"Hilli " is the second single from the album Kurr released by Icelandic band Amiina. The song features American musician Lee Hazlewood in his last recording and collaboration. The vocal parts consist of Lee telling a story accompanied by a reworked version of the song "Hilli" whose original version is available on Kurr. The story has a strong environmental message. It starts by settng the scene of the simple life of the people from the top of the world whose spirit is found by the snow laden world they live in. It conjures up an idyllic scene of children catching snowflakes - "they fall like candy....they open their mouths and gulp down the flakes, 'cos nothing on earth tastes so sweet." Then, the story turns darker as on the horizon the people see fire "and the water did rise and the snow started melting away." The fire represents man's environmental damage. The snow started to melt and spread throughout the world as light, running...
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