A Potion for Love

## Singles Chronology

"**A Potion for Love**" (also known as "**Potion for Love**" and previously as "**Potion of Love**") is a song by AURORA. It was released as the B-Side on the "Cure for Me" vinyl single on July 9, 2021, and was released as a digital single on July 29, 2022.

The song was once considered for *The Gods We Can Touch* but it was later scrapped.

## About the song

During an AMA on Reddit, Aurora commented:

> "It's the sister song to "Exist for Love" but from the other perspective. where love does not fill you up, but love has left a big [hole] within you < / 3"
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> "When I wrote 'Exist for Love', a celebrations of the love we carry within us, I also wrote 'Potion for Love'. I wanted to also give something to the people who had lost their love. I find it so beautiful how we still find the bravery to give and receive love knowing how it can disappear at any moment. It makes it foolishly beautiful. Painfully delicious. So little connected to the mind and to logic that it makes my little heart want to burst."
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## Release

The vinyl single release sold out within a few hours while in pre-order, but was re-stocked for short periods the following day and on January 24, 2022. The song was mentioned in the promotional text as "an exclusive unreleased single". Later, Aurora stated that the song might be released digitally, or included on a deluxe edition of the album *The Gods We Can Touch*.

The song has been performed live during the The Gods We Can Touch Tour and was ultimately released on streaming platforms on July 29, 2022, a year later after its original availability.

## Lyrics

When I lay in your arms, and our worlds can collide

Into one atmosphere, we are here till we're not

When I see you again, as a stranger or a friend

Could you give me a kiss from the past?

Make it soft, make it last, like a lake in a glass

Like an endless reminder of us

I don't feel love anymore

And how it hurts, I don't walk out of the door

Forgetting why we fell in love, hurts me the most

I recall our minds being strange and unlike

You were quiet at most, I would watch and explode

With a storm in my mind, you would understand why

They all name hurricanes after us

When I see you again, as a stranger or a friend

I will give you a kiss from the past

I will send you away, hoping you'll be okay

With a piece of your heart moving in mine

I don't fear love anymore

And how it hurts when you walk out of the door

Forgetting why we fell in love, hurts me the most

I don't fear love anymore

And how it hurts when you walk out of the door

Forgetting why we fell in love, hurts me the most

Lyrics transcribed by listening.

## Trivia

* The song's registration on various repertoires was discovered in early 2021.
* The cover image was taken from a photo by Joe Okpako on 4/6/2022 at O2 Academy Brixton.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210710215030/https://shop.aurora-music.com/%2A/%2A/Cure-For-Me-Exclusive-Limited-Edition-7/71D90000000
2. ↑ https://aurora.lnk.to/apfl
3. ↑ https://x.com/AuroraFranceOff/status/1709952013100794271
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYcvHMNqGJ/
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/ojjh52/hello\_my\_warriors\_it\_is\_aurora\_here\_meeep/h52101j/?context=8&depth=9
6. ↑ https://diymag.com/2022/07/29/aurora-new-listen-a-potion-for-love
7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/ojjh52/hello\_my\_warriors\_it\_is\_aurora\_here\_meeep/h523iem/?context=8&depth=9
8. ↑ https://www.talkhouse.com/sondre-lerche-talks-with-aurora-on-the-talkhouse-podcast/ (timestamp 37:10)
9. ↑ File:Potion of Love ascap.png
10. ↑ https://www.cassiuscreative.co.uk/aurora