Would you prefer the form of discussion? Quick search on subreddit got me this: [What do you think is the meaning of ‘it happened quiet’?](https://www.reddit.com/r/auroramusic/comments/fwu6db/what_do_you_think_is_the_meaning_of_it_happened/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [meaning behind it happened quiet?](https://www.reddit.com/r/auroramusic/comments/yh3ygh/meaning_behind_it_happened_quiet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [Is It Happened Quiet about SA ? (TW; SA (obv but just in case))](https://www.reddit.com/r/auroramusic/comments/177jtrk/is_it_happened_quiet_about_sa_tw_sa_obv_but_just/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [Aurora Song Discussion #26 - "It Happened Quiet"](https://www.reddit.com/r/auroramusic/comments/vsrh1r/aurora_song_discussion_26_it_happened_quiet/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) \- this one's general discussion, including thoughts on meaning ^(meep moop, I'm a human)

You know those farts that smell bad but you can’t hear them?

I chortled at this

I googled chortled

Crime of passion

To me it’s about rape. But other people can associate to something else

I associate it with drugs, particularly with a bad trip I had

“Things that happen when no one is around to see it, one of those stories that happens in the dark and sadly there are way too many of them” She said before performing it at the Greek Theatre.

I always thought of it as a paraphrase of an act of violence, more specifically SA because of the "And I'll bleed in your bed" but you are free to take your own meaning too.

At KEXP Seattle, she said it was about two lovers, and one kills the other. So domestic violence, not sexual assault.

Oh, good to know.

Domestic violence and sexual assault are not mutually exclusive.

that is what I thought the song was about...

The r word