In Boxes

## *Running with the Wolves* (EP) Chronology

"**In Boxes**" is the third song on the EP *Running with the Wolves*. It was written by Aurora, Edvard Førre Erfjord & Henrik Barman Michelsen, and produced by Electric, Magnus Skylstad and O. Martin.

## Background

Aurora wrote this song circa 2015. Kitchen knives were used as part of the percussion of the song.

## About the song

In a 2021 livestream, Aurora noted the inspiration was: "a woman who cut up body parts and hid them in the boxes."

She said to *Aftenposten K* in 2015:

> "I often sit at home and write stories. I've been doing that since I was a kid. And sometimes I write songs based on some of the characters in that book. One of them is a very scary lady who appeared in my head when I was 11 years old. It eventually became the song "In Boxes". It's a little scary if you listen to the text, she says and smiles."
>
>

The song is connected to "In Bottles" on her album *A Different Kind of Human - Step 2*.

In an interview with *Artiestennieuws* in 2016, Aurora said:

> "I've already written two new songs about the same woman from In Boxes, so you'll be hearing more about her story in the future! So anyway, she is very lonely, and she goes hunting for men who can keep her company. She cuts off the men's favorite parts, such as the hands and eyes, and puts them in boxes. It makes her happy for a while, because she has so much company, but in the end remains lonely. She doesn't really understand what she's doing, and she doesn't really understand why she feels lonely.
> I like having a woman as a dangerous villain, not just a creepy man. It makes it more interesting; she is a beautiful and charismatic woman who can seduce men and then... she just kills them. The woman is of course a criminal, but has not yet been arrested by the police. She is very weird and very dangerous. She doesn't do it to be mean, it's just what she... likes. She shouldn't do those things, but she does them anyway, and I have to sing about them, hah!"
>
>

## Lyrics

Calling out for the lonely, I am going home

I've been doing awful things again

I hear them laughing in my head

I went out in the morning looking for a man

I could see you were the perfect one

Standing all alone

I've been walking ahead for a while

And dragging your body behind

Bye baby, I had a good time

Bye baby, I know you are mine

Got them all collected in these boxes

Underneath my bed, my bed

Here I am still lonely with the souvenirs

I would kill for some company

Temporarily

I did once have a lover only kept his hands

They can dance and play the songs for me

Play until I sleep

I've been walking ahead for a while

And dragging your body behind

Bye baby, I had a good time

Got them all collected in these boxes

Underneath my bed, my bed

Got them all collected in these boxes

Underneath my bed, my bed

Got them all collected in these boxes

Underneath my bed, my bed

Lyrics transcribed by listening.

## Trivia

* During a livestream for *Music for the Fellow Witches Out There*, Aurora mentioned someone telling her the song reminded them of their father, after which she explained the track's inspiration. She also states regretting it, as "sometimes it can ruin the experience of the song."

## References

1. ↑ https://lnk.to/RWTW
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUv7KY5UPyE&t=60s
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/7gYi4bFPna/ (now defunct, Magnus on Instagram, September 11, 2015)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOa5VaUcps&t=479s
5. ↑ https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/a3G5/11-millioner-har-hoert-aurora-aksnes-synge-i-britisk-reklamefilm
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/auroramusic/comments/qdeqxs/
7. ↑ https://aurora-daily.tumblr.com/post/186069596262/auroras-qa-during-spotify-listening-party
8. ↑ https://www.artiestennieuws.nl/60998/interview-aurora-tivolivredenburg (translated)