Lifelines (song)
# Lifelines (song)

"Lifelines" was the second single and the title track from A-ha's 2002 album of the same name.

## Music video

This video is based on the Norwegian short film A Year Along the Abandoned Road, directed by Morten Skallerud in 1991. Time lapse photography was used to make the video, at 50,000 times the normal speed; the original film was 12 minutes long and was filmed over 105 days, and edited to fit the song length and the scenes with the band members.

The subject of the short film was Børfjord, a semi-deserted fisherman's village in northern Norway, near Hammerfest.

The opening sequence features a poem written by King Olav V of Norway:

   When I look back
   I see the landscapes That I have walked through But it is different
   All the great trees are gone It seems there are Remnants of them
   But it is the afterglow Inside of you
   Of all those you met
   Who meant something in your life

## Charts

Chart performance for "Lifelines" :

| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Germany (Official German Charts) | 32 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40) | 19 |
| Norway (VG-lista) | 18 |
| Poland (Music & Media) | 1 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 78 |

## MTV Unplugged appearance

In 2017, A-ha appeared on the television series MTV Unplugged and played and recorded acoustic versions of many of their popular songs for the album MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice in Giske, Norway, including "Lifelines".

