It starts in a dream and ends at the moon — Orangeseom's full session
Four songs. The first and the last both belong to the night.
In three lines
- NONOL LIVE has the full-length version of Orangeseom's session.
- The four songs are 'Dream', '1012', 'Our' and 'Supermoon'.
- The first and last songs both belong to the night.
An order that starts at night and ends at night
Line the titles up in order and it looks like this.
| Order | Song |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dream |
| 2 | 1012 |
| 3 | Our |
| 4 | Supermoon |
The first is 'Dream' and the last is 'Supermoon'. Both exist only at night.
A dream needs your eyes closed; the moon needs them open. Same night, opposite directions. It's an arrangement that goes inward and then comes back out.
A song titled with a number
The second song is called '1012'. Four digits and no explanation.
Use a number as a title and the listener starts guessing what it is. A date, a time, a room number. Whichever it is, it points at one particular day.
A worded title carries meaning; a number doesn't. Instead it opens only for people who know that number. It's a way of leaving one private mark on a public song.
'Supermoon' as the last word
A supermoon is the moon appearing larger because it has come closer to the earth. The same moon on a night when it looks bigger.
The core of the word is that nothing new appeared — it only came nearer. The size didn't change; the distance did.
That the title sits at the end of four songs reads the same way. What you arrive at, having started in a dream and passed through 'Our', isn't a night when something new appeared but a night when what was already there came closer.
Today, like this
Play this session after dark. The first and last songs belong to the night, so the arrangement doesn't show while it's bright out.
I'd suggest not looking up what '1012' is. Hearing it without knowing is the distance the song designed. Find out and that space closes.
After the last song, look out the window once. A moon is nice, and it's fine if there isn't one. A supermoon doesn't rise every night.
A new song has arrived at the playground today.
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