B i o g r a p h y (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
Björk first came to prominence as one of the lead vocalists of the avant-pop Icelandic sextet the Sugarcubes, but when she launched a solo career after the group's 1992 demise, she quickly eclipsed her old band's popularity. Instead of following in the Sugarcubes' arty guitar rock pretensions, Björk immersed herself in dance and club culture, working with many of the biggest names in the genre, including Nellee Hooper, Underworld, and Tricky. Debut, her first solo effort (except for an Icelandic-only smash released when she was just 11 years old), not only established her new artistic direction, but it became an international hit, making her one of the '90s most unlikely stars. Though the title of Debut implied that it was Björk's first-ever solo project, she had actually been a professional vocalist since she was a child. When she was in elementary school in Reykjavik, she studied classical piano and, eventually, her teachers submitted a tape of her singing Tina Charles' "I Love to Love" to Iceland's Radio One. After "I Love to Love" was aired, a record label called Falkkin offered Björk a record contract. At the age of 11, her eponymous first album was released; the record contained covers of several pop songs, including the Beatles' "Fool on the Hill," and boasted artwork from her mother and guitar work from her stepfather. Björk became a hit within Iceland and was not released in any other country. Björk's musical tastes were changed by the punk revolution of the late '70s; in 1979, she formed a post-punk group called Exodus and, in the following year, she sang in Jam 80. In 1981, Björk and Exodus bassist Jakob Magnusson formed Tappi Tikarrass, which released an EP, Bitid Fast I Vitid, on Spor later that year; it was followed by the full-length Miranda in 1983. Following Tappi Tikarrass, she formed the goth-tinged post-punk group KUKL with Einar Orn Benediktsson. KUKL released two albums, The Eye (1984) and Holidays in Europe (1986), on Crass Records before the band metamorphosed into the Sugarcubes in the summer of 1986. The Sugarcubes became one of the rare Icelandic bands to break out of their native country when their debut album, Life's Too Good, became a British and American hit in 1988. For the next four years, the group maintained a successful cult following in the U.K. and the U.S. while they were stars within Iceland During 1990, Björk recorded a set of jazz standards and originals with an Icelandic bebop group called Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar. The album, Gling-Gló, was released only in Iceland. By 1992, tensions between Björk and Einar had grown substantially, which resulted in the band splitting apart. Following the breakup of the group, Björk moved to London, where she began pursuing a dance-oriented solo career. The previous year, she had sung on 808 State's "Ooops," which sparked her interest in club and house music.
Björk struck up a working relationship with Nellee Hooper, a producer who had formerly worked with Soul II Soul and Massive Attack. The first result of their partnership was "Human Behaviour," which was released in June of 1993. "Human Behaviour" became a Top 40 hit in the U.K., setting the stage for the surprising number three debut of the full-length album, Debut. Throughout 1993, Björk had hit U.K. singles — including "Venus as a Boy," "Big Time Sensuality," and the non-LP "Play Dead," a collaboration with David Arnold taken from the film Young Americans — as well as modern rock radio hits in the U.S., and in both countries she earned rave reviews. At the end of the year, NME magazine named Debut the album of the year, while she won International Female Solo Artist and Newcomer at the BRIT Awards; Debut went gold in the U.S. and platinum in the U.K. During 1994, Björk was relatively quiet as she recorded her second album with Nellee Hooper, Tricky, 808 State's Graham Massey, and Howie B of Mo' Wax Records; she also released a remix EP, co-wrote the title track for Madonna's Bedtime Stories, and performed on MTV Unplugged that same year. "Army of Me," the first single from Björk's forthcoming album, was released as a teaser single in the spring of 1995; it debuted at number ten in the U.K. and became a moderate alternative rock hit in the U.S. Post, her second album, was released in June of 1995 to positive reviews; it peaked at number two in the U.K. and number 32 in the U.S. Post matched its predecessor in terms of sales and praise, going gold in the U.S. and helping her earn her second BRIT Award for Best International Female Artist. Post yielded the British hit singles "Isobel" (number 23), "It's Oh So Quiet" (number four), and "Hyperballad" (number eight), yet her singles failed to make much headway on American radio or MTV. Late in 1996, Björk released Telegram, an album comprised of radical remixes of the entire Post album, in the U.K.; Telegram was released in America in January 1997. Homogenic, her most experimental studio effort to date, followed later that same year and spawned many remix releases in the next few years to follow. In the spring of 2000, she was named Best Actress by jurors at the Cannes Film Festival for her work in Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or-winning Dancer in the Dark. Selmasongs, her score for the film, reunited Björk with her Homogenic collaborator Mark Bell and arrived in the fall of 2000, just in time for Dancer in the Dark's U.S. release. The full-length follow-up, Vespertine, was released one year later. She released a Greatest Hits collection and the Family Tree box set late in 2002. After performing a few dates in 2003, Björk geared up for a busy 2004, which included the release of her all-vocals and vocal samples-based album Medúlla and a performance of one of its songs, "Oceania," at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Gling Gló - 1990-10-xx -
Gling Gló Luktar-Gvendur Kata Rokkar Pabbi Minn Brestir Og Brak Ástatröfrar Bella Símamær Litli Tónlistarmaðurinn Það Sést Ekki Sætari Mey Bílavísur Tondeleyo Ég Veit Ei Hvað Skal Segja Í Dansi Með Þér Börnin Við Tjörnina Ruby Baby I Can’t Help Loving That Man
Debut - 1993-07-05 -
Human Behaviour Crying Venus As A Boy There's More To Life Than This Like Someone In Love Big Time Sensuality One day Aeroplane Come To Me Violently Happy The Anchor Song Play Dead
Post - 1995-06-13 -
Army of Me Hyperballad Modern Things It's Oh So Quiet Enjoy You’ve been flirting again Isobel Possibly Maybe I miss you Cover me Headphones
Telegram - 1996-11-25 -
Possibly maybe (Lucy mix) Hyperballad (Brodsky quartet version) Enjoy (further over the edge Mix) My spine (Evelyn Glennie mix) I miss you (Dobie rub part one - Sunshine mix) Isobel (Deodato mix) You've been flirting again (Flirt is a promise mix) Cover me (Dillinja mix) Army of me (Graham Massey mix) Headphones (0 remix)
Homogenic - 1997-09-22 -
Hunter Jóga Unravel Bachelorette All neon like 5 Years Immature Alarm call Pluto All Is full of Love
Selmasongs - 2000-09-18 -
Ouverture (Instrumental) Cvalda I've seen it all Scatterheart In the musicals 107 steps New world
Vespertine - 2001-08-27 -
Hidden place Cocoon It's not up to you Undo Pagan poetry Frosti (Instrumental) Aurora An echo a stain Sun in my mouth Heirloom Harm of will Unison
Medúlla - 2004-08-30 -
Pleasure is all mine Show me forgiveness Where is the line Vökuró Öll birtan (All the lights - Vocals Improvisations) Who is it Submarine Desired constellation Oceanía Sonnets / Unrealities XI Ancestors (Vocals Improvisations) Mouth's cradle Miðvikudags (Wednesday - Vocals Improvisations) Triumph of a heart Komid
Gratitude Pearl (Throatsinging) Ambergris March (Instrumental) Bath (Gibberish) Hunter Vessel (Instrumental) Shimenawa (Instrumental) Vessel Shimenawa (Instrumental) Storm (Gibberish) Holographic Entrypoint Cetacea Antarctic Return (Instrumental)
Earth Intruders Wanderlust Dull Flame of Desire Innocence I See Who You Are Vertebrae by Vertebrae Pneumonia Hope Declare Independence My Juvenile
Björk
Gling Gló
Trancribed by : Stina Adalsteinsdottir, Silja Bara Omarsdottir, Arni Arnasson,Vala Gudbjartsdottir, and at last but not least : Leo Moran
Gling gló, klukkan sló Máninn ofar skýjum hló Lysti upp gamli gótuslóð Þar glaðleg Lína stóð Gling gló, klukkan sló Máninn ofar skýjum hló Leitar Lási var á leið Til Lína hanns er beið Unnendum er máninn kær Umm þau töfraljóma slær Lási á biðilsbuxum var Brátt frá Línu fær hann svar Gling glo, klukkan slo, Máninn ofar skýjum hló Lási varð svo hyr á brá Þvi Lína sagði já Gling gló, klukkan sló Máninn ofar skýjum hló Lysti upp gamli gótuslóð Þar glaðleg Lína stóð Gling gló, klukkan sló Máninn ofar skýjum hló Leitar Lási var á leið Til Lína hanns er beið Unnendum er máninn kær Umm þau töfraljóma slær Lási á biðilsbuxum var Brátt frá Línu fær hann svar Gling glo, klukkan slo, Máninn ofar skýjum hló Lási varð svo hyr á brá Þvi Lína sagði já Gling gló, Gling gló, Gling gló
Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lighting up the old street Where merrily Lína stood Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lási from Leiti was on his way To Lína awaiting him Lovers hold the moon so dear Around them falls its magic light Lási wore his groom's garb Soon from Lína came his reply Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lási wore a happy smile For Lína answered yes Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lighting up the old street Where merrily Lína stood Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lási from Leiti was on his way To Lína awaiting him Lovers hold the moon so dear Around them falls its magic light Lási wore his groom's garb Soon from Lína came his reply Cling clong, the clock rang The moon smiled above the clouds Lási wore a happy smile For Lína answered yes Cling clong, Cling clong, Cling clong
Luktar-Gvendur
Hann veitti birtu á bádar hendur Um bæinn sérhvert kvöld Hann luktar-Gvendur á liðinni öld Á gráum hærum gloggt var kenndur Við glampa á ljósafjöld Hann luktar-Gvendur á liðinni öld Hann heyrðist ganga hægt og hljótt Um hverja götu fram á nott Hans hjarta sá med bros á brá Ef ungan svein og yngismey Hann aðeins sá, hann kveikti ei En eftirlét þeim rókkur skuggablá Í endur minning æskutið Hann aftur leit, en ástmey blið Hann örmum vafði fast, svo ung og smá Hann veitti birtu á bádar hendur Um bæinn sérhvert kvöld Hann luktar Gvendur á lidinni öld Hann heyrðist ganga hægt og hljótt Um hverja götu fram á nott Hans hjarta sá med bros á brá Ef ungan svein og yngismey Hann aðeins sá, hann kveikti ei En eftirlét þeim rókkur skuggablá Í endur minning æskutið Hann aftur leit, en ástmey blið Hann örmum vafði fast, svo ung og smá Hann veitti birtu á bádar hendur Um bæinn sérhvert kvöld Hann luktar Gvendur á lidinni öld Hann luktar Gvendur á lidinni öld
He could be heard walking calmly and quietly Down every street during the night His heart would smile with joy If a young boy and girl He saw, he would not light his lamp Leaving them in the shade of darkness And he reminisced about his youth And he looked back on his sweet love When he hugged tight his sweet young girl He brought light in both his hands Around the town each night Lamplighter-Gvendur from long long ago Lamplighter-Gvendur from long long ago
Pabbi minn
Ó pabbi minn Hve undursamleg ást þin var Ó pabbi minn Þú ávalt tókst mitt svar Aldrei var neinn Svo ástuðlegur eins og þú Ó pabbi minn Þú ætíð skilðir allt Lidin er tíd Er leíddir þú mig lítið barn Brósandi blítt Þú breyttir sorg í gleði Ó pabbi minn Eg dáði þína léttu lund Leikandi kátt Þú lékst þér á þinn hátt Ó pabbi minn Hve undursamleg ást þin var Æskunnar ómar Ylja mér í dag Lidin er tíd Er leíddir þú mig lítið barn Brósandi blítt Þú breyttir sorg í gledi Ó pabbi minn Eg dáði þína léttu lund Leikandi kátt Þú lékst þér á þinn hátt Ó pabbi minn Hve undursamleg ást þin var Æskunnar ómar Ylja mér í dag Ó pabbi minn Ó pabbi minn Ó pabbi minn
The commitees are bad, heavy is their load We will however beat their asses Because we can delay the christmas to march If only we want to It is like I hear crackles and bangs From the awesome power When you, down in congress, whip their asses With your thunderous mouth Yes, the ruralparty I break back Like a leaky wreck Yes, maybe I should Lift the house and blow off the green copper roof Yes, it will make him happy Lighten his dark days As the small children buy a ki-li-li-lo Of fruits for their belly Yes, merrily I will sing he-le-le-lo Also ding-ding-dong It will all be sold out Though I seldomly find that we ever have sold enough! No, it will make him happy Lighten his dark days As the small children buy a ki-li-li-lo Of fruits for their belly, yes Merrily I will sing he-le-le-lo And also ding-ding-dong It will all be sold out Though I seldomly find that we ever have sold enough! Though I seldomly find that we ever have sold enough! Though I seldomly find that we ever have sold enough!
