Alone in the Night

"**Alone in the Night**" is a song by Sondre Lerche featuring AURORA. It was released on Sondre's album *Avatars of Love*, on April 1, 2022.

Sondre's "**Demo for AURORA**" was released on his *Avatars of the Night*, a collection of remixes, reworks and demos, on March 31, 2023.

## Background

The song was originally written for Sondre's 2020 album, *Patience*, but it was not recorded until after its release in August that year. Sondre told Aurora about the song and asked her to sing with him, they recorded it the next week, and another week later the song was finished.

On August 14, 2020, the song and music video appeared in a web stream for ticket holders to Øyafestivalen, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, Sondre shared a snippet of the song and its music video.

## About the song

Talking about the song for its 2020 premiere, Sondre noted:

> "It's been such an intense joy to record this heavy, existential love song about desire and dementia over the past two weeks. I hope you can enjoy it! 💜"
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In a press release for the 2022 album, Lerche said:

> "*Alone in the Night* was the first recording I did for the *Avatars of Love* album. It put everything in motion, and surprised me greatly. I heard AURORA's voice singing it in my mind one day when I was out running in the sun. So I asked her if she'd sing it with me. It felt extra special, because I had just returned home to Bergen after 15 years of living in the US. And she was one of the first to greet me there. It's a song about what happens to our bodies and souls when we fall in love, and then again through the passage of time, when we age and die. It's ultimately about our memories and dementia. How frail we really are, and how heartless the process of aging can be to lovers."
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## Lyrics

Alone in the night with only the thought of you

The stars that come into view, do I know you by heart?

When we are apart, how are you so near to me?

So vivid, so clear to me, like I know you by heart

When you want me like I want you

We're defenseless to our senses, to our souls

But in hindsight, beyond the moonlight

At the merciless break of dawn

Will we awake and love move on?

Our bodies fade at the hands of time

Like stars eclipsed in the dark

All alone in the night

All alone in the night

Alone in the night, when you're making love to me

We know love instinctively, don't you know me by heart?

When you love me like I love you

We're defenseless to our senses, to our souls

But in hindsight, in the twilight

At the merciless break of dawn

Will we awake? Will love be gone?

Our memories slip through the hands of time

Like stars eclipsed in the dark, like you and I

All alone in the night

All alone in the night

All alone in the night

Alone in the night, how will you remember us

If your memory turns to dust?

Will you know me by heart?

By heart, by heart, by heart

## Music video

A music video for the song was released on April 1, 2022, it was directed by William Glandberger and produced by Sølvrev.

Sondre Lerche - Alone In The Night (feat. AURORA) - Official Video
## Trivia

* The full song leaked (in low quality) in August 2021.

## References

1. ↑ https://ingrv.es/avatars-of-love-album
2. ↑ https://ingrv.es/avatars-of-the-night
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyWbyXJfZS/
4. ↑ https://www.ballade.no/koronakrisen/sondre-lerche-og-aurora-sammen-om-verdenspremiere/
5. ↑ https://oyafestivalen.no/2020/08/12/oya-premiere-pa-ny-sondre-lerche-lat-med-aurora/
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJgDF8L-ca/
7. ↑ https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/sondre\_lerche\_shares\_video\_alone\_in\_the\_night\_featuring\_aurora\_plus\_stream