Aurora Borealis
Nineteen Forty-Five Lyrics

I still recall bending to the dashboard and we saw the northern lights as far south as Alabama
I remember looking down towards the car dashboard and seeing the aurora borealis, an unusual sight, even in southern states like Alabama.

My cigarettes keep burning towards her lips and for the moment I forget that I'm even on the road
I am so focused on the person I am with, watching as they smoke a cigarette, that I momentarily forget about the physical surroundings and the fact that we are driving.

Inside of everything is someplace I've got to go
I feel compelled to seek a deeper understanding or a purpose beyond the surface level of my experiences and surroundings.

It leaves me hypnotized by the way I seem to leave everyone I ever know
My search for meaning and deeper understanding can make me feel isolated from others, as though I am constantly moving away from them in pursuit of something intangible.

I look out for any other hopefuls and I dream of the scene we made on the kitchen floor
I am always searching for others who share my desire for greater purpose, and I reminisce about a past intimate moment shared in a domestic space.

My cigarettes keep burning as the sun sets and for the moment I forget that I'm even on the road
Even as the world around me changes and shifts, my fixation on my internal desires remains constant, and I can even forget about my physical presence in a car driving along the road.

Return to light and hover in the air
I want to let go of the physical world and be free to explore the intangible and spiritual.

Curl into smoke and drift away into
My physical form doesn't matter, and I want to dissolve into something more ephemeral.

Another thing to wrap your wings around
I am something to hold onto for comfort and protection, but my true essence is still intangible and free.

I'm just a thing to wrap your wings around...
Ultimately, I am just a physical body, a shell, that can offer temporary comfort for those around me, but my true self is something more abstract and unbound.