*** Thanx a lot to Sanna for this translation ***
Ástatröfrar
Oft við Amor hef ég átt í erjum En aldrei hlotið slíkan skell Hann sínum örvum að mér beindi Og það var ég sem féll Oft við Amor hef ég átt í erjum Er hann mig töfrum hefur beitt Astin á nú hug minn og aftur get ég Ekki minnsta viðnám veitt Eg féll að fótum thér Fyrirgefðu mér, að ég skuli unna thér Eg yfirunnin alveg er Og einn þú getur bjargað mér Oft við Amor hef ég att í erjum En aldrei hlotið slíkan skell Astin á nú hug minn og ég er bundin Af þvi það var ég sem féll Eg féll að fótum þér Fyrirgefðu mér, að ég skuli unna thér Eg yfirunnin alveg er Og einn þú getur bjargað mér Oft við Amor hef ég átt í erjum En aldrei hlotið slíkan skell Astin á nú hug minn og ég er bundin Af þvi thað var ég sem féll Já, ástin á nú hug minn og ég er bundin Af þvi thað var ég sem féll
Litli Tónlistarmaðurinn
Mamma - ertu vakandi mamma mín? Mamma - ég vil koma til þín O mamma - gaman væri að vera stór Þá vildi ég stjórna - bæði hljómsveit og kór Mamma - þú ert elskuleg, mamma mín Mér finnst - gott að koma til þín O en mamma - áðan dreymdi mig draum um þig En datt þá framúr - og það trufladi mig Þú varst drottning í hárri höll Hljómsveitin álfar, menn og tröll Lék þér og söng í senn Þú varst svo stórfengleg Tröllin þau börðu á bumburnar Blómálfar léku á flauturnar Fiðlurnar, mennskir menn A mandólín, ég Mamma Allir mændum við upp til þín Eins og blóm þegar sólin skín Er þínum faðmi frá Gjafir flugu um allt Flestum gekk vel að gripa sitt Glaður náði ég fljótt í mitt En stóll er steig ég á Stóð tæpt, svo hann valt Ó mamma - þú ert elskuleg mamma mín Mér - finnst gott að koma til þín O mamma - gaman væri að vera stór Þá vildi ég stjórna bæði hljómsveit og kór
Það Sést Ekki Sætari Mey
Þad lenti í drætti Að móðir mín mig ætti Þvi hún var svo gískið grey En læknrinn var sóttur Og loksins ól hún dóttur Og það sást ekki sætari mey En pabbi varð sjálfur A sjónum alltaf hálfur Svo hann gat ekki lengur sagt næ Fyrst varð hann mjög sleginn En seinna sagdi hann feginn Að það sést ekki sætari mey Sætari mey Sætari mey Næ, það sést ekki sætari mey Og fyrr en mig varði Hver strákur á mig starði Eins og stelpur á gleym-mér-ei Þeir fóru að skjálfa Og sögðu við sig sjálfa: Hún er sorglega stygg En mjög trygg - að ég hygg Og það sést ekki sætari mey Ég lærði i bernsku Að blikk' á finni ensku Og min söngrödd var "sweet and gay" En vestur á landi Eg lenti í hjónabandi Það er sorglegt fyrir siðprúða mey Hann lagði í sinn vana Að elska Ameríkana Svo ég kyssti hann og sagði "okay" En illt var í efni Hann var óðamála í svefni Og þá reyndist hann, ramm Íslenskt grey Íslenskt grey Íslenskt grey Sem hann ásæðist Íslenska mey En nú er önnur öldin Eg dansa kát á kvöldin Og þau kalla mig gleym-mér-ei Og piltarnir þeir skjálfa Þeir segja við sig sjálfa: Næ, þú sendir mér blossandi ást - þvílíkt hnoss! Þvi það sést ekki sætari mey
Are you coming? Yes my dear Right this minute Hey - you have a new car? You're really great And very sweet To be inviting me That's a really great style And if it snows We have plenty of Snowchains to get us Safely all the way The lovely Dóri My big and strong one He drives so well Though the road is not wide Ooh! Oh - there he is! Yeah, and it's gotta be cool And a Ford model nineteen hundred And-I-don't-know-what I step up into him And I fly on wings of love And on to Mosfellstown In an adventure-hunt With my big handbag I lean against Dóri A spring in the front seat Stung me in the worst place! But that's how things are You suffer through it But i'll be better soon My Dóri makes sure of that The chain is worn And broke under the car Crawl under the car, Dóri Try and hurry up Are you completely crazy? Oh yes my goodness! There you've torn my stocking! My dear, I will Never again go out with you Alone - I swear that I have Never in my life recalled Riding in such a car Oh now the tire burst And the noise! And in the end it runs right Into a heap of mud
Ruby Baby I've got a girl and Ruby is her name She don't love me but I love her just the same Ruby Ruby, how I want you Like a ghost I'm gonna haunt you Ruby Ruby, when will you be mine Each time I see my baby, my heart cries I'm gonna steal her away from all those guys From the sunny day I met you Made a bet that I would get you Ruby Ruby, when will you be mine I've got a girl and Ruby is her name She don't love me but I love her just the same Ruby, Ruby, how I want you Like a ghost I'm gonna haunt you, Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine, be mine, be mine ? Each time I see my baby my heart cries I'm going to steal you away from all those guys From the sunny day I met you Made a bet that I would get you Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine? I've got a girl and Ruby is her name I, I'd go out just to get her all the same Got some loving money too Gonna give it all to you Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine? When will you be mine? Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine? My Ruby, my Ruby, my Ruby When will you be mine? My Ruby, ahhhh, when will you be mine? When will you be mine? My Ruby, Ruby when will you be mine? Can't help loving that man Fish got to swim, birds got to fly I got to love one man 'til I die Can't help loving that man of mine Maybe he's lazy, maybe he's slow Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I know Can't help loving that man of mine And when he's away That's a rainy day But when he's back The day is fine, the sun will shine He can stay out as long as can be For without him ain't no home for me Can't help loving that man of mine Show me.... Oh, fish got to swim, birds got to fly I got to love one man 'til I die Can't help loving that man of mine Maybe he's crazy, maybe he's slow Maybe I'm crazy, maybe I know Can't help loving that man of mine And when he's away That's a rainy day But when he's back The day is fine, the sun will shine He can stay out as long as can be For without him ain't no home for me Can't help loving that man of mine Can't help loving, loving that man of mine Can't help....help....help Loving that man....man....man Man of mine....mine....mine I just can't help
Debut
Human Behaviour
If you ever get close to a human And human behaviour Be ready to get confused There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic To human behaviour But yet so, yet so irresistible And there's no map They're terribly moody And human behaviour Then all of a sudden turn happy But, oh, to get involved in the exchange Of human emotions is ever so, ever so satisfying Oh oh, and there's no map Human behaviour, human Human, human behaviour, human Human, human behaviour, human Human behaviour, human And there's no map And a compass Wouldn't help at all Human behaviour, human, human Human behaviour, human Human behaviour, human Human behaviour There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic Human, human Human behaviour Human There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic Human, human, human, human
Crying
I travel All around the city Go in and out of Locomotives All alone There's no-one here And people everywhere Crying 'cause I need you Crying I can feel you Crying 'cause I need you Crying 'cause I care It's a hot day And i'm dressed lightly I move carefully Through the crowd Here everyone Is so vulnerable And i'm as well There's no-one here And people everywhere Crying 'cause I need you Crying I can feel you Crying 'cause I need you Crying 'cause I care Only if a ship would sail in Or just someone came And knocked at my door Or just, or just something Crying 'cause I need you Crying I can feel you Crying 'cause I need you Crying 'cause I care
Venus As A Boy
His wicked sense of humour Suggests exciting sex His fingers focus on her Touches, he's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty He's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty Eternal... He believes in a beauty He's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty Eternal... He's exploring The taste of her Arousal So accurate He sets off The beauty in her He's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty He's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty Eternal... He believes in a beauty He's venus as a boy He believes in a beauty Eternal...
There’s More To Life Than This
Come on girl Let's sneak out of this party It's getting boring There's more to life than this It's still early morning We could go down to the harbour And jump between the boats And see the sun come up Sample : There's more to life than this There's more to life than this There's more to life than this I could nick a boat And sneak off to this island I could bring my little ghettoblaster There's more to life than this But then we'd have to rush back To the town's best baker To get the first bread of the morning There's more to life than this Sample : There's more to life than this There's more to life than this X4
Like someone in love
Lately I find myself out gazing at stars Hearing guitars Like someone in love Sometimes the things I do astound me Mostly whenever you're around me Lately I seem to walk as though I have wings Bump into things Like someone in love Each time I look at you, I'm limp as a glove And feeling like someone in love Sometimes the things I do astound me Mostly whenever you're around me Lately I seem to walk as though I have wings Bump into things Like someone in love Each time I look at you, I'm limp as a glove And feeling like someone in love Like someone in love Like someone in love
*** Thanx a lot to Skully who corrected a mistake ***
Big Time Sensuality
I can sense it Something important Is about to happen It's coming up It takes courage to enjoy it The hardcore and the gentle Big time sensuality We just met And I know I'm a bit too intimate But something huge is coming up And we're both included It takes courage to enjoy it The hardcore and the gentle Big time sensuality I don't know my future after this weekend And I don't want to It takes courage to enjoy it The hardcore and the gentle Big time sensuality Sensuality One Day
One day, it will happen One day, one day It will all come true. One day, when you're ready One day, one day When you're up to it The atmosphere Will get lighter And two suns ready To shine just for you I can feel it, I can feel it One day, it will happen One day, one day It will all make sense. One day, one day You will blossom One day, one day When you're ready An aeroplane Will curve gracefully Around the volcano With the eruption that never lets you down I can feel it, I can feel it And the beautifullest Fireworks are burning In the sky just for you I can feel it, I can feel it One day, one day, one day, one day One day, one day, one day, one day Aeroplane
I can not live Peacefully without you For even a moment I miss you terribly When you're away He's away This ain't right I'm alone I'm taking an aeroplane Across the world To follow my heart How come Out of all the people in the world Only one Can make me complete One word, one word on the phone Makes me happy One touch, but one touch directly Makes me ecstatic He's away This ain't right I'm alone I'm taking an aeroplane Across the world To follow my heart
Come To Me
Come to me I'll take care of you Protect you Calm, calm down You're exhausted Come lie down You don't have to explain I understand You know That I adore you You know That I love you So don't make me say it It would burst the bubble Break the charm Jump off Your building's on fire And I'll catch you, I'll catch you Destroy all that is keeping you down And then i'll nurse you I'll nurse you I'll touch you You know That I adore you You know That I love you So don't make me say it It would burst the bubble Break the charm Violently Happy
Since I met you This small town hasn't got room For my big feelings Violently happy 'Cause i love you Violently happy But you're not here Violently happy Come calm me down Before I get into trouble I tip-toe down to the shore Stand by the ocean Make it roar at me And I roar back Violently happy 'Cause I love you Violently happy But you're not here Violently happy Overemotional Violently happy I'll get into trouble Real soon If you don't get here Baby Violently happy 'Cause I love you Violently happy I'm aiming too high Violently happy It will get me into trouble Violently happy I'm driving my car Too fast With ecstatic music on Violently happy I'm getting too drunk Violently happy I'm daring people To jump off roofs with me Only you Can clam me down I'm aiming too high Soothe me The Anchor Song
I live by the ocean And during the night I dive into it Down to the bottom Underneath all currents And drop my anchor This is where I'm staying This is my home I live by the ocean And during the night I dive into it Down to the bottom Underneath all currents And drop my anchor This is where I'm staying This is my home
Play Dead
Darling stop confusing me With your wishful thinking Hopeful embraces Don't you understand? I have to go through this I belong to here where No-one cares and no-one loves No light no air to live in A place called hate The city of fear I play dead It stops the hurting I play dead And the hurting stops It's sometimes just like sleeping Curling up inside my private tortures I nestle into pain Hug suffering Caress every ache I play dead It stops the hurting
Post
Army of me
Stand up You've got to manage I won't sympathize Anymore And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me You're alright There's nothing wrong Self-sufficience please! And get to work And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me Army of me You're on your own now We won't save you Your rescue-squad Is to exhausted And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me And if you complain once more You'll meet an army of me Army of me Hyper-ballad
We live on a mountain Right at the top There's a beautiful view From the top of the mountain Every morning I walk towards the edge And throw little things off Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery Or whatever I find lying around It's become a habit A way to start the day I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you It's real early morning No-one is awake I'm back at my cliff Still throwing things off I listen to the sounds they make On their way down I follow with my eyes 'til they crash Imagine what my body would sound like Slamming against those rocks When it lands Will my eyes Be closed or open I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you Safe up ( here with you ) ... The modern things
Það er sól þegar hann Andar inn í mig Hann bítur mig Hann bítur mig Já, hann kemur með Fylgir eftir mér Telur mig Siglir eftir mér All the modern things Have always existed They've just been waiting To come out And multiply And take over It's their turn now Chaææ Enginn sér þegar hann Chaææ Enginn sér þegar hann Chaææ... Kemur með Kemur með Chææ Ey sem ég...
*** Translations and transcripts by Tom Brenner ***
It’s oh so quiet
Shhhh, Shhhh It's, oh, so quiet It's, oh, so still You're all alone And so peaceful until... You fall in love Zing boom The sky up above Zing boom Is caving in Wow bam You've never been so nuts about a guy You wanna laugh you wanna cry You cross your heart and hope to die 'Til it's over and then Shhh, Shhh It's nice and quiet Shhh, Shhh But soon again Shhh, Shhh Starts another big riot You blow a fuse, zing boom The devil cuts loose, zing boom So what's the use, wow bam Of falling in love It's, oh, so quiet It's, oh, so still You're all alone And so peaceful until... You ring the bell, bim bam You shout and you yell, hi ho ho You broke the spell Gee, this is swell you almost have a fit This guy is "gorge" and I got hit There's no mistake this is it 'Til it's over and then It's nice and quiet Shhh, Shhh But soon again Shhh, Shhh Starts another big riot You blow a fuse Zing boom The devil cuts loose Zing boom What's the use Wow bam Of falling in love The sky caves in The devil cuts loose You blow blow blow blow blow your fuse When you've fallen in love Ssshhhhhh... Enjoy
I wish: I want to stay here I wish: this be enough I wish: I only love you I wish: simplicity Look at the speed out there It magnetizes me to it And I have no fear I'm only into this to Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy I wish I'd only look And didn't have to touch I wish I'd only smell this And didn't have to taste How can I ignore This is sex without touching I'm going to explore I'm only into this to Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
You’ve been flirting again
All that she said was true All that she said was true Give her some time Give her some space All that she said was true All that she meant was good All that she meant was good Give her some time Give her some space All that she meant was good How you reacted was right How you reacted was right Give her some time Give her some space How you reacted was right Isobel
In a forest pitch-dark Glowed the tiniest spark It burst into flame Like me, like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself In a heart full of dust Lives a creature called lust It surprises and scares Like me,like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself When she does it she means to Moth delivers her message Unexplained on your collar Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana Nana na nana, nana na nana In a tower of steel Nature forges a deal To raise wonderful hell Like me, like me My name isobel Married to myself My love isobel Living by herself When she does it she means to Moth delivers her message Unexplained on your collar Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana X6
Possibly maybe
Your flirt finds me out Teases the crack in me Smittens me with hope Possibly maybe, possibly maybe, possibly maybe. As much as I definitely enjoy solitude I wouldn't mind perhaps Spending little time with you Sometimes, sometimes Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Uncertainty excites me Baby Who knows what's going to happen? Lottery or car crash Or you'll join a cult Probably maybe, possibly love This is probably maybe, possibly love, possibly Mon petit vulcan You're eruptions and disasters I keep calm Admiring the lava I keep calm Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Electric shocks? I love them With you dozen a day But after a while I wonder Where's that love you promised me? Where is he ? Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love How can you offer me love like that? My heart's burned How can you offer me love like that? I'm exhausted Leave me alone Possibly maybe, possibly maybe, possibly maybe. Since we broke up I'm using lipstick again I'll suck my tongue In remembrance of you Possibly maybe, possibly maybe Possibly maybe, possibly maybe Possibly maybe, possibly maybe I miss you
I miss you But I haven't met you yet So special But it hasn't happened yet You are gorgeous But I haven't met you yet I remember But it hasn't happened yet And if you believe in dreams Or what is more important That a dream can come true I, I will meet you I was peaking But it hasn't happened yet I haven't been given My best souvenir I miss you But I haven't met you yet I know your habits But wouldn't recognize you yet And if you believe in dreams Or what is more important That a dream can come true I miss you I'm so impatient I can't stand the wait When will I get my cuddle? Who are you? I know by now that you'll arrive By the time I stop waiting I miss you Cover me
While I crawl into the unknown Cover me I'm going hunting for mysteries Cover me I'm going to prove the impossible really exists This is really dangerous Cover me But worth all the effort Cover me I'm going to prove the impossible really exists Headphones
Genius to fall asleep to your tape last night So warm Sounds go through the muscles These abstract wordless Movements, move move move move move They start off cells that haven't been touched before These cells are virgins Waking up slowly My headphones They saved my life Your tape It lulled me to sleep To sleep, to sleep Nothing will be the same I'm fast asleep I like this resonance It elevates me I don't recognize myself This is very interesting My headphones They saved my life Your tape It lulled me to sleep To sleep, to sleep I'm fast asleep now I'm fast asleep My headphones They saved my life Your tape It lulled me to sleep To sleep, to sleep Telegram Possibly maybe
Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Since we broke up I'm using lipstick again I'll suck my tongue In remembrance of you Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Mon petit vulcan You're eruptions and disasters I keep calm Admiring the lava I keep calm Possibly maybe probably love Possibly maybe probably love Electric shocks? I love them With you dozen a day But after a while I wonder Where's that love you promised me? Where is he ? Possibly maybe probably love Possibly, poss- How can you offer Where's that love you Where's that love you promised me? Where is he ? Possibly maybe How can you offer me love like that? My heart's burned How can you offer me love like that? I'm exhausted Leave me alone Possibly maybe Possibly maybe Possibly maybe
Hyper-ballad
We live on a mountain Right at the top There's a beautiful view From the top of the mountain Every morning I walk towards the edge And throw little things off Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery Or whatever I find lying around It's become a habit A way to start the day I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you It's real early morning No-one is awake I'm back at my cliff Still throwing things off I listen to the sounds they make On their way down I follow with my eyes 'til they crash Imagine what my body would sound like Slamming against those rocks When it lands Will my eyes Be closed or open? I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you I go through all this Before you wake up So I can feel happier To be safe up here with you Safe up here with you Safe up here with you Safe up here with you
Enjoy
Bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, Sit, bash, bash, bash, bash, sit, sit, sit, sit, En- sit, en- sit, en- sit, en- sit, en-, en- sit, en-, en- sit, en-, en- sit, en -sit, Enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy Enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy Sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, sit, bash, joy, bash, joy, bash, joy, bash, joy, bash, bash Enjoy, enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy, joy, enjoy En-, en-
My spine
I adore Back of necks Beautifully shaven Gives me, Always, always, always, always, always, always, A pretty rush down my spine All those boys With fascinating fingers Working creating Touching their tools Gives me, Always, always, always, always, always, always, A pretty rush down my spine Huh Tell me stories Play me the tunes That crack you up Gives me, Always, always, always, always, always, always, always, A pretty rush down my spine Hah! I miss you Björk : I miss you But I haven't met you yet You are gorgeous But it hasn't happened yet You are gorgeous But I haven't met you yet I remember But it hasn't happened yet So special But it hasn't happened yet And if you believe in dreams Or what is more important That a dream can come true I will meet you I was peaking But it hasn't happened yet I haven't been giving My best souvenir I miss you But I haven't met you yet I know your habits But wouldn't regonize you yet And if you believe in dreams Or what is more important That a dream can come true I, I, I, I miss you Rodney P : I had a dream that I was missing you indeed And if I miss you then you know that I'll be there with speed I got that mister cool vibe for your mind, believe I've never seen you but I've seen you've got the vibes I need That's why I miss you, try to dismiss you, from my mind Only for people often miss you but I seek to find You gotta send me an emotion or a sign Cause even though when all things must reveal in time Still I miss you Björk : Miss you I get so impatient I can't stand the wait When will I get my cuddle Who are you? I know by now that you'll arrive By the time I stop waiting Aaaaahhhhhhh Miss you I miss you So I miss you I miss you .... I miss you, miss you, miss you ... I miss you....miss you
*** Thanx a lot to Brett who corrected this one *** Isobel
In a forest pitch-dark Glowed the tiniest spark It burst into a flame Like me, like me My name Isobel Married to myself My love Isobel Living by herself In a heart full of dust Lives a creature called lust It surprises and scares Like me,like me My name Isobel Married to myself My love Isobel Living by herself Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana Nana na nana, nana na nana In a tower of steel Nature forges a deal To raise wonderful hell Like me, like me My name Isobel Married to myself My love Isobel Living by herself Crawling in silence A simple excuse Nana na nana, nana na nana X6
You're all I ever wanted X2 All that she said was true All that she said was true Give her some time Give her some space All that she said was true All that she ever meant was good All that she meant was good Give her some time Give her some space All that she meant was good How you reacted was right How you reacted was right Give her some space Give her some time All that she said was true You're all I ever wanted X5
Cover me
Cover me I'm going hunting, hunting, Mysteries Crawl into the unknown This is really dangerous This is really dangerous This is really dangerous I'm going hunting, hunting, hunting, Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries, mysteries, ( What, what, what, what , what .. )
Arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, Arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, Army of me. Arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm Arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm, arm Army of me.
