“Gentle Earthquakes” is the third track from AURORA’s second album Infections of a Different Kind (Step I). The song was the third to be teased on her social media five days after its release, following singles “Queendom” and “Forgotten Love”, predicting that she would eventually tease all the track...
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't stay here
I'll throw myself in the ocean
I lift myself and run
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
The fascinating way you change your color
The ugly and the flawless beauty of us
With the combination of purple and pink
The only traces of our love blossoming
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm not home
In a place where love has been broken
I lift myself and run
[Chorus]
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!)
[Post-Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
In the eleventh hour
Finally a hidden flower
In the last moment
Finally opens
[Chorus]
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!)
[Outro]
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
Gentle Earthquakes was written by AURORA & Fiona Bevan & Jakwob & Couros.
Gentle Earthquakes was produced by Tim Bran & Roy Kerr & Askjell.
AURORA released Gentle Earthquakes on Fri Sep 28 2018.
During her Brazilian tour in 2019, AURORA gave an interview to Portal Tracklist in which she talked about the inspiration behind “Gentle Earthquakes”:
It’s kind of about the energy that manifests when a person makes a decision for themselves. When they’re unhappy with where they are and they choose...