Heather moved briefly to New York City (where she unsuccessfully tried to interest some major labels in a demo including Columbia , who rejected her, only to sign her five years later ), before moving to London, England. She has British citizenship due to her Bermudan origin. In 1990, she released her first recording, an EP called 'Heather Frith' — she had not yet changed her name by then. The name change came a year or so later after several gigs in the Netherlands, where, after finding out that the Dutch have trouble pronouncing "Frith," she chose a name that would be easily pronounceable in every European language, "Nova," her Canadian mother's maiden name.

The new name debuted in 1993 with her second EP 'Spirit in You' and her first full album, 'Glow Stars'. The success of the album led her to record and release her first live album, 'Blow', the same year, which she supported by a tour of Europe. A year later in 1994 she released what many consider to be her finest work to date, the emotional yet jagged album 'Oyster', for which she toured for almost two years. Another live album, 'Live from the Milky Way', was released in 1995, and after its release she toured for nearly three years straight, twice joining Sarah McLachlan and others on the North American Lilith Fair, which is a music festival with only female performers. Heather is also a frequent performer at European music festivals such as Roskilde.

In 1998, the long-awaited follow up to 'Oyster' was released. After the release of 'Siren', Heather took a break while various television show and film soundtracks licensed some of her songs and her record company (Sony Records/The WORK Group) released various singles from the album, which received only moderate play on America's MTV2, Europe's MTV and Canada's MuchMusic and on mainstream radio, although she was popular on college radio. Also during this time, she recorded a version of the often covered Billie Holiday song, 'Gloomy Sunday', for the German WWII drama Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod. In 2000, she released yet another live album, called 'Wonderlust'.

Over the years, Heather has written and recorded over a hundred songs, so that her albums are selected from work that has often already been performed live, rather than being conceived during rushed songwriting sessions. Half the songs on 'Siren' had been written during the 'Oyster' sessions and were frequently played live prior to being committed to a studio session, and most of the songs for 2001's 'South' were written between 1999 and 2000 while she was on hiatus from touring. With the release of 'South', she returned to the international spotlight with an appearance on the soundtrack of the John Cusack movie "Serendipity", a couple of music videos, and a collaboration with Swedish band Eskobar, for a song called "Someone New", also released as a video, which proved so popular that it was played primarily on America's MTV, not just MTV2 (which is normally reserved for less-popular songs). 'Storm', Heather's fifth studio album, was released in late 2003 on Big Cat Records, as was 'Redbird', released in 2005.

In 2002, she self-published 'the sorrowjoy', a 72-page book of her poetry and drawings. An album of the same name was released in March 2006, which featured Nova reading the poems from her book set to ambient music. The album has only been available for purchase at concerts beginning with the Intimate Evening tour, from the fan-run websites, HeatherNova.Net and HeatherNova.De, and from the official website, www.heathernova.com.

The album Storm was released in 2003. It was a more refined album, using Mercury Rev as Heather's backing band. The album was Top 5 in Germany and Top 10 across Europe. It was an album of dark ballads, marking a step away from the polished sound of South. It was also Heather's first release on her own record label, Saltwater Records. Despite being pregnant, she toured hard with a new line up and band, before returning home to Bermuda. (A live DVD was made of these concerts (live at the Union Chapel)

Aquamarine
Heather Nova Lyrics

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Aquamarine
All that glitters lies beneath
Deep blue,
Shallow green
I won't let it go

Aquamarine
You're my sexy little daydream

Deep blue,
Shallow green
I don't make it sound

Now there's a dream
Aquamarine
Send it up into the gulf stream
Deep blue,
shallow green
I won't let it go
Now there's a dream

Now there's a dream
Aquamarine

Overall Meaning

Heather Nova's song Aquamarine is a song that celebrates the idea of holding on to one's dreams and deepest desires, despite the obstacles in the path. The lyrics refer to the deep blue and shallow green hues of the sea, and how everything that glitters lies beneath the surface. The singer declares that she will not let go of her dreams, represented by the aquamarine color, as it is her sexy little daydream. The reference to the gulf stream implies that the dream is in motion, and the singer will do everything in her power to make it a reality. The repetition of the line "now there's a dream" emphasizes the idea of hope and possibility, and that the dream is within reach.

Line by Line Meaning

Aquamarine
The singer is referring to a shade of blue-green color that reminds her of the sea.

All that glitters lies beneath
The beauty of the ocean is deceptive, what lies beneath the surface is hidden and not easily seen.

Deep blue, Shallow green
The colors of the sea that the singer is describing as Aquamarine.

I won't let it go
The singer is determined to hold on to the beauty of the sea and keep it with her.

You're my sexy little daydream
The singer is referencing the ocean and how it is her fantasy or dream.

I don't make it sound
The singer is saying that she doesn't talk about her love for the ocean, but keeps it inside her heart.

Now there's a dream
The singer is referring to her love and obsession for the ocean as a dream.

Send it up into the gulf stream
The singer wishes to send her love for the ocean, like a dream, into the gulf stream.

Now there's a dream
Reiteration of the fact that the singer's love for the ocean is like a dream.

Now there's a dream
Final repetition of the singer's love for the ocean as a dream.

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Alexander David Puttnam, Christopher John Mellor, Heather Allison Frith

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