Headphones
Genius to fall asleep to your tape last night Sounds go through the muscles These abstract wordless Movements They start off cells that haven't been touched before Nothing will be the same I like this resonance It elevates me I don't recognize myself This is very interesting
Homogenic Hunter Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... If travel is searching And home has been found I'm not stopping I'm going hunting I'm the hunter I'll bring back the goods But I don't know when I thought I could organize freedom How Scandinavian of me You sussed it out, didn't you Yeah! You could smell it So you left me on my own To complete the mission Now I'm leaving it all behind I'm going hunting I'm the hunter, I'm the hunter I'm going hunting I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter I'm ... the ... hunter... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh...
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one *** Jóga All these accidents, That happen, Follow the dot, Coincidence, Makes sense, Only with you, You don't have to speak, I feel. Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. All that no-one sees, You see, What's inside of me, Every nerve that hurts, You heal, Deep inside of me, oo-oohh, You don't have to speak, I feel. Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me - confuse, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, Emotional landscapes, They puzzle me, Then the riddle gets solved, And you push me up to this State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, State of, state of, How beautiful, Emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be, State of emergency, Is where I want to be. State of emergency, How beautiful to be. Unravel While you are away My heart comes undone Slowly unravels In a ball of yarn The devil collects it With a grin Our love In a ball of yarn He'll never return it So when you come back We'll have to make new love He'll never return it When you come back We'll have to make new love While you are away My heart comes undone Slowly unravels In a ball of yarn The devil collects it With a grin Our love, our love, In a ball of yarn He'll never return it When you come back We'll have to make new love He'll never return it When you come back We'll have to make new love He'll never return it When you come back We'll have to make new love Bachelorette I'm a fountain of blood In the shape of a girl You're the bird on the brim Hypnotised by the Whirl Drink me, make me feel real Wet your beak in the stream Game we're playing is life Love is a two way dream Leave me now, return tonight Tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a path of cinders Burning under your feet You're the one who walks me I'm your one way street I'm a whisper in water Secret for you to hear You are the one who grows distant When I beckon you near Leave me now, return tonight The tide will show you the way If you forget my name You will go astray Like a killer whale Trapped in a bay I'm a tree that grows hearts One for each that you take You're the intruder hand I'm the branch that you break
All neon like Not 'til you halo all over me I'll come over Not 'til it shimmers 'round your skull I'll be yours I weave for you The marvellous web Glow in the dark threads All neon like The cocoon surrounds you Embraces all So you can sleep Foetus-style And they will assist us 'Cause we're asking for help And the luminous beam It feeds you, Henh-yeah!, henh-yeah The soft distortion Fills you up Nourish nourish Your turtleheart And they will assist us 'Cause we're asking for help And the luminous beam It feeds you Henh-yeah!, yeah! Don't get angry with yourself Don't, don't get angry with yourself I'll heal you With a razorblade I'll cut a slit open And the luminous beam Feeds you honey, heals you Don't get angry with yourself X4 I'll heal you, i'll heal you, luminous, i'll heal you 5 years
You think you're denying me of something Well I've got plenty You're the one who's missing out But you won't notice 'Til after five years If you'll live that long You'll wake up All loveless I dare you To take me on I dare you To show me your palms I'm so bored with cowards That say they want Then they can't handle You can't handle love You can't handle love You just can't handle I dare you To take me on I dare you To show me your palms What's so scary Not a threat in sight You just can't handle You can't handle love You can't handle love, baby You can't handle love It's obvious You can't handle I dare you To take me on I dare you To show me your palms I'm so bored of cowards That say they want Then they can't handle You can't handle love, baby You can't handle love, It's obvious You can't handle I dare you, I dare you I dare you, I dare you Immature How could I be so immature ? To think he could replace, The missing elements in me, How extremely lazy of me ** Gibberish ** How could I be so immature ? To think he could replace, The missing elements in me, How extremely lazy of me. How could I be so immature ? How could I be so immature ? ** Gibberish **
Alarm call Wo-oo-ooh hoh! I have walked this earth And watched people It doesnt scare me at all I can be sinsere And say I like them It doesnt scare me at all ** Gibberish ** You can't say no to hope Can't say no to happiness I want to go on a mountain-top With a radio and good batteries And play a joyous tune and Free the human race From suffering It doesnt scare me at all I'm no fucking buddhist But this is enlightenment The less room you give me The more space I've got It doesnt scare me at all ** Gibberish ** You can't say no to hope Can't say no to happiness It doesnt scare me at all I want to be on a mountain-top With a radio and good batteries And play a joyous tune and Free the A-human race From suffering It doesnt scare me at all This is an alarm-call So wake-up, wake-up now Woo-oo-ooh! Today has never happened And it doesnt frighten me It doesnt scare me at all ** Gibberish ** You can't say no to hope You can't say no to happiness Wo-oo-ooh! It doesnt scare me at all, wo-oo-ooh! ...
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one *** Pluto Excuse me But I just have to Explode Explode this body Off me Woo-ooh Oooooh (x4) I'll be brand new Brand new tomorrow A little bit tired But brand new Ooooh! X3 Aaaaah! X13 Aaaaaah! Woaahh!!! All is full of love You'll be given love You'll be taken care of You'll be given love You have to trust it Maybe not from the sources You have poured yours Maybe not from the directions You are staring at Twist your head around It's all around you All is full of love All around you All is full of love You just aint receiving All is full of love Your phone is off the hook All is full of love Your doors are all shut All is full of love! ** Gibberish ** All is full of love, all is full of love All is full of love, all is full of love ...
Selmasongs Cvalda
Björk : Clatter, crash, clack Racket, bang, thump Rattle, clang, crack, thud, whack, bam! It's music Now dance Listen, Cvalda You're the dancer You got the sparkle In your eyes Look at me entrancer Clatter, crash, clack Racket, bang, thump Rattle, clang, crack, thud, whack, bam! It's the clatter machines They greet you And say We tap out a rhythm And sweep you away A clatter machine What a magical sound A room full of noises That spins you around Catherine Deneuve : Darling, Selma Look who's dancing Faster than a Shooting star Cvalda's here Cvalda sings Björk : Clatter, crash, clack Racket, bang, thump Rattle, clang, crack, thud, whack, bam! It's the clatter machines They greet you And say We tap out a rhythm And sweep you away A clatter machine What a magical sound And full of noises That spins us around That spins us around It spins us around
*** Thanx a lot to Brian & Dan who corrected some mistakes ***
I've Seen It All
Björk I've seen it all I have seen the trees I have seen the willow leaves Dancing in the breeze Tom Yorke I've seen a man killed By his best friend And lives that were over Before they were spent. Björk & Tom Yorke I've seen what I was And I know what I'll be I've seen it all There is no more to see Björk You haven't seen elephants Kings or Peru Tom Yorke I'm happy to say I had better to do Björk What about China Have you seen the Great Wall Tom Yorke All walls are great If the roof doesn't fall And the man you will marry The home you will share Björk To be honest I really don't care [gibberish] Tom Yorke You've never been To Niagara Falls Björk I have seen water It's water, that's all Tom Yorke The Eiffel Tower The Empire State Björk My pulse was as high On my very first date Tom Yorke And your grandson's hand As he plays with your hair Björk To be honest I really don't care [gibberish] Björk & Yorke I've seen it all I've seen the dark I've seen the brightness In one little spark I've seen what I chose And I've seen what I need And that is enough To want more would be greed I've seen what I was And I know what I'll be I've seen it all There is no more to see Tom Yorke You've seen it all And all you have seen You can always review on Your own little screen The light and the dark The big and the small Just keep in mind You need no more at all Björk & Tom Yorke You've seen what you were And know what you'll be You've seen it all There is no more to see [gibberish]
*** Thanx a lot to Amatista & Fred who corrected this one ***
Scatterheart
Black night is falling The sun is gone to bed The innocent are dreaming As you should sleepy-head Sleepy-head, sleepy-head All the love above I send into you Comfort and protection I'll watch over you But don't ask me What's gonna happen next I know the future I'd love to lead you the way Just to make it easier on you You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself My Dearest Scatterheart There is comfort Right in the eye Of the hurricane Just to make it easier on you You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself All the hurt in the world You know There's nothing I'd love to do more Than spare you from that burden It's gonna be hard If I only could Shelter you From that pain Just to make it easier on you You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself You are gonna have to find out for yourself
In The Musicals
Why do I love it so much What kind of magic is this How come I can't help adore it It's just another musical No one minds it at all If I'm having a ball This is a musical And there is always someone to catch me There is always someone to catch me There is always someone to catch me There is always someone to catch me When I'd fall Why do I love you so much What kind of magic is this How come I can't help adore you You are in a musical I didn't mind it at all You were having a ball This is a musical And you were always there to catch me You were always there to catch me You were always there to catch me You were always there to catch me When I'd fall I don't mind it at all If you're having a ball This is a musical And I'll always be there to catch you I will always be there to catch you I'll always be there to catch you I will always be there to catch you You always be there to catch me And there's always someone to catch me You always be there to catch me You always there to catch me When I'd fall
107 steps
Siobhan Fallon : Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen Twenty, twenty one, twenty two, twenty three Twenty four, twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven Twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty... Björk : Thirty one, thirty five, thirty eight, fourty two Fourty eight, fifty one, fifty four, fifty eight Sixty four, sixty eight, sixty nine, seventy five Seventy nine, eighty three, eighty six, eighty nine, ninety three One hundred steps
New world
Train-whistles, sweet clementine Blueberries dancers in line Cobwebs, a bakery sign Oh, a sweet clementine Oh, dancers in line If living is seeing I'm holding my breath In wonder, I wonder What happen's next A new world A new day to see See, see I'm softly walking on air Halfway to heaven frontier Sunlight unfolds in my hair Oh, I'm walking on air Oh, to heaven frontier If living is seeing I'm holding my breath In wonder, I wonder What happens next A new world A new day to see See, see To see...
