The Strange Paper Garden

'The Strange Paper Garden' is an unreleased song by Aurora Aksnes.



Background
The song was going to be the lead track on her scrapped album of the same name, but was never released.

Aurora spoke about the song in an interview, stating: "I have a song called The Strange Paper Garden which is about a garden that I was walking in my dreams & I found a garden with only flowers made of paper."

"They were all white which is quite boring and then my mission is to paint all those flowers, It's about how much it can affect if you paint some color."

The song was re-released as The Secret Garden in 2020.

Lyrics
Where have you been hiding?

You seem lost within your body and your mind

A beam of light can still remind you who you are

Wounded by the world

Your fragile nature needed shelter

In the night we made a sanctum

Out of mind and out of sight

Won't you let me take you there?

Won't you let me take you there?

Let me take you into the garden, into the garden

I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them color

I'll be there

Listen to the anthem

Hear the flowers like their hymn has healing power

Take my hand and breathe in, the colorful

Won't you let me take you there?

Won't you let me take you there?

Let me take you into the garden, into the garden

I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them color

I'll be there

Let me take you into the garden, into the garden

I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them color

I'll be there

Try to heal the heart of mine

In the garden we find

Try to heal the heart of mine

In the garden we find

Inside, inside