The Innocent

## *The Gods We Can Touch* alternative chronology

"**The Innocent**" is a song by AURORA from her album, *The Gods We Can Touch*.

## Background

Aurora explained the track to *Apple Music*:

> "It's the wildest song on the album, I think. I imagine all these people dancing naked around a fireplace. That's very innocent. Our bodies are very pure, beautiful things and it's a shame that we've managed to make it something not pure. It's the sexualisation of innocent things that makes the world dangerous."
>
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## Lyrics

I have been a dancer, but without her feet

I've been a lion, but without its teeth

In the moonlight I will lie awake

Drinking lava from the lake

You give your all and in return

You get a spark and you watch it burn

For love

The innocent life

The innocent touch is never enough

For the ones who love

The ones who love

The ones who love

Danger in the boy that would lose control

When everyone thought he had a heart of gold

I remember how we used to play

He'd let me win if I let him stay

He left without a single trace

I don't know why he said goodbye

To love

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

The innocent life

The innocent touch is never enough

For the ones who love

The ones who love

The ones who love

The innocent life

The innocent touch is never enough

For the ones who love

The ones who love

The ones who love

I lay you down in the cold of the water

Watching you drown for the sake of the torture

Now you are gone, I feel that I'm closer

(You would never let me into your heart)

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

You would never let me into your heart

The innocent love

The innocent touch is never enough

For the ones who love

The ones who love

The ones who love

Lyrics transcribed by listening.

## Audio

AURORA - The Innocent (Lyric Video)Decca Records & Petroleum Records regionsThe Innocent-2Glassnote regions
## Trivia

* A slightly different version of this song appeared on alternative tracklist vinyls of *The Gods We Can Touch*, where it is sometimes listed as "Vinyl Version".
	+ Differences in the "Vinyl Version" include a missing instrumental outro and added piano and different reverb in the bridge.
* The song was hinted in an Instagram post in 2020.
* The song was first discovered in various song repertoires.
* *The Gods We Can Touch* was released in several variants, including vinyl and cassette versions named after the god of this song, *Eros*.

## References

1. ↑ https://rentry.co/t4tei
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220419090913/https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-gods-we-can-touch/1589814809
3. ↑ https://www.universalmusic.it/popular-music/album/the-gods-we-can-touch\_34541412826/
4. ↑ File:Screenshot 2020-02-18 🐺AURORA🐺 ( auroramusic) • Instagram photos and videos.png
5. ↑ File:The Innocent-Ascap.png
6. ↑ https://shop.aurora-music.com/products/the-gods-we-can-touch-eros-vinyl
7. ↑ https://shop.aurora-music.com/collections/music/products/the-gods-we-can-touch-eros-cassette