Vespertine
Hidden Place
Through the warmthest Cord of care Your love was sent to me I'm not sure What to do with it Or where to put it I'm so close to tear And so close to Simply calling you up And simply suggesting We go to the hidden place That we go to the hidden place We go to the hidden place We go to a hidden place Now I have Been slightly shy And I can smell a pinch of hope To almost have allowed once fingers To stroke The fingers I was given to touch with But careful, careful There lies my passion, hidden There lies my love I'll hide it under a blanket Lull it to sleep I'll keep it in a hidden place I'll keep it in a hidden place Keep it in a hidden place Keep it in a hidden place He's The beautifullest Fragilest Still strong Dark and divine And the littleness of his movements Hides himself He invents a charm That makes him invisible Hides in the air Can I hide there too? Hide in the air of him Seek solace Sanctuary In that hidden place In a hidden place In a hidden place We'll stay in a hidden place Ooohh in a hidden place We'll live in a hidden place We'll be in a hidden place In a hidden place
Cocoon
Who would have known That a boy like him Would have entered me lightly Restoring my blisses Who would have known That a boy like him After sharing my core Would stay going nowhere Who would have known A beauty this immense Who would have known A saintly trance Who would have known Miraculous breath To inhale a beard Loaded with courage Who would have known That a boy like him Possessed of magical Sensitivity Would approach a girl like me Who caresses cradles his head In a bosom He slides inside Half awake, half asleep We faint back Into sleephood When I wake up The second time In his arms Gorgeousness He's still inside me Who would have known Who ahhh Who would have known A train of pearls Cabin by cabin Is shot precisely Across an ocean From a mouth From a From a mouth Of a girl like me To a boy To a boy To a boy
It's Not Up To You I wake up And the day feels Broken I tilt my head I'm trying to get an angle 'Cause the evening I've always longed for It could still happen How do I master The perfect day Six glasses of water Seven phonecalls If you leave it alone It might just happen Anyway It's not up to you Oh it never really was It's not up to you Oh it never really was It's not up to you Well it never really was It's not up to you If you wake up And the day feels Ah broken Just lean into the crack (Just lean into the crack) And it will tremble Ever so nicely Notice How it sparkles Down there I can decide What I give But it's not up to me What I get given Unthinkable surprises About to happen But what they are It's not up to you Well it never really was It's not up to you Oh it never really was It's not up to you Oh it never really was It's not up to you Oh, me, share It's not up to you It's not up to you Oh, it never really was It's not up to you Well, it never really was It's not up to you It's not up to you It's not up to you It's not up to you There's too much Clinging To peak There's too much Pressure
Undo It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill Oh I It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill Oh I You're trying too hard Surrender Give yourself in You're trying too hard You're trying too hard, ah It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill Sweetly It's not meant to be a strife To enjoy It's not meant to be a stuggle uphill Oh I It's warmer now Lean into it Unfold Unfold in a generous way Surrender It's not meant to be a srife (surrender) It's not meant (undo) to be a struggle uphill (undo) It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill I'm praying To be In a generous mode The kindness kind The kindness kind To share Me To share me It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill It's not meant to be a strife It's not meant to be a struggle uphill Undo Undo If you're bleeding Undo And if you're sweating Undo If you're crying, darling Undo Undo Oh I Unravel
Pagan Poetry
Pedalling through The dark currents I find An accurate copy A blueprint Of the pleasure In me Swirling black lilies totally ripe A secret code carved Swirling black lilies totally ripe A secret code carved He offers A handshake Crooked Five fingers They form a pattern Yet to be matched On the surface simplicity But the darkest pit in me It's pagan poetry Pagan poetry Morsecoding signals (signals) They pulsate (wake me up) and wake me up (pulsate) from my hibernate On the surface simplicity Swirling black lilies totally ripe But the darkest pit in me It's pagan poetry Swirling black lilies totally ripe Pagan poetry Swirling black lilies totally ripe .... I love him, I love him I love him, I love him I love him, I love him I love him, I love him She loves him, she loves him This time She loves him, she loves him I'm gonna keep it to myself She loves him, she loves him She loves him, she loves him This time I'm gonna keep me all to myself She loves him, she loves him And he makes me want to hand myself over She loves him, she loves him She loves him, she loves him And he makes me want to hand myself over
*** Thanx a lot to Yuki & Tyler who corrected a mistake ***
Aurora Treading The glacier head Looking hard for Moments of shine From twilight To twilight Ahhhhh... Utter mundane Aurora Goddess sparkle Shoot me Beyond this suffer The need Is great Aurora Ahhhh... Utter mundane Aurora Goddess sparkle A mountain shade Suggests your shape I tumbled down On my knees Fill the mouth With snow The way it melts I wish To melt Into you Aurora Ahhh... Utter mundane Spark the sun off Spark the sun off Spark the sun off Spark the sun off me An echo a stain
She touched My arm And smiled One of these days Soon Very soon Love you 'til then Love you 'til then Feel my breath On your neck And your heart Will race Don't say no to me You can't say no to me I won't see you Denied I'm sorry you saw that I'm sorry he did it An echo A stain A stain I can't say no to you I can't say no to you Say nothing Free falling Complete
Sun in My Mouth
( From the poem "Wade" by E.E. Cummings )
I will wade out Till my thighs are steeped In burning flowers I will take the sun in my mouth And leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes To dash against darkness In the sleeping curves of my body Shall enter fingers Of smooth mastery With chasteness of sea-girls Will I complete the mystery Of my flesh Will I complete the mystery Of my flesh My flesh
Heirloom
( Original from : Console - Rocket In The Pocket : Crabcraft )
I have a recurrent dream Everytime I loose my voice I swallow little glowing lights My mother and son baked for me And during the night They do a trapeze walk Until they're in the sky Right above my bed While I'm asleep My mother and son pour into me Warm glowing oil Into my wide open throat I have a recurrent dream Everytime I feel a hoarseness I swallow warm glowing lights My mother and son baked for me, oh They make me feel so much better They make me feel better We have a recurrent dream Everytime we loose our voices We dream swallow little lights Our mother and son bake for us During the night They do a little trapeze walk Until they're in the sky Right above our heads While we're asleep My mother and son pour into us Pour into us Warm glowing oil Into our wide open throats I have a recurrent dream They make me feel better They make me feel better
Harm of will
If there is a troubador washing It is he If there is a man about town It is he If there is one to be sought It is he If there are nine she is They are bought for me This way is as is she And he placed her Unclothed Long long longlegged Atop of the family tree And if he has chosen the point While she is under him Then leave her coily placed crouched sucking him For it is I with Her on knee ** Gibberish ** I leave her Without pith or feel And leave her be Leave her be For he controls what there´ll be He makes his face known to none For if he is seen Then all will And all will know Know me
Unison
One hand love the other So much on me Born stubborn me Will always be Before you count One two three I will have grown my own private branch Of this tree You gardener You discipliner Domestically I can obey all of your rules And still be, be I never thought I would compromise I never thought I would compromise I never thought I would compromise Let's unite tonight We shouldn't fight Embrace you tight Let's unite tonight I thrive best hermit style With a beard and a pipe And a parrot on each side But now I can't do this without you I never thought I would compromise I never thought I would compromise I never thought I would compromise Let's unite tonight We shouldn't fight Embrace you tight Let's unite tonight One hand love the other So much on me Let's unite tonight We shouldn't fight Embrace you tight Let's unite tonight Let's unite tonight We shouldn't fight Embrace you tight Let's Ooohhhh ooohh Unison Unison Unison
Medúlla
Pleasure is all mine
The pleasure is all mine To get to be the generous one Is the strongest stance The pleasure is all mine To finally let go and evenly Be flown Who gives most Who gives most Who gives most The pleasure is all mine Women like us we strengthen most host-like When in doubt, give When in doubt, give When in doubt, give
Show me forgiveness
Show me forgiveness For having lost faith in myself And let my own interior up To inferior forces The shame is endless But if soon start forgiveness The girl might live
Where is the line
Where is the line with you Where is the -- line - with you Where is the line with you Where is the -- line - with you My purse wide open you ask again I see the crime and cash into Accounts Everywhere Where is the line with you Where is the line -- with you Where is the -- line - with you Where is the -- line with you I want to be flexible I want to go out of my way for you But enough is enough Where is the line with you Where is the -- line with you Where is the line with you Where is the -- line - with you I am elastic I want to Go out of my way for you I want to Help Help you Where is the line with you Where is the line - with you Where is the -- line - with you Where is the -- line - with you I want to Have Capacity For you and be elastic Love To be elastic E-la-stic for Where is the line with you Where is the -- line with you Where is the line with you Where is the line with you Where is the line - with you Where -- is the line with you I'm elastic for you But enough is enough
Vökuró
Bærinn minn Bærinn minn og þinn Sefur sæll í kyrrð Fellur mjöll Hljótt í húmi á jörð Grasið mitt Grasið mitt og þitt Geymir mold til vors Hjúfrar lind Leynt við brekkurót Vakir eins og við Lífi trútt Kyrrlátt kalda vermsl Augum djúps Utí himinfyrrð Starir stillt um nótt Langt í burt Vakir veröld stór Grimmum töfrum tryllt Eirðarlaus Ottast nótt og dag Augu þín Ottalaus og hrein Brosa við mér björt Vonin mín Blessað brosið þitt Vekur ljóð úr værð Hvílist jörð Hljóð í örmum snæs Liljuhvít Lokar augum blám Litla stúlkan mín
*** Thanx a lot to Einar for this translation ***
Who is it ? His embrace, a fortress It fuels me and places A skeleton of trust Right beneath us Bone by bone Stone by stone If you ask yourself Patiently And carefully Who is it? Who is it? Who is it - that never lets you down? Who is it - that gave you back your crown? And the ornaments are They're going around Now they're handing it over They're handing it over Handing it over Who is it - that never lets you down? Who is it - that gave you back your crown? And the ornaments are They're going around Now -- they're handing it over Handing it over He demands a closeness We all have earned a lightness Carry my joy on the left Carry my pain on the right If you ask yourself Now patiently And carefully Who is it? Who is it - that never lets you down? Who is it - that gave you back your crown? And the ornaments are They're going around And I'm handing it over Handing it over Handing Who is it - that never lets you down? Who is it - that gave you back your crown? And the ornaments are They're going around Now I'm handing it over Handing it over
Submarine
When will it be time To document Do it now! This submarine behaviour Do it now! When time? To return Do it now! Do it now! Shake us out of the heavy deep sleep Shake us now! Do it now! Do it now! Shake us out of the heavy deep sleep Do it now!
Desired constellation
It's tricky when You feel someone Has done Something on your behalf It's slippery when Your sense of justice Murmurs underneath And is asking you How am I going to make it right? How am I going to make it right? With a palm full of stars I throw them like dice (repeatedly) On the table (repeat - repeatedly) I shake them like dice And throw them on the table Repeatedly (repeatedly) Until the desired constellation appears How am I going to make it right? How am I going to make it right? How am I going to make it right? (And you hear - how am I going to make it right?) How am I going to make it right? How am I going to make it right? (How am I going to make it right?)
Oceanía
One breath away From Mother Oceania Your nimble feet make prints In my sand You have done Good for yourselves Since you left my wet embrace And crawled ashore Every boy is a snake is a lily Every pearl is a lynx is a girl Sweet like harmony Made into flesh You dance by my side Children sublime You show me continents I see the islands You count the centuries I blink my eyes Hawks and sparrows Race in my waters Stingrays are floating Across the sky Little ones My sons and my daughters Your sweat is salty - I am why I am why I am why Your sweat is salty - I am why I am why I am why Sonnets / unrealities xi
( E.E. Cummings Poem - 'it may not always be so' )
It may not always be so And I say And if your lips Which I have loved Should touch another's And your dear strong fingers clutch Her heart As mine in time Not far away If on another's face your sweet hair lay In such a silence As I know Or such great writhing words As, uttering overmuch Stand helpelessly before the spirit at bay If this should be I say If this should be You of my heart Send me a little word That I may go Unto her And take her hands Saying Accept all happiness from me Then I shall turn my face And hear one bird Sing terribly afar In the lost lands
Mouth's cradle There is yet Another one That follows me Wherever I go And supports me Ah, this tooth is warmthlike This tooth is warmthlike This tooth is warmthlike And these teeth Are A ladder up to his mouth All these teeth are a ladder That I walk That you can walk to If you want If you want, up to The mouth, mouth's cradle Up to the mouth's cradle He always has a hope for me Always sees me when nothing else And everyone have left Can care That ghost is brighter than anyone And fulfills me with hope Those beams assure me And you can use These teeth As a Ladder up to Mouths cradle The mouths cradle And you can follow These notes I'm singing Up to the mouth's cradle The mouth's cradle The simplicity of the ghostlike beast The purity of what he wants And where it goes Always love Always loves you Always loves with, infrared love And you can use Those teeth As a ladder up to Mouth's cradle Mouth's cradle You can use Those teeth Follow my voice Tooth by tooth Up to the Mouth's cradle The mouth's cradle I need a shelter to build an altar Away from all the Osama's and Bushes I need a shelter to, to build an altar Away from all the Osama's and Bushes
Triumph of a heart The nerves are sending Shimmering signals All through my fingers The veins support Blood that gushes Pulsively towards The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The stubborn trunks Of these legs of mine Serve as pathways For my favourite fuel Heading upwards towards My kidneys The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all Smooth Soft, red Velvety lungs Are pushing a network Of oxygen joyfully Through a nose Through a mouth But all enjoys All enjoys The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all The triumph of a heart - that gives all : that gives all
Komid
( Japanese Bonus Track )
It means COME in Icelandic. She sings her infamous "alt sem hann sér" which is a based on her native Icelandic. It is said to mean something like "everything that he sees." The song is sung in gibberish. She does sing "hún er komið", which is Icelandic for "she is coming." But to be grammatically correct, it would be "hún hefur komið" or "hún kom"
*** Thanx a lot to Luis & Dorothy for these informations from www.shinybattery.sugarcube.net ***
Drawing Restraint 9
Gratitude
( Vocals : Will Oldham )
July 13, 1946 Dear General MacArthur, With your permission I offer wishes of good health During this heat That burns anything The words I slowly put together Do not flow easily, they only fill my heart Recently, fulfilling Your heart’s desire You removed the whaling Moratorium. Your gesture brings A much needed food To our community And families The words I slowly put together Do not flow easily, they only fill my heart A million year old fossil I send to you This comes from my family And the ancient sea A prehistoric impression Of the modern krill She feeds the noble whale And offers you longevity The words I slowly put together Do not flow easily, they only fill my heart Finally, please take good care in the heat. Sincerely yours, Shizuka
*** Thanx a lot to www.Bjork.com for the lyrics ***
Holographic Entrypoint
*** Thanx a lot to Marianne for this translation ***
Vessel, host, occidental guests, Figure and field, both, carrier, carried. Holographic paradigm, The whole in every part. Warm, viscous body, cooling In marine air embrace. Curing, skinning over A still molten core. Vessel, host, occidental guests, Skin seascape in suspension. Holographic entrypoint, Each part reflects the whole. Skin slit, consensual knife, She cuts his figure, he flenses her field. External resistance freeing, Internal relation emerging. Vessel, host, occidental guests, To pattern, comes blood, giving form. Holographic condition, The whole in every part. Warm blood, terrestrial guests, Take to the southern sea, breathing. Antarctic host and vessel, proud, Cetacean guests returning.
