The Forbidden Fruits of Eden

The Forbidden Fruits of Eden
Song
Artist	AURORA
Album	The Gods We Can Touch
Released	January 21, 2022
Length	0:40
Label	Decca Records Glassnote Petroleum Records
Writer(s)	AURORA
Producer(s)	AURORA Magnus Skylstad
God/Goddess	Gaia

The Gods We Can Touch standard chronology
Next	"Everything Matters"

The Gods We Can Touch alternative chronology
Next	"Cure for Me"

"The Forbidden Fruits of Eden" (originally titled "Forbidden Fruits of Eden") is the first track on the album The Gods We Can Touch. It was written by AURORA and produced by herself and Magnus Skylstad.

Background

Aurora explained the track to Apple Music:

"I wanted to offer a space to kind of dive into yourself and touch your own divinity—and that exists somewhere deep within yourself. I wanted it to feel holy, like some kind of ritual, musically."

In the book, Aurora wrote the following:

"There once was a god who was never pleased.

One tree was forbidden to touch where it stood.
A tree gifted knowledge of evil and good.

Desiring wisdom that God only known.
So Eve took a bite, and got dreams of her own.

Wisdom is power and the power is hers."

Audio

Decca Records regions

Glassnote regions

Petroleum Records regions

Trivia

• It is Aurora's only song where she does not sing any words. Instead, she vocalizes.
  • It is also her shortest song to date, being less than a minute.
• This track, "Artemis" 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.
• The song was regularly used as an intro on The Gods We Can Touch Tour, played from a recording as Aurora and the band entered the stage, or sung live, usually segued with "Heathens" as the next song.