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"Across the Universe" is a song originally by The Beatles that AURORA covered for the Like a Version series of Australian radio channel Triple J.[1] This live recording received a limited release on May 31, 2019,[2] and later that year on the compilation Triple J: Like a Version 15.[3] The song was also performed on Verftet Online Music Festival in 2020.

About the song[]

In an interview with Idolator about a song that she wished she had written, Aurora said:

"I don't know, because there's not any other song that hits me personally like my own songs can do. It's hard to kind of imagine. I would have to change a few things, in everything. But maybe, I really... I don't know. I really love 'Across the Universe' by The Beatles."[4]

Aurora said at the Triple J session: "I never play piano live but I'm going to do it today because I'm feeling wild."[5]

Lyrics[]

Words are flowing out
Like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither as they pass and slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light
Which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like
A restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter, shades of life
Are ringing through my opened ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love
Which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva
Are you gonna save my world, my world? (Jai Guru Deva)
Are you gonna save my world, my world? (Jai Guru Deva)
Nothing's gonna change my world, my world (Jai Guru Deva)
Are you gonna save my world, my world? (Jai Guru Deva)
Nothing's gonna change my world, my world (Jai Guru Deva)
Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva

Lyrics transcribed by listening the Triple J recording.

Live video[]

4/29/2019 at Triple J
3/29/2020 at Verftet Online Music Festival

References[]

  1. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/like-a-version/aurora-covers-the-beatles-for-like-a-version/11145686
  2. http://music.apple.com/au/album/across-the-universe-triple-j-like-a-version/1583343281 (restricted to Australia)
  3. http://abcmusic.lnk.to/LAV15
  4. https://www.idolator.com/7678380/coachella-2018-aurora-interview-queendom-sophomore-lp
  5. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx35x_tnbld/
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