*** Thanx a lot to www.Bjork.com for this translation ***
Cetacea Into pattern Flowing blood Giving form In every part The whole you see Into pattern Flowing blood Giving form From the moment of commitment, nature conspires to help you From the moment of commitment, nature conspires to help you From the moment of commitment, nature conspires to help you Nature conspires to help you
Volta
Earth intruders
We are the earth intruders We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches Turmoil! Carnage! Here come the earth intruders We are the paratroopers Stampede of sharp shooters Comes right from voodoo With our feet thumping With our feet marching Grinding skeptics Into the soil Shower of goodness coming to End the doubt pouring over Shower of goodness coming to end We are the earth intruders We are the sharp shooters Flock of parashooters Necessary voodoo I have guided my bones Through some voltage And loved them still And loved them too Metallic carnage! Feriocity! Feel the speed! We are the earth intruders We are the sharp shooters Flock of parashooters Necessary voodoo There is turmoil out there Carnage! Rambling! What is to do but dig Dig bones out of earth Mudgraves! Timber! Morbid trenches! Here come the earth intruders Stampede of resistance We are the canoneers Necessary voodoo And the beast With many heads And arms rolling Steamroller! We are the earth intruders We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches Forgive this tribe We are the earth intruders We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches We are the earth intruders We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches Marching We are the earth intruders Muddy with twigs and branches Marching March March March
Wanderlust I am leaving this harbour Giving urban a farewell Its habitants seem too keen on God I cannot stomach their rights and wrong I have lost my origin And I don't want to find it again Rather sailing into nature's laws And be held by ocean's paws Wanderlust Relentlessly craving wanderlust Peel off the layers Until you get to the core Did I imagine it would be like this Was it something like this I wished for Or will i want more Lust for comfort Suffocates the soul This relentless Restlessness Liberates me Sets me free I feel at home whenever The unknown surrounds me I receive its embrace Aboard my floating house Wanderlust Relentlessly craving wanderlust Peel off the layers Until you get to the core Did i imagine it would be like this Was it something like this I wished for Or will i want more Wanderlust From island to island Wanderlust United in movement Wonderful I enjoy it with you Wanderlust Wanderlust Can you spot a pattern Relentlessly restless Restless relentlessly Restless relentlessly Can you spot a pattern The dull flame of desire Björk : I love your eyes, my dear Their splendid, sparkling fire Antony : When suddenly you raise them so To cast a swift embracing glance Björk : Like lightning flashing in the sky But there's a charm that is greater still Antony : When my love's eyes are lowered When all is fired by passion's kiss Björk : And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Antony : And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Björk : I love your eyes, my dear Their splendid, sparkling fire When suddenly you raise them so To cast a swift embracing glance Like lightning flashing in the sky But there's a charm that is greater still When my love's eyes are lowered When all is fired by passion's kiss And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Antony : Dull flame Björk : I see the dull flame of desire Antony : I see the dull flame Björk : I see the dull flame Antony : I love your eyes, my dear Their splendid, sparkling fire When suddenly you raise them so To cast a swift embracing glance Like lightning flashing in the sky But there's a charm that is greater still When my love's eyes are lowered When all is fired by passion's kiss And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Antony : Dull flame Björk : I see the dull flame of desire Antony : I see the dull flame Björk : I see the dull flame Björk : I love your eyes, my dear Their splendid, sparkling fire Antony : When suddenly you raise them so To cast a swift embracing glance Björk : Like lightning flashing in the sky But there's a charm that is greater still Antony : When my love's eyes are lowered When all is fired by passion's kiss Björk : Through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Antony : And through the downcast lashes I see the dull flame of desire Björk : And through the Downcast lashes I see the Dull flame Of Desire
Innocence I once had no fears None at all And then when I had some To my surprise I grew to like both Scared or brave or without them The thrill of fear Thought I’d never admit it The thrill of fear Now greatly enjoyed with courage When I once was Untouchable Innocence roared Still amazes When I once was Innocent It’s still here But in different places Neurosis only attaches itself to Fertile ground where it can flourish The thrill of fear Thought I’d never admit it The thrill of fear Now greatly enjoyed with courage When I once was fearless Innocence roared Still amazes Untouchable innocence It’s still here But in different places Fear is a powerful drug Overcome it and you think you can do anything Should I save myself for later Or generously give Fear of loosing energy is draining It’s locks up your chest Shuts down the heart Miserly stingy Let’s open up, share ! When I once was fearless Innocence roared Still amazes Untouchable innocence It’s still here But in different places
*** Thanx a lot to Þórir for this one ***
I see who you are I see who you are Behind the skin and the muscles I see who you are And when you'll get older later I will see the same girl The same soul Lioness, fireheart Passionate lover And afterwards Later this century When you and I have Become corpses Let's celebrate now All this flesh on our bones Let me push you Up against me Tightly And enjoy every bit of you Let's celebrate now All this flesh on our bones Let me push you Up against me Tightly Let's celebrate now All this flesh on our bones And enjoy every bit of you I see who you are Vertebrae by vertebrae Up-on-the-toe There is a view Up-on-the-toe And the spine Straight and erect Hungry and curious Up-on-the-toe Looking forward to The air is thinner here… She came here to lose face Got down on her knees The beast is back On 4 legs Set her clock to the moon Raises her spine Vertebrae by vertebrae Up-on-the-toe Looking… I have been filled with Steam for months, for years Same old cloud Claustrophobic in me Let it burst Like old train sounds Make them leave me, nature Vertebrae By vertebrae By vertebrae By vertebrae By vertebrae My arms ooze out of my shoulders And the arms ooze out of my shoulders I curl my tail Inwards, inwards Set my clock on the moon Vertebrae by vertebrae Please release This pressure off me Please release This pressure off me Please release This pressure off me Pneumonia Get over the sorrow, girl The world is always going to be made of this You can trust in it Unless you breath in Bravely I adore how you simply surrender to high And your lungs They're mourning T-b style All the stillborn love that could have happened All the moments you should have embraced All the moments you should have not locked up Understand So clearly To shut yourself up Would be the hugest crime of them all Hugest crime of them all You're just crying after all To not want them humans around any more Get over that sorrow, girl Get over it Hope Here's my version of it, internal whirlwind Here's my version of it, internal whirlwind Here's my version of it, internal whirlwind What’s the lesser of two evils If a suicide bomber made to look pregnant Manages to kill her target or not What’s the lesser of two evils What’s the lesser of two evils If she kills them or dies in vain Nature has fixed no limits on our hopes What’s the lesser of two evils What’s the lesser of two evils If her bump was fake or if it was real Here's my version of it, internal whirlwind I have fostered since childhood Well, I don’t care Love is all I dare to drown To be proven wrong Declare independence Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Justice Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Justice Start your own currency Make your own stamp Protect your language Justice Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Make your own flag Make your own flag Make your own flag Make your own flag Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Damn colonists Ignore their patronizing Tear off their blindfold Open their eyes Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you With a flag and a trumpet Go to the top Of your highest mountain And raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Raise your flag (higher higher) Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Declare independence Don't let them do that to you Raise the flag My juvenile Down the corridor I send warmth, I send warmth Down the staircase I send warmth, I send warmth Thank you for again To get to be able To send warmth, to send warmth Perhaps I set you too free, too fast, too young But the intentions were pure But the intentions were pure My juvenile My juvenile My juvenile I truly say You are my biggest love I clumsily tried to Free you from me One last embrace To tie a sacred ribbon This is an offer to better the last let-go This is an offer to better the last let-go This is an offer to better the last let-go The intentions were pure My juvenile (my juvenile) My juvenile (my juvenile) My juvenile (my juvenile) My juvenile
Biophilia
Moon As the lukewarm hands of the gods Came down and gently picked my adrenaline pearls They placed them in their mouths And rinsed all of the fear out Nourished them with their saliva All rested As if the healthiest past-time Is being in life-threatening circumstances And once again be reborn All birthed and happy All birthed and happy All birthed and happy All birthed and happy Best way to start-a-new Is to fail miserably Fail at loving And fail at giving Fail at creating a flow Then realign the whole And kick into the starthole And kick into the starthole And kick into the starthole To risk all is the end all and the beginning all To risk all is the end all and the beginning all
Thunderbolt Stirring at water's edge Cold froth on my twig My mind in whirls Wanders around desire May I, can I or have I too often Craving miracles May I, can I or have I too often now Craving miracles Craving miracles No one imagines the light shock I need And I’ll never know From who's hands deeply humble Dangerous gifts as such to mine come May I, should I or have I too often Craving miracles May I, can I or have I too often Craving miracles Craving miracles My romantic gene is dominant And it hungers for union Universal intimacy All embracing May I, should I or have I too often Craved miracles May I, can I or have I too often Craved miracles Craved Waves irregularly striking Wind stern in my face Thunderstorm come Scrape those barnacles of me May I, may I or should I too often Crave miracles May I or should I or have I too often All my body parts are one As lightning hits my spine Sparkling Prime runs through me Revive my wish Inviolable May I, can I or have I too often Craving miracles May I, can I, should I or have I too often Craving miracles
Crystalline Underneath our feet Crystals grow like plants Listen how they grow I'm blinded by the light Listen how they glow In the core of the earth Listen how they grow Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slowmo I conquer claustrophobia And demand the light We mimic the openness Of the ones we love Dovetail our generosity Equalize the flow With our hearts We chisel quartz To reach love Crystalline Internal nebula Rocks growing slowmo Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the light We mimic the openness Of the ones we love Dovetail our generosity Equalize the flow With our hearts We chisel quartz To reach love Crystalline Internal nebula Rocks growing slowmo Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the light Octagon polygon Pipes of an organ Sonic branches Murmuring drone Crystallizing galaxies Spread out like my fingers Crystalline Internal nebula Rocks growing slowmo Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the light
It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety
Cosmogony Heaven Heaven's bodies Whirl around me Make me wonder And they say, back then our universe Was an empty sea, until a silver fox And her cunning mate began to sing A song that became the world we know Heaven Heaven's bodies Whirl around me Make me wonder And they say, back then our universe Was a coal-black egg, until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know Heaven Heaven's bodies Whirl around me Make me wonder And they say, back then our universe Was an endless land, until our ancestors Woke up and before they went back to sleep They carved it up into the world we know Heaven Heaven's bodies Whirl around me Make wonder And they say, back then our universe Wasn't even there, until a sudden bang And then there was light, was sound, was matter And it all became the world we know Heaven Heaven's bodies Whirl around me Dance eternal
Hollow Hollow My ancestors have access Hollow I'm falling down the abyss Hollow Looking for some answers Generations of mothers sailing in Somehow they all were shipfolks Hollow The ground is opening up Swallows Me up The trunk of dna Now come forth All species Hollow Like a bead in necklace Thread me Upon this chain I'm part of it The everlasting necklace Jewels after jewels after jewels after Jewels after jewels after jewels I yearn to be belong Let me belong Let me belong
Virus Like a virus needs a body As soft tissue feeds on blood Someday I’ll find you, the urge is here Like a mushroom on a tree trunk As the protein transmutates I knock on your skin And I am in The perfect match You and me I adapt, contagious You open up, saying welcome Like a flame that seeks explosives As gun powder needs a war I feast inside you, my host is you The perfect match You and I You fail to resist My crystalline charm Like a virus Patient hunter I'm waiting for you I’m starving for you My sweet adversary My sweet adversary My sweet adversary
Sacrifice
Why can't you give her room Respect her spatial needs I feel you compress her Into a small space With clairvoyance She knew what you needed And she gave it to you Now her desires are repressed Arrows in the flesh When she found your love Her nature bowed her head She surrendered She renounced the world for you Now she's poisoned by demands You cannot answer Why this sacrifice Now she regrets the whole thing A delayed reaction When she left her craft voluntarily For your nest, for your love Did you understand Appreciate Build a bridge to her Initiate a touch Before it's too late Say the words to her That will make her shine Tell her that you love her Your generosity will show In the volume of her glow Your generosity will show In the volume of her glow Your generosity will show In the volume of her glow
Mutual Core I shuffle around The tectonic plates In my chest You know I gave it all Trying to match our continents To change seasonal shift To form a mutual core As fast as your fingernail grows The Atlantic ridge drifts To counteract distance You know I gave it all Can you hear the effort Of the magnetic strife Shuffling of columns To form a mutual core This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know that I had it in me Withheld your love, an unspent capsule I didn't know you had it in you You hid the key to our continuity I didn't know you had it in you This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know, you didn't know What you resist persists Nuance makes heat To counteract distance I know you gave it all Offered me harmony If things were done your way My Eurasian plate subsumed Forming a mutual core This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know I had it in me Withheld your love, an unspent capsule I didn't know you had it in you This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know I had it in me This eruption undoes stagnation You didn't know, you didn't know
Solstice When your eyes pause on the ball That hangs on the third branch from the Star You remember why it is dark, and why it gets light again The Earth, like the heart, slopes in its seat And like that it travels along an elliptical path Drawn into the darkness An unpolished pearl in sky-black palm of hands Flickering sun-flame And then you remember that you're yourself You are a light-bearer, a light-bearer Receiving radiance from others Flickering sun-flame Unpolished Earth in the palm of hand
Vulnicura
