Terandara
Mild Orange Lyrics

The opening verse of Mild Orange's song "Terandara" speaks to the passing of time and the presence of rain. The "many moons" that cross the singer's sky imply a sense of distance, a great expanse of time that has passed – or perhaps the seemingly endless cycle of days and nights. Against this backdrop, the rain feels like a constant, a reminder of the changing seasons and the ebb and flow of life. As the forces lie on bays that are painted grey, we get the sense of something stagnant, something lifeless. There is a tension between the expansive sky and the stagnant bays, a sense that time moves on even as certain things remain stuck.

The repetition of this verse throughout the song adds to this feeling, as though the singer is caught in time, as though they are looking out at the same sky over and over again. There is a sense of resignation in the way the singer invites us to "feel today," as though they are content simply to observe, to experience the world around them in all its beauty and stagnation. And yet, even in this resignation, there is a sense of something hopeful, something that urges us to keep going, to keep moving forward even in the face of stagnation.