The word “Hiraeth” means a home that was never mine. The performance evolved from the relationship between me and my home. The snake hands the rat food— a chestnut that it has been craving for years in order to make a bond with it. After eating the food, the rat trusts the snake, and grooms it. The snake twirls around the rat and devours it. The lyric in the song, “Hiraeth, a home that never was mine, asks, will you be mine?” The longing to belong to somewhere. The desperation of finding home.