Stonemilker A juxtapositioning fate Find our mutual coordinate Moments of clarity are so rare I better document this At last the view is fierce All that matters is Who is open chested And who has coagulated Who can share And who has shut down the chances Show me emotional respect Oh, respect, oh respect I have emotional, oh needs, oh needs I wish to synchronize our feelings Our feelings, our, oh, oh What is it that I have That makes me feel your pain Like milking a stone To get you to say it Who is open And who has shut up And if one feels closed How does one stay open We have emotional needs, oh needs, oh needs I wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings Oh show some emotional respect, oh respect A juxtapositioning fate Find our mutual coordinate Lionsong Maybe he will come out of this Maybe he won't Somehow I'm not too bothered Either way Maybe he will come out of this loving me Maybe he will come out of this I smell declarations of solitude Maybe he will come out of this Vietnam vet comes after the war Lands in my house This wild lion doesn't fit in this chair Maybe he will come out of this loving me Maybe he won't I'm not taming no animal Maybe he will come out of this Once it was simple One feeling at a time It reached its peak then transformed These abstract complex feelings I just don't know How to handle them Should I throw oil On one of his moods But which one Make the joy peak Humour peak Frustration peak Anything peak For clarity Maybe he will come out of this loving me Maybe he won't I'm not taming no animal Maybe he will come out of this Maybe he will come out of this Maybe he won't Somehow I'm not too bothered Either way Somehow I'm not too bothered Either way I refuse it's a sign of maturity To be stuck in complexity I demand clarity Either way Maybe he will come out of this Somehow I'm not too bothered Or he will feel solitaire Somehow i’m not too bothered I’d just like to know History Of Touches I wake you up In the middle of the night To express my love for you Stroke your skin and feel you Naked I can feel all of you At same moment I wake you up In the night feeling This is our last time together Therefore sensing all the moments We've been together Being here at the same time Every single touch We ever touch each other Every single fuck We had together Is in a wondrous time lapse With us here at this moment The history of touches Every single archive Compressed into a second All with us here as wake you up Black Lake Our love was my womb But our bond has broken My shield is gone My protection is taken I am one wound My pulsating body Suffering being My heart is enormous lake Black with potion I am blind Drowning in this ocean My soul torn apart My spirit is broken Into the fabric of all He is woven You fear my limitless emotions I am bored of your apocalyptic obsessions Did I love you too much Devotion bent me broken So I rebelled Destroyed the icon I did it for love I honoured my feelings You betrayed your own heart Corrupted that organ Family was always our sacred mutual mission Which you abandoned You have nothing to give Your heart is hollow I'm drowned in sorrows No hope in sight of ever recover Eternal pain and horrors I am a glowing shiny rocket Returning home As I enter the atmosphere I burn off layer by layer Family Is there a place Where I can pay respects For the death of my family Show some respect Between the three of us There is the mother and the child Then there is the father and the child But no man and a woman No triangle of love So where do I go To make an offering I fall on my knees Lay my flowers Burn incense Light the candles So where do I go To make an offering To mourn our miraculous Triangle Father, mother, child Father, mother, child How will I sing us Out of this sorrow Build a safe bridge For the child Out of this danger Danger I raise a monument of love There is a swarm of sound Around our heads And we can hear it And we can get healed by it It will relieve us from the pain It will make us a part of This universe of solutions This place of solutions This location of solutions God save my daughter God save our daughter God save our daughter... Notget Once you fell out of love Our love couldn't carry you And I didn't even notice For our love Kept me save from death You doubted the light And the shelter it can give For in love we are immortal Eternal and safe from death If I regret us I'm denying my soul to grow Don't remove my pain It is my chance to heal We carry the same wound But have different cures Similar injuries But opposite remedies After our love ended Your arms don't carry me Without love I feel the abyss Understand your fear of death I will not forget This not get Will you not regret Having love let go After our love ended Your spirit entered me Now we are the guardians We keep her safe from death Love will keep us safe from death Love will keep us safe from death Love will keep us safe from death Love will keep us safe from death Atom Dance (featuring Antony Hegarty) We are each others hemispheres I am fine tuning my soul To the universal wavelength No one is a lover alone I propose an atom dance Our hearts are coral reefs in low tide Love is the ocean we crave Restlessly turning around and around I am dancing towards transformation Learning by love to open it up Let this ugly wound breathe We fear unconditional heart space Healed by atom dance When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me We are each others hemispheres We aim at peeling off Dead layers of loveless love No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home Becoming themselves fully It scares them off When you feel the flow as primal love Enter the pain and dance with me [Antony Hegarty] No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing No one is a lover alone, alone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing Atoms are laughing at last Atoms are laughing at last At last, at last Atoms are No one is a lover alone [Antony Hegarty] No one is a lover alone Most hearts fear their own home You are my second hemisphere, hemisphere The atoms are dancing, dancing Mouth Mantra My throat was stuffed My mouth was sewn up Banned from making noise I was not heard All calmly Remove this hindrance My throat feels stuck I was not allowed I was not heard I was not heard I was not heard I was not heard There is vocal sadness I was separated From what I can do What I'm capable of Need to break up Vicious habits Do something I haven't done before In vow of silence Explore the negative space Around my mouth It implodes Black hole With jaw fallen in In fallen jaw Jaw fallen in I am not hurt This tunnel has enabled Thousands of sounds I thank this trunk Noise pipe I have followed a path That took sacrifices Now I sacrifice this scar Can you cut it off
Quicksand
Define her abyss Show it respect Then a celestial nest Will grow above When I'm broken I am whole And when I'm whole I'm broken Our mother's philosophy It feels like quicksand And if she sinks I'm going down with her Locate her black lake The steam from this pit Will form a cloud For her to live on When she's broken she is whole And when she's whole she's broken Our mother's philosophy It feels like quicksand And if she sinks I'm going down with her Hackle this darkness Up to the light Where choreographed oxygen Embroiders the air When we're broken we are whole And when we're whole we're broken We are the siblings of the sun Let's step into this beam Every time you give up You take away our future And my continuity and my daughter And her daughter And her daughter And her daughter
Utopia
Arisen My Senses Just that kiss Was all there is Every cell in my body Lined up to you Legs a little open Once again Awaken my senses Head topless Arisen my senses Just that kiss Was all there is My palms pulsating of The things I want to do to you Just that kiss Is all there is Weaving a mixtape With every crossfade Is WWW, for him a he Weaving a mixtape with every song Awaken my senses Just that kiss was all there is Just that kiss was all there is Arisen my senses Just that kiss was all there is Arisen my senses For him a he Once again I'm made to merge With him, for him a he I'm made to merge With him, for him a he Am I keen, or keen, or not keen For him a he Too keen, too seen, to be seen Am I keen, or keen, or not keen Once again I'm made to merge With him, by him, he sees me for who I Am I keen, or keen, or not keen To be seen or not seen With him a he Am I keen, or keen, or not keen To be seen or not seen With him a he But he sees me for who I am Blissing Me All of my mouth was kissing him Now, into the air, I am missing him Is this excess texting a blessing Or two music nerds obsessing He reminds me of the love in me I'm celebrating on a vibrancy Sending each other MP3s Falling in love to a song This handsomest of wickermen He asked if I could wait for him Now, how many lightyears this interim While falling in love with his songs His hands are good in protecting me Touching and caressing me But would it be trespassing Wanting him to be blissing me Robbing him of his youth Cliffhanger like suspension My longing has formed its own skeleton Bridging the gap between singletons Sending each others these songs The interior of these melodies Is perhaps where we are meant to be Our physical union a fantasy I just fell in love with, with, with So, I reserve my own intimacies I bundle them up in packages My rawward longing far too visceral Did I just fall in love with love
The Gate My healed chest wound Transformed into a gate Where I receive love from Where I give love from And I care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you Care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you Split into many parts Splattered light beams into prisms That will reunite If you care for me, care for me If you care for me, care for me Care for me, care for me And then I'll care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you Care for you, care for you Didn't used to be so needy Just more broken than normal Proud self-sufficiency My silhouette is oval It is a gate I can care for you, care for you from I can care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you I care for you, care for you You care for me, care for me Care for you Utopia Bird species never seen or heard before The first flute carved from the first fauna Utopia It’s not elsewhere Let's purify You assigned me to protect our lantern To be intentional about the light Utopia It isn't elsewhere It’s here My instinct has been shouting at me for years Saying "Let’s get out of here" Huge toxic tumor bulging underneath the ground here Need to purify the air here Purify, purify, purify toxicity Body Memory First snow of Winter I'm walking hills and valleys Adore this mystical fog This fucking mist These cliffs are just showing off Then the body memory kicks in I mime my home mountains The moss that I'm made of I redeem myself I've been wrestling with my fate Do I accept this ending Will I accept my death Or struggle claustrophobic Fought like a wolverine With my destiny Refused to accept what was meant to be Then the body memory kicks in And I trust the unknown Unfathomable imagination Surrender to future Oh, how to capture all this love And find a pathway for it Like threading an ocean through a needle River through a keyhole Can't fathom the grasp I can't grasp the fathom Then my body memory kicks in My limbs and tongue take over Like the ancestors before me Show me the flow My sexual DNA X-rays of my kamasutras Summons different bodies Compares spines and buttocks And back of necks Then my body memory kicks in It simply takes over Beastiality I redeem my body I wasn't born urban Toxic doesn't agree with me Love lured me here Into a stagnant state My myths, my customs, ridiculed Vacuum-packed molecules Then my body memory kicks in On this Brooklyn dance floor Sweating with these rhythms Rotate this matrix All trapped in legal harness Kafkaesque Farce like patriarchy Avoided to confront it Then the body memory kicks in My warrior awakens My turn to defend Urban didn't tame me Then my body memory kicks in All bosoms and embraces Oral, anal entrances Enjoy the satisfaction Of the other is growing Features Creatures When I spot someone Who is same height as you And goes to same record stores I literally think I am five minutes away from love When I hear someone With same accent as yours Asking directions With the same beard as yours I literally think I am five minutes away from love Isn't it odd Isn't it peculiar These statistics of my mind Shuffling your features Assembling a man Googling love Warming my heart on this log fire of love Features creatures Features creatures Features creatures Features creatures Courtship He turned me down I then downturned another Who then downturned her The paralysing juice of rejection His veins full of lead He's left with loving what he lost More than what he has My snakeskin, cold in the dark But warms up in the light I then upturned a green-eyed giant Who upturned and entered me Will we stop seeing what unites us But only what differs The ghosts of old loves Hovering around his orifices, his orifices As you narrate your own heart tale You thread souls into one beam The love you gave and have been given Weave into your own dream I trust my cells to rearchive My love historic stream Losss We all are struggling Just doing our best We've gone through the grinder Suffered loss Lost to To which everything flows An absence which Attracts floral Blooming softly Soft is my chest I didn't allow loss Loss make me hate Didn't harden from pain This pain we had Will always be there But the sense of full satisfaction too I opened my heart for you Your lower lip, so heavy on you My spine curved erotically We're finally vulnerable Loss of love, we all have suffered How we make up for it defines who we, who we are It defines us, how we overcome it Recover, repair from loss Loss of faith just ignites survivors They stare doubt, straight into the eye I forgive, the past is bondage Freedom aphrodisiac I opened my heart for you Tied ribbons on my ankles for you Drew orchids on my thighs for you Your lower lip, so heavy on you My spine curved erotically Tied ribbons on my ankles for you Drew orchids on my thighs for you Your lower lip, so heavy on you My spine curved erotically Finally vulnerable Sue Me My tear duct clogged My left eye broken Medicate with warm compress Extract hardened tears Sue me, sue me, sue me all you want I won't denounce her origin Sue me, sue me, sue me all you want I won't denounce our origin I've ducked and dived Like the mother in Solomon's Tale To spare our girl I won't let her get cut in half ever But it's time to teach her some dignity Sue me, sue me, sue me all you want I won't denounce our origin Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me I won't, I won't denounce our origin No, I won't He took it from his father Who took it from his father Who took it from his father Let's break this curse So it won't fall on our daughter And her daughter And her daughter Won't let this sink into her DNA Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me all you want I won't let you denounce our origin Sue me, sue me, sue me all you want Denounce our origin, no, I won't Just can't take her suffer So unfair The sins of the fathers They just fucked it all up We had the best family We had it all We had it all in our hands He pulled us through the wringler Narcissistic Tabula Rasa We are all swollen From hiding his affairs Let's put it all on the table Let it all out It is time He mustn't steal our light Clean plate Tabula rasa for my children Clean plate Not repeating the fuck-ups of the fathers My deepest wish Is that you’re immersed in grace and dignity But you will have to deal with shit soon enough I hoped to give you the least amount of luggage You got the right to make your own fresh mistakes And not repeat others' failures Clean plate Tabula rasa for my children Let's clean up Break the chain of the fuck-ups of the fathers It is time For us women to rise and not just take it lying down It is time The world is listening Oh, how I love you Embarrassed to pass this mess over to you But he led two lives Thought ours was the only one You are strong You are strong You are strong You're so strong Claimstaker I walk through this land Stake a claim With my sense With my bark Mark my nest with song Hear the echo from that cliff I draw laser line through lake To take a physicality I inhale this physicality This forest is in me This forest is in me I immerse me This is my home This is, this is my home Saint She always knows when people need stroking And is attracted to deathbeds and divorcees I dreamt she cared for my dying grandfather Lying naked face down on his bed She insists on total presence And knows how to get through to the rest of us She has entered me thousandfold often And undone knots at my most awkward Music loves too She reaches out to orphans and refugees Embraces them with thermal blankets Her favourite childhood moments Were at a hospital for the disabled I've seen her offer empathy to widows She attends funerals of strangers Her strongest memory Is feeding children with leprosy Music heals too I'm here to defend it Future Forever Imagine a future and be in it Feel this incredible nurture, soak it in Your past is on loop, turn it off See this possible future and be in it Hold fort for love, forever We're just momentary vessels We're just carrying Trust your head around Guide your stare elsewhere Your love is already waiting You're already in it Hold fort for love, forever Watch me form new nests Weave a matriarchial dome Build a musical scaffolding Between sleep and awake Day and night Between night and day You say I mirror peoples' missions at them Now you mirror at me who I used to be What I gave to the world You've given back at me Hold fort for love, forever
FOSSORA Atopos (Feat. Kasimyn) Are these not just excuses to not connect Our differences are irrelevant To only name the flaws Are excuses to not connect I bow to all that you've given me Thank you for staying while we learn To find our resonance where we do connect To find our resonance where we do connect If we don't grow outwards towards love We'll implode inwards towards destruction If my plant doesn't reach towards you There's internal erosion towards all Pursuing the light too hard is a form of hiding Are these not just excuses to not connect Our differences are irrelevant To insist on absolute justice at all times It blocks connection Our union is stronger Our union is stronger than us Hope is a muscle That allows us to connect Hope is a muscle Hope is a muscle Hope is a muscle Hope is a muscle That allows us to connect
Ovule I have placed a glass egg above us floating An oval ovule in a dark blood red void Carries our digital selves, embracing and kissing My skin-mud dense by you I anchor our darks I anchor our darks Sleep with one eye open Watching our sub-selves The keel of our ship, these obstacles are just teaching us So we can merge even deeper into our own personal mineral Fuse alloy, ship ahoy The hostility a broken heart endures The velocity of the injury is returned to the world With the same grin showing teeth When I was a girl, I felt love was a building I marched towards our deadly demonic divorces demolished the ideal Now with your romantic intelligence, sensual tenderness We dissolve old habits and place a glass egg above us floating In the dark blooded oval void Our lovemaking avatars in a shell
Sorrowful Soil Into sorrowful soil (Sorrowful soil) Our roots are dug Into sorrowful soil (Sorrowful soil) Our roots are dug Into sorrowful soil Our roots are dug Into sorrowful soil (Sorrowful soil) Our roots are dug (Our roots are dug) (Our roots are dug) In a woman's lifetime She gets four-hundred eggs But only two or three nests Woven with a mother's life force (Woven with a mother's life force) Emotional textile (Woven with a mother's life force) (Woven with a mother's life force) Self-sacrificial (Woven with a mother's life force) This is emotional textile Self-sacrificial Self-sacrificial Nihilism happening Cut through this nihilism happening You did well You, you did your best Well, you did your best (You, you did well) You did-did, did-did-did, did well You did, did, did well You did, did, did, did, did, did well You did well Ancestress (Featuring Sindri Eldon) My skull, it is my cathedral Where this matrimort takes place When I was a girl, she sang for me In falsetto lullabies with sincerity I thank her for her integrity My ancestress' clock is ticking Her once vibrant rebellion is fading I am her hopekeeper I assure hope is there At all times My ancestress has left all manners Her pulsating skin rebelling The doctors she despised Placed a pacemaker inside her When you're out of time How you look back changes Did you punish us for leaving Are you sure we hurt you Was it just not "living" She had idiosyncratic sense of rhythm Dyslexia, the ultimate freeform She invents words and adds syllables Hand-writing, language all her own I don't have that story in my mouth When you die, you bring with you what you've given The machine of her breathed all night While she rested Revealed her resilience And then it didn't You see with your own eyes But hear with your mother's There's fear of being absorbed By the other By now we share the same flesh As much as I tried to escape it This is no mediocre debris My ancestress, this is the odour of our final parting Those have been the perfumes of separation for centuries The perfumes of separation for centuries Ancestress Nature wrote this psalm It expands this realm Translucent skin let go of A cold palm embalmed
