Gentle Earthquakes

## *Music for the Free Spirits* (EP) Chronology

"**Gentle Earthquakes**" is the third track on the album *Infections of a Different Kind - Step 1*. It was written by Aurora, Couros Sheibani, Fiona Bevan and Jakwob, and produced by Tim Bran, Roy Kerr and Askjell.

## About the song

"Gentle Earthquakes" came to Aurora in a dream during her time in the studio at *La Fabrique* in the south of France.

> "The whole song is inspired by the dream I had the night before I woke up that morning. I dreamt about walking in the same halls and about making music: I couldn't leave in any way before I finished my work."
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This song is possibly about the LGBT community and sex itself, but this depends on the person who listens to the song since Aurora has stated that the songs on this album can have different meanings to everyone depending on how deep you dive into them.

## Demos

It's been confirmed by an associate of Aurora that "Gentle Earthquakes" was made by combining two different pre-existing demos.

During 2018, a song titled "Eleventh Hour" was registered on song repertoires, a title that can be seen in the lyrics of "Gentle Earthquake". While there is a possibility the song is an entirely different one, it can be assumed that "Eleventh Hour" is one of the two demos used for the song. The two also share the same songwriters and demos have previously been registered, further cementing this idea. Not much is known about this demo.

## Lyrics

How cold the tear can feel on warm skin?

So delicate, violently it begins

Within this universe I will be lost

Moving from rivers to mountain tops

Can't stay here

I'll throw myself in the ocean

I lift myself and run

Like a gentle earthquake, it intensifies

It's like my lungs are breathing fire

(My heart, my head, my mind!)

And if the fire dies

My body will be the truth

And the light will guide her

Light will guide her

The fascinating way you change your colours

The ugly and the flawless beauty of us

With the combination of purple and pink

The only traces of our love blossoming

I'm not home

In a place where love has been broken

I lift myself and run

Like a gentle earthquake, it intensifies

It's like my lungs are breathing fire

(My heart, my head, my mind!)

And if the fire dies

My body will be the truth

And the light will guide her

(My heart, my head, my mind!)

Twisted body parts moving synchronized

Watching lightning strike in my lover's eyes

All the flowers grow to a luscious field

All connecting love becomes a human shield

In the eleventh hour

Finally a hidden flower

In the last moment

Finally opens

Like a gentle earthquake, it intensifies

It's like my lungs are breathing fire

(My heart, my head, my mind!)

And if the fire dies

My body will be the truth

And the light will guide her

(My heart, my head, my mind!)

Twisted body parts moving synchronized

Watching lightning strike in my lover's eyes

All the flowers grow to a luscious field

All connecting love becomes a human shield

Lyrics copied from the booklet of *Infections of a Different Kind of Human* (Japanese Deluxe Edition CD).

## Audio

AURORA - Gentle EarthquakesDecca Records & Petroleum Records regionsGentle EarthquakesGlassnote regions
## References

1. ↑ https://aurora.lnk.to/AURIOADKPartI
2. ↑ https://www.readdork.com/features/aurora-feature-oct18