"The Secret Garden" is a song by AURORA that appears at the end credits of the 2020 British fantasy drama film The Secret Garden. It was officially released worldwide as a single on September 3, 2020,[1] and is included on the film's soundtrack album.[2]
Background[]
This song might be based on, or even identical to "The Strange Paper Garden", a song written by Aurora which she described in 2016:
"I have a song called "The Strange Paper Garden" which is about a garden. That I was walking, like, in my dreams and I found a garden that was made of only flowers made of paper. And they were all white, which is quite boring. And so my mission is to paint all those flowers. It's about how much you can affect your surroundings if you paint a bit of color."[3]
About the song[]
On the day of its release, she told NME:
"I actually wrote it quite a long time ago, I was quite a little bean back then, I just always felt like this song had quite an imaginative soul. I was a very imaginative child and wrote this song after reading the book The Secret Garden for the first time. When they asked me to make a song for the movie remake, I was so happy and tried to pitch them this old song. It was so meant to be. It was always about finding this magical place in this garden, which can also symbolise shelter. The world can be quite harsh and difficult, especially nowadays. It can feel darker than it is. It's about this magical garden where you’re allowed to grow and nothing is trying to prevent you from just existing and breathing and being healthy."[4]
Lyrics[]
Where have you been hiding?
You seem lost within your body and your mind
A beam of light can still remind you who you are
Wounded by the world
Your fragile nature needed shelter
In the night we made a sanctum
Out of mind and out of sight
Won't you let me take you there?
Won't you let me take you there?
Let me take you into the garden, into the garden
I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them colour
I'll be there
Listen to the anthem
Hear the flowers like their hymn has healing power
Take my hand and breathe in, the colourful
Won't you let me take you there?
Won't you let me take you there?
Let me take you into the garden, into the garden
I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them colour
I'll be there
Let me take you into the garden, into the garden
I'll be there, painting the flowers, give them colour
I'll be there
Try to heal the heart of mine
In the garden we find
Try to heal the heart of mine
In the garden we find
Inside, inside
Lyrics copied from official lyric video.[5]
Lyric video[]
Audio[]
References[]
- ↑ https://aurora.lnk.to/SecretGarden
- ↑ https://music.apple.com/album/1529130394
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyHyznj7yc&t=630s
- ↑ https://www.nme.com/news/music/aurora-debuts-the-secret-garden-and-tells-us-about-new-album-progress-2744531
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1EOTFT1zU
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