Artemis

Artemis
Song
Artist	AURORA
Album	The Gods We Can Touch
Released	January 21, 2022
Length	2:38
Label	Decca Records Glassnote Petroleum Records
Writer(s)	AURORA
Producer(s)	AURORA Magnus Skylstad
God/Goddess	Artemis

The Gods We Can Touch standard chronology
Previous	"A Dangerous Thing"
Next	"Blood in the Wine"

The Gods We Can Touch alternative chronology
Previous	"This Could Be a Dream"
Next	"The Devil Is Human"

"Artemis" is the twelfth track on the album The Gods We Can Touch. It was written by AURORA and produced by AURORA and Magnus Skylstad.

Background

Aurora spoke to Apple Music about the track:

"I wanted the song to feel slightly dangerous and slightly seductive but overwhelming as well. I think if Artemis was a real woman here on earth, she would be all-consuming and all-knowing and overwhelming, everything and nothing at the same time. I think she is the kind of woman that if she decided that she was thirsty, she could drink all of the water on the whole planet and still not be full, you know?"

In the book, Aurora wrote the following:

"It can be daunting to love a woman like her.

Wild like the sea
Warm like a flame
Confident like the mountain
And independent like the moon

A hunter goddess."

Lyrics

What will you do when she drinks the sea
Drown her in sorrow or let her be free
When she's upset
All of her heart
Is cold

What will you do when she eats the moon?
Make her return it, or give her a spoon?
When she is full
All of her heart
Is warm

The mother made us a savage daughter
Who never begs for forgiveness
I always wondered why they all
Came back for more

What will you do when she takes your throne
Beg for her power, or throw her a bone
All that she has
Traded for love
Is yours

What will you do when she takes of her clothes
Beg for her body, or touch her soul
When you're alone
Dreaming of her
You sigh

The mother made us a savage daughter
Who never begs for forgiveness
I always wondered why they all
Came back for more

The gods have made us a virgin hunter
Who in a storm becomes stillness
I always wondered why they all
Came back for more
Came back for more!

Lyrics copied from the official lyric video.

Scrapped book lyrics

The following lyrics were written down in her book, The Gods We Can Touch.

All that she is
A body and mind... at war

Trivia

• The song was first discovered in various song repertoires in August 2021.
• Like "Exist for Love", the vocals on the song are first takes.
• The Gods We Can Touch was released in several variants, including vinyl and cassette versions named after this song, Artemis.
• This track, "The Forbidden Fruits of Eden" and "A Little Place Called the Moon", are the only songs that remain in the same track position on all variants of The Gods We Can Touch.