The lyrics for this theme explores an idea that crawled into my mind somewhere while reading a science fiction novel, one where an ancient water creature breaks the surface for the first time only to find that its eyes, perfectly adapted to the water environment, were also able to capture the details of a summer starry night.
“Montanha Russa” is the Portuguese expression for “rollercoaster”. This is an intimate song about the highs and lows of life, with subtle references to my own journey. As well as using “adufe” – a traditional portuguese instrument – this song ended up with no guitar parts at all…
A dark theme
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