Fagurt Er Í Fjörðum Fagurt er í fjörðum Þá frelsarinn lánar veðrið blítt Heyið grænt í görðum Grös og heilagfiskið nýtt En þegar vetur að oss Fer að sveigja Veit ég enga verri sveit Um veraldarreit Menn og dýr þá deyja Victimhood Victimhood I heed the call To step out of victimhood Has a saintly glow holier than thou It erased my shadow, shadow Only bird's-eye view can help me transcend this archetype Who am I that this is is has happened to? Victimhood Rejection it left a void that is never ever satisfied Sunk into victimhood Felt the world owed me love Only bird's-eye view can help me transgress out of this hole Who am I that this is is has happened to? To transgress us beyond our tragedy I took one for the team I sacrificed myself to safe us I rejected myself Sacrificed myself Felt sorry for myself To transgress us beyond our tragedy I sacrificed myself to To transgress us beyond our tragedy I sacrificed myself Victimhood I heed a call out of victimhood Victimhood Out of out of out of victimhood Here I go now Allow (feat. Emilie Nicolas) The warm open wind on my skin Primordial plant glistening with moisture With moisture, direct it at me Erect my hair fossilized with salt and crust Allow, allow, allow Allow you to grow Allow, allow, allow, allow Allow, allow, allow Allow me, me to grow I look up at the treetops I will braid those twigs together Create a cathedral ceiling above me How I long to float there midair Between the branches amongst impossible magic Allow, allow, allow Allow, allow you to grow Allow it to happen Allow, allow, allow Allow, allow I made a moon A translucent one I'ma put it out and let it out for someone like you How mysterious I must feel to you The universe and the sky too My little phoenix When you burst out a song from my lips Fungal City (feat. serpentwithfeet) Fungal cities subterranean Curve the forest floor We walk on this sunken mystery Trunks bursting through the moss from Should I soften the blow of life on him? Cottonwool cocoon him? His capacity for love is enormous His vibrant optimism happens to be my faith too His body calligraphs the space above my bed Horizontal signature on my skin I'm in rapture, ooh Perfumed velvet darkness Should I soften the blow of life on him? Should I soften the blow of life on him? Cottonwool cocoon him? His capacity for love is enormous His celebrational intelligence is ridiculous His capacity for love encourages me to have Capacity for love (Is enormous) His vitality repolarises me My north/south shifts to east/west Capacity for love For love Capacity for love Capacity for love Capacity for love Capacity for love Capacity for love Freefall Freefall I let myself freefall Into your arms Into the shape of the love we created Our emotional hammock Safe inside the fabric of this love-woven membrane Everytime we kiss Share songs and films Hike mountains and beaches Our joined presence gains form Our affections captured in a structure Visceral sculpting of our love into space If we cling to what we used to be it will burn our soul We'll get hurt Unless there is absolute trust Then we will become one Become one Our solar systems coalesced Softly surrendered into itself formed a nebulous cloud A gentle meeting of gas and dust We amalgamate Arctic persian compassionate Illuminate, illuminate, illuminate, illuminate, illuminate Fossora (Feat. Kasimyn) Her nerves spread like wings At mycelium speed Into the atmosphere There's spores everywhere Fossora Fossora Fossora For millions of years We've been ejecting our spores Seedlings and sprouts Are shot into the ground Fossora Fossora Fossora Her fossorial claw Digs downwards Dissolves old pain, dug down to rot Decomposes debris Degrades Sorrows, hair and hooves Fossora Fossora Fossora At last We stayed In one place long enough (Fossora) To shoot down deep hyphae roots (Fossora, fossora) (Fossora) (Fossora) That penetrate concrete and plastic (Fossora, fossora) (Fossora) (Fossora) Even though the ground is burnt (Fossora) Underneath monumental growth Fossora (Fossora, fossora) Her Mother's House (feat. ísadóra bjarkardóttir barney) The space in your voice Shows the scale of your compassion The tone of your voice Reveals the space you give others The more I love you (The more you love me) The stronger you become (The stronger I become) The less you need me (And the less I need you) A dry voice Comes from a stingy heart But a moist voice Comes from abundance The more I love you (The more you love me) The better you will survive (The better I will survive) The more freedom I give you (The more freedom you give me) When a mother's house (A mother's house) Has a room for each child (Each child) It's only describing (Describing) The interior of her heart (Interior of her heart) A ballon painted with red clay With lubrication will not crack But will inflate Then float high Undo, undo, undo, undo (The fortune of) Undo, undo (Of her heart) Undo
Non Albums tracks
bidur loff
ah-aha-oooooow
aaaaaaaahhhhhh aaaaaaaah sem woooo-ooooh bidur loff
aaaaaaaahhhhhh aaaaaaaah sem woooo-ooooh
woo-woo-woo-ooh-ooh-aahh aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh woo-woo-caa all semm un twee-wee eeee eee vil see uheeeeeeee eeeeeee
Main Voice
woooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo woooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo all semm woooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo
doooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo
semm
en semm alay-ahhhh ooow-oooh semm all doo-woo-ooooooh ooooooh aaaaahhhh seeee en semm alay-ahhhh eeeeeee
allt semm engin et sa lat sem too see tod en all ju sed alliday to see ha all allt se la ehhhhhhhh
en semm alay-ahhhh ooow-oooh semm all doo-woo-ooooooh ooooooh aaaaahhhh seeee all semm alay-ahhhh eeeeeee ther as uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
leeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeee aaaaaahhhhhhhh
*** Thanx a lot to John for this one ***
bidur la ya ke la tell thay ah-engin share allt semm engin share mali all semm ala-le
ende enali bed
ahhhh-ahhh sem alli ther-wooooo ahhhh ooo-ooh aaaaaaaaahhhhhh sem ali eeeeeee bidur la ya ke la tell thay ah-engin share
allt semm engin share mali all semm ala-le
ende enali bed wooo-oooh ahhhh-ahhh sem alli ther-wooooo ahhhh ooo-ooh aaaaaaaaahhhhhh sem ali eeeeeee ther as uh-ah-ah-uh-doo-woo-ooh un all dens on tin day al sen call say ah all sem de all se
Anyone Who Had A Heart
(Cover live at Union Chapel 99 / Burt Bacharach / Hal David) Anyone who ever loved - could look at me and know that I love you Anyone who ever dreamed - could look at me and know I dream of you Knowing I love you, so Anyone who had a heart -would take me in his arms and love me too You wouldn't really have a heart - and hurt me like you hurt me And be so untrue - what am I to do? Every time you go away - I always say this time it's goodbye dear Loving you the way I do - I take you back Without you I'd die dear - knowing I love you, so Anyone who had a heart -would take me in his arms and love me too You couldn't really have a heart - and hurt me like you hurt me And be so untrue - what am I to do? Knowing I love you, so - anyone who had a heart Would take me in his arms and love me too You couldn't really have a heart - and hurt me like you hurt me And be so untrue Anyone who had a heart Would take me in his arms and always love me Why won't you? Anyone who had a heart would simply take me In his arms and always love me -why won't you?, yeah Would take me in his arms and always love me Why won't you? Anyone who had a heart
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one ***
Bedtime stories (Written by Björk) Today is the last day that I'm using words They've gone out, lost their meaning Don't function anymore Let's, let's, let's get unconscious honey Let's get unconscious honey Today is the last day that I'm using words They've gone out, lost their meaning Don't function anymore Traveling, leaving logic and reason Traveling, to the arms of unconsciousness Traveling, leaving logic and reason Traveling, to the arms of unconsciousness Let's get unconscious honey Let's get unconscious Let's get unconscious honey Let's get unconscious Words are useless, especically sentences They don't stand for anything How could they explain how I feel Traveling, traveling, I'm traveling Traveling, traveling, leaving logic and reason Traveling, traveling, I'm gonna relax Traveling, traveling, in the arms of unconsciousness And inside we're all still wet Longing and yearning How can I explain how I feel? Let's get unconscious honey... Traveling, traveling... Traveling, traveling, in the arms of unconsciousness And all that you've ever learned Try to forget I'll never explain again Charlene
You've got yourself a-in a fine mess now, Charlene You're either absolutely mad or you are joking, Charlene Charlene, I'm crying So close to you, darling We're naked and laughing You shine on my battery, Charlene I have always adored your witty mouth, Charlene Now would you please be very very rude to them, Charlene Charlene I'm crying So close to you darling We're naked and laughing You shine on my battery, Charlene Let me get you out of that lake, Charlene Your dress is red and oh so slippery, Charlene I guess I have to dry you Dress you and comb you You're already late I'll sort you out Charlene, I'm crying So close to you darling We're naked and laughing You shine on my battery, Charlene
Cry me a river (Gling Glo Live)
Now you say you love me You cried the whole night through Well, you can cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue Well, you can cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you You drove me, nearly drove me Out of my head When you never shed a tear Remember, I remember All that you said Told me love was through for being Told me you were through with me But now you say you love me And just to prove you do Come on and - cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you Yeah, ooh-ooh-woo You drove me, nearly drove me Out of my head When you never shed a tear Remember, I remember All that you said Told me love was through for being Told me you were through with me But now you say you love me And just to prove you do Come on and - cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you I cried a river over you I cried a river over you-hoo-oh!
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one *** Desired constellation It's tricky when you feel That someone has done something On your behalf It's slippery when Your sense of justice Murmurs underneath And it's asking How am i going to make it right? How am i going to make it right? With a palmful of stars I throw them like dice Repeatedly Repeatedly On the table I throw them on the table Until the desired constellation appears How am i going to make it right? How am i going to make it right? How am i going to make it right? How am i going to make it right? And you're asking you How am i going to make it right? How am i going to make it right? (icelandic / gibberish[?] Stuff ) Repeatedly Repeatedly You're asking yourself Repeatedly
*** Thanx a lot to Nix & Anne-Mette for this one ***
Domestica Oh boy Where have i put my keys I've looked in my pocket Behind the newspaper And underneath the remote control And i cannot find where i put it again Oh boy i cannot find my keys I'm far too late The door is open now A taxi is waiting there Ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah A phone keeps ringing I am definitely not going to Pick it up 'Cause When I grow up I'm gonna get those fancy key-rings That you whistle at And they whistle right back At you Ah ah ah ah ah Bah pah bah pah...
*** Thanx a lot to Nix who corrected this one ***
Downtown
( Live Union Chapel 99 - Tony Hatch / Petula Clark Cover ) When you're alone and life is making you lonely You can always go - downtown When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry Seems to help, I know - downtown Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty How can you lose? The lights are much brighter there You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares So go downtown, things'll be great when you're Downtown - no finer place, for sure Downtown - everything's waiting for you Don't hang around and let your problems surround you There are movie shows - downtown Maybe you know some little places to go to Where they never close - downtown Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over Happy again The lights are much brighter there You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares So go downtown, where all the lights are bright Downtown - waiting for you tonight Downtown - you're gonna be all right now And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to Guide them along So maybe I'll see you there We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares So go downtown, things'll be great when you're Downtown - don't wait a minute for Downtown - everything's waiting for you
Foot soldier
Foot soldier March ahead Enter the unknown Oooohhh Oh you will take the first step Foot soldier Blindfolded You're babystepping Carefully treading Blindfolded Tread carefully Conquer the darkness Into the darkness Foot soldier And then we'll follow But you go first March ahead But you go first Foot soldier March ahead Foot soldier March ahead Foot soldier March ahead Foot soldier Who will take the first step ?
Generous palmstroke
Alsemalallforthesay Endenogatai Endenogatai - dah I am strong in his hands I am beyond me On my own i'm human And i do faults I do confess I feel you trickling Down my shoulders From above Hmm hmm hmm hmm I turn myself in I give myself up Volunteer You own me i'm yours Hmm hmm hmm hmm You have to trust it I'm eternally yours All that i gave them I gave to you Hmm hmm hmm hmm So needy of comfort But too raw to be embraced Undo this privacy And put me in my place Hmm hmm hmm hmm A generous palmstroke The hugest of hugs Undo this privacy Embrace Embrace me Embrace me Embrace me Eeeeeemmm Hmm hmm hmm hmm I am strong in his hands I am above Way beyond me I ... con... She's strong in his hands She is beyond her On her own she is human And she does faults
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one *** Gloomy Sunday Sunday is gloomy The hours are slumberless Dearest the shadows I live with are numberless Little white flowers Will never awaken you Not where the dark coach Of sorrow has taken you Angels have no thought Of ever returning you Would they be angry If I thought of joining you? Gloomy Sunday Gloomy is Sunday With shadows I spend it all My heart and I Have decided to end it all Soon there'll be prayers And candles are lit I know Let them not weep Let them know that I'm glad to go Death is no dream For in death I'm caressing you With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you Gloomy Sunday Dreaming, I was only dreaming I wake and I find you asleep In the deep of my heart here Darling I hope That my dream hasn't haunted you My heart is telling you How much I wanted you Gloomy Sunday is absolutely Gloomy Sunday Gloomy Sunday ...Sunday
I fall in love too easily (Gling Glo Live)
I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too terribly hard For love to ever last My heart should be well schooled 'Cause I've been fooled In the past But still I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too terribly hard For love to ever last My heart should be well schooled 'Cause I've been fooled In the past But still I fall in love too easily I fall in love too fast I fall in love too fast
I go humble
I go humble You're so curiously pure Only before you I'm humble I go humble You amaze me Only before you I'm humble I should be arrested For my emotional stunts Only before you I'm humble I'm queen of provocation I wake people up Only before you I'm humble I go humble I adore you Only before you I'm humble I should be arrested For my emotional stunts Only before you I'm humble
*** Thanx a lot to Faddy who corrected this one ***
I love to love ( 1977 Radio show / Tina Charles Cover ) Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance He wants to dance He loves to dance He got to dance Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Oh, I love to love But there's no time for a romance No, no ,no Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance The minute The band begins to swing it He's on his feet to shake it And dance the night away Stop! I'm spinning like a top We dance until we drop But if i have my way Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance He wants to dance He loves to dance He got to dance Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Oh, I love to love But he won't give our love a chance No,no ,no Oh, I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Stop! I'm spinning like a top We dance until we stop But if i have my way Stop, Stop! Instead of going down, down We better go home and get down But what im trying to say I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Yeah yeah I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Yeah yeah I love to love But my baby just loves to dance Yes he does
I remember you
I remember you You're the one that made my dreams come true A few kisses ago I remember you You're the one that said "I love you too, Didn't you know?" I remember too A distant bell And stars that fell Like rain out of the blue When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all I shall tell them I remember you I remember you You're the one that made my dreams come true A few kisses ago I remember you You're the one that said "I love you too, Didn't you know?" I remember too A distant bell And stars that fell Like rain out of the blue When my life is through And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all I shall tell them I remember you. Oh, you.., Oh, you.., You..
(Live version)
I've seen it all, I have seen the willow trees I've seen a land on the first day of peace I have seen a friend killed by his best friend And lives that were over before they were spent I have seen what I was and I know what I'll be I've seen it all, there is no more to see You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru I'm happy to say I had better to do What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall? All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall And the man you will marry The home you will share Oh no I am kidding I really don't care [Leave it up to me; gibberish ?] You've never been to Niagara Falls I have seen water, it's water, that's all The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State My pulse was as high on my very first date And your grandson's hands as he plays with your hair Oh no really, I don't care [just another night and they go (?; gibberish) through the dark] I have seen it all, I have seen the dark I have seen the brightness in one little spark I have seen what I chose and I've seen what I need And that is enough, to want more would be greed I have seen what I was, and I know what I'll be I've seen it all, there is no more to see You've seen it all, and all that you've seen is totally your view on your own little screen the light and the dark, the big and the small just keep in mind that you grow more than tall You've seen what you were, I know what you'll be I've seen it all, you don't need to see
'Ekki hlusta' sagði ég Þær gefa þér röng skilaboð Þær æfa sig í að and'inní hjartað Bull og vitleysa Elskaðu alla og "I love you" Og allir hér Og allir hér elska þig Elskaðu alla og "I love you" Og allir hér Og allir hér elska þig Þú verður að muna að reikna Og skilurðu ekki að framtíðina Og ekki treysa nunnum? Og sólin sekkur ekki í dag Og aldrei aldrei aldrei aldrei Elskaðu alla og "I love you" Og aldrei ég Aldrei ég elska þig... Ó hó! 'Stendur djöfullin og kann ekki að reykja Og þegar ferlíkið fer af stað Reyndu að opna Þær æfa sig í að anda inn í hjartað Og djöfullin kann Elskaðu alla og "I love you" Og aldrei ég Og aldrei ég elska þig Allt sem þú sérð 'Ekki hlusta' sagði ég Og 'ekki hlusta' sagði ég Transcribed by Reynir
Keep your mouth shut
Sample: Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up, I tell them shut the fuck up Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up, I tell them shut the fuck up Björk: All that she meant was good All that she meant was good Give her some time Give her some room All that she meant was good Tricky: Better keep your mouth... I'm serious,please Better keep your mouth closed, baby And keep it close to your chest I'm serious You better keep your mouth closed, baby And keep it close to your chest Better keep your mouth closed, baby Keep it close to your chest It's best you keep.... Björk: All that she meant was good Tricky: And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road Björk: All that she meant was good Tricky: And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road Björk: All that she meant was good Tricky: Better,better Björk: How you reacted was right Tricky: Better keep your mouth shut, baby Björk: Give her some time Tricky: Keep it close to your chest Björk: Give her some space All that she meant was good Tricky: And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road Björk: How you reacted was right Tricky: Better,better,better,better Better keep your mouth shut, baby And keep it close to your chest Better keep your mouth shut, baby And keep it close to the rest Bjork: Don't shout soon They're only weakened shouts So grow up Tricky: Mother,I'm hungry Mother,I'm hungry Father, will you feed me Father, will you feed me Mother,I'm hungry Father will you feed me Björk: How you reacted was right Tricky: Now go down that road Now go down that road Björk: Give her some time Tricky: And I'll go down that road Björk: Give her some space Tricky: And I'll go down that road Björk: How you reacted was right Tricky: And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road And I'll go down that road Mother,I'm hungry Mother,I'm hungry Father, will you feed me Mother,I'm hungry It's best you keep.... It's best you keep your mouth shut, baby Keep it close to your chest Mother,Mother Keep your mouth shut, baby Lilith You can have me but I'll defend my child by spring the child will die Moon I'm just so warm, Jennifer and I'm coming over to sa-bo-tage our distance Moon will lead me on Moon will guide me through, baby Moon will guide me through Moon will turn me on I just don't care anymore 'cause my court is calling it's me and truth it is home I'm at home with thruth alone Moon will lead me on Moon will guide us through Moon will guide us through, baby Moon will turn me on The moon it guides me on baby there's absolutely no doubt Me and truth it is home I'm at home with truth alone
*** Thanx to Zinc & Hitoame for this one ***
Min farfar drikker sødmælk
( Danish Children Song - Grammy 1998 ) Min farfar drikker sødmælk ( My granddad drinks high-fat milk ) Ja, sødmælk drikker han ( Yes, high-fat milk he drinks ) Og drikker han ikke sødmælk ( And when he's not drinking high-fat milk ) Så spiser han ærter og flæsk ( He's eating peas and pork ) *** Thanx to Ivan Eriksen for this one and His Danish Award Page ***
Misty (Gling Glo Live)
Look at me... I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree And I feel i'm clinging to a cloud I can't understand, I get misty just holding your hand Walk my way... And a thousand violins begin to play It could be the sound of your hello That music I hear, I get misty the moment you're near Can't you see that you're leading me on And it's just what I want you to do Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost Thats why im following you Hoh-wohow! On my own... When I wander through this wonderland alone Never knowing my right foot from my left My hand from my glove I'm too misty and too much in love Yeah, wooh! Can't you see that you're leading me on And it's just, just what I want you to do, oh! Don't you notice how hopelessly I'm lost That's why I'm following you huh, yeahoh! On my own... When I wander through this wonderland alone Never knowing my left foot from my right My hand from my glove I'm too misty, I'm too much in love Wooh! I'm too misty! Too, I'm too much in love, hoh-hoh-hoh hoh-hoh!
Mother heroic
Oh thou that bowest thy ecstatic face Thy perfect sorrows are the world's to keep Wherefore onto thy knee Come weep With a prayer Oh thou that bowest thy ecstatic face Thy perfect sorrows are the world's to keep Wherefore onto thy knee Come weep With a prayer Mother Heroic Mother Glorious Beholding in thy eye Immortal tears Oh thou that bowest thy ecstatic face Oh...
Mouth's cradle
*** Thanx a lot to Stylophone for this one ***
My Favourite Things
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with string These are a few of my favourite things Cream coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels Doorbells and sleighbells and shnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of my favourite things When the bee stings When the dog bites When I'm feeling bad I simply remember my favourite things And then I don't feel so sad
Náttúra Allt sem han leiðir (everything he leads) allt sem han fleygði (everything she throws away) allt sem han fleygði (everything she throws away) náttúra ! (nature!) Ekkert tekur (i'm able to take) ég tekur þui (i receive it) náttúra ! (nature!) Ég tekur þui (i receive...) ég þagði (i receive...) þui (...it) virka aftast heldur upp vitund tilraunina allt sem við lendir allt sem við lendir ala mér náttúra ! Ekkert tekur ég tekkur þui ég tekkur þui ég tekkur þui ég tekkur þui ég tekkur þui náttúra !
My Snare ( A.k.a : Nature is ancient ) It's wet in the middle With a shell around it It's called life It goes wherever it wants to Don't try to predict it Then you'd offend it It's meant to surprise Nature is ancient But surprises us all Nature is ancient But surprises us all Rescue me From level-head-ness And the unnecessary luxury of being calm Nature is ancient But surprises us all Nature is ancient But surprises us all She's got dark hairs on her head Blonde on her arms She sneaks up from behind Come on You deserve it!
*** Thanx a lot to Case & Faddy who corrected this one ***
Next To Last Song ( Dancer in the dark )
Dear gene, Of course you are here And now there's nothing to fear Oooh, i should have known Oooh, i was never alone This isn't the last song There's no violin The choir is so quiet And no-one takes a spin This is the next to last song And that's all All Remember what i have said Remember, wrap up the bread Do this, do that, make your bed This isn't the last song There's no violin The choir is quiet And noone takes a spin This is the next to last song And that's all
*** Thanx a lot to Lina & Louise for this one ***
Ó borg, mín borg
( With Polhallur - Icelandic Album 1992 )
Björk : Húúu vù vùu hmm chamelisan jio vùu vù Singer: Ó borg, mín borg, ég lofa ljóst þín stræti, þín lágu hús og allt sem fyrir ber. Og þótt tárið oft minn vanga væti er von mín einatt, einatt bundin þér. Björk : Og hversu sem að aðrir í þig narta, þig, eðla borg, sem forðum prýddir mig. Svo blitt, svo blitt. Singer : Svo blítt, svo blítt sem barnsins unga hjarta Er brjóst mitt fullt af Singer & Björk : Minningum um þig. Björk : Hey-ohh-úúu! Björk : Um síð ég kem og krýp þér aumur Singer : og kyssi jafnvel hörðu strætin þín. Björk : Kyssi, kyssi, kyssi... Óó því af þér fæddist lífsmíns ljósi draumur, Singer & Björk : Eitt lítið barn og það var ástin mín. Björk : Ó borg, mín borg!
*** Thanx a lot to Johan for this one ***
Oceania ( "Who Is It" Single / Featuring Kelis) [Kelis] I am the continent Working with the moon No one even knows me But I'm always cold and blue I revolve around the earth There are worlds of things within me My belly is always full Freedom glides on surface Yes my heart is deep within Nations dive and trust me I lay them at my shores They dance with me in time [Bjork] You show me continents I see the islands You count the centuries I blink my eyes [Bjork] Hawks and sparrows [Kelis] There's no one I can't reach [Bjork] Race in my waters [Kelis] Only I reflect the sky [Bjork] Stingrays are floating [Kelis] My power yes, is infinite [Bjork] Across the sky [Kelis] I do this all for you [Bjork] Little ones [Kelis] I do this all for you [Bjork] My sons and my daughters [Kelis] I do this all for you [Both] Your sweat is salty - I am why I am why I am why Your sweat is salty - I am why I am why I am why
*** Thanx a lot to Angel for this one ***
Ooops ( 808 State )
Ooops - alright I'll come over And pour myself over you Jars of fun! Exciting stories I'll make you forget Tickle you a little bit Seduce out your good temper I'll shine all over I'll cook my best dish for you But then it's my turn I want all your adoration Dog, I own you Sit down fool You own me I'm yours I'm the sun I'll shine all over you Grab the rays Sugar Ooops...alright I'll come over And pour myself over you Jars of fun! Exciting stories I'll make you forget I'll make you for-get
It's in our Hands
Look no further Look no further Look no further Cruelest almost Always to ourselves It mustn't get any better off It's in our hands It always was It's in our hands In our hands It's all there In our hands It's all there In our hands Well, now aren't we scaring ourselves Unnecessarily Aren't we trying too hard 'Cause it's in our hands It's in our hands It's all there It's in our hands Look no further Look no further It's in our hands It always was It's in our hands It's in our hands It's in our hands It's in our hands
Oral (Feat. Rosalía) Your mouth floats above my bed at night My own private moon Just because the mind Can make up whatever it wants Doesn't mean that it'll never come true Whatever happened Just because she can Please, could I change that Is that the right thing to do Oh I just don't know I just don't know Is that the right thing to do Oh I just don't know I just don't know Let me introduce one to the other The dream and the real Get them acquainted Just because she can Introduce Just because she can A mouth to a mouth Is that the right thing to do Oh I just don't know I just don't know Is that the right thing to do Oh I just don't know I just don't know Can I just sneak up from behind To the back of his head And then I lift up his hair And live forever so lightly That's where her hair starts Just because she can Now, please, can I kiss him Just because she can Yo quiero besarle Just because she can Come on, please, can I kiss him Just because she can I just don't know Just because she can (can) There's a line there I can't cross it Just because she can There's a line there I can't cross it (come) Just because she can There's a line there I can't cross it Just because she can (oh it must come) There's a line there I can't cross it There's a line there I can't cross it (just) Just because she can There's a line there I can't cross it There's a line there I can't cross it There's a line there I can't cross it There's a line there I can't cross it
Other side of the sun ( cover of a Janis Ian song, performed by Björk in the band Jam80, in 1980 )
Leaving on a boat for beyond the other side of the ocean Bet you in the morning you won't even know I'm gone Tired of living here in the middle of mixed emotion Might as well be living on the other side of the sun Leaving with the feeling I don't know how I'm dealing with loving you Though once I knew The special way And what to do To make you stay Forever and ever Even as I'm leaving i'll never stop believing you are the one Who can make me laugh And can bring me back From beyond the other side of the sun Rolling down the river I hope I can deliver the morning Wishing on a star for the sun to come out to play Funny, when it's over you really don't remember the warning Might as well be living out beyond the Milky Way
Le petit chevalier
( Live Paris 98 )
** Thanx to Moa for this one **
Prayer of the heart
( John Tavener: A Portrait LP )
Kyrie Iisou Christe Hie Tou Theou Eleison me Lord Jesus Christ Son Of God Have Mercy Upon Me (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards - Live Duo With P.J Harvey) Polly Jean Harvey I can't get no... satisfaction I can't get no... satisfaction And I try And I try And I try And I try I can't get no... No no no When I'm drivin' in my car And the man comes on the radio He's tellin' me more and more About some useless information Designed to Björk & Polly Fire my imagination Polly Jean Harvey I can't get no No, no, no Hey, hey, hey That's what I say Björk & Polly: I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no satisfaction And I try, and I try And I try, and I try Björk When I'm ridin' 'round the world And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that And I'm tryin' to make some dough, tell me Baby, better come back, maybe next week 'Cause you see I'm on a losing streak I can't get no Oh, no, no, no Polly Jean Harvey Hey, hey, hey Björk I can't get no Polly Jean Harvey That's what I say Björk Satisfaction Polly Jean Harvey Hey, hey, hey That's what I say Björk I can't get no Polly Jean Harvey Say hey, hey, hey Björk I can't get no Björk & Polly Say hey, hey, hey That's what I say Scary He means tomorrow but says: "In a bit" And doesn't show up at all He sets his watch to a comet's orbit Remembers to forget to call No courage for love Too scared to be happy No courage for love Too scared to be happy I do.... do I do.... do "Your place or mine" means "heaven or hell" Two addresses somewhat apart His home's dark and spiky, her's clear as a bell It's over before they can start No courage for love Too scared to be happy No courage for love Too scared to be happy I do.... don't I do.... don't And tomorrow passed them by X4 La, la, la, la, la ....
*** Thanx a lot to Lina for this one *** Short term affair ( Duo : Björk/Tony Ferrino / Live BBC's Comic relief ) Tony Ferrino : It's a short time affair You're my children's au-pair But I just couldn't bear Tony Ferrino & Björk : To keep my hands off you Björk : I was barely eighteen What you did was obscene But to me it felt clean Tony Ferrino & Björk : What else was I to do? Tony Ferrino : The memory still lingers You're cooking the kids fish-fingers And ironing Björk : Each morning you'd come down In your paisley dressing gown Then you sing And the yearning started for a short-time affair Tony Ferrino : No intention to stray Björk : I was caught in your snare Tony Ferrino : But my wife was awake Björk : It was so debonaire Tony Ferrino : So I thought what the heck Tony Ferrino & Björk : I knew I couldn't resist Tony Ferrino : It was a short time affait Björk : You're the man you're the boss Tony Ferrino : When I find you right there Björk : Like the father I lost Tony Ferrino : Clean our silver-ware Björk : So to hell with the cost Tony Ferrino & Björk : Right then at once we kissed Björk : You took me to the kitchen, you're hands kinda started twitchin', felt so shy Tony Ferrino : Nothing could stop what followed, lucky for me you swallowed Björk : I know it's all over now Tony Ferrino : Try to be strong somehow Björk : I start a brand new life Tony Ferrino : Please, please don't tell my wife Björk : I won't stop loving you Tony Ferrino : Please, please don't tell my wife Björk : Au revoir, ciao, auf wiedersehen Tony Ferrino : We must never meet again Björk : Short time affair, heeeeeee aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ooooooooooooooo Tony Ferrino : Short time affair , eeeeee oooooooooooo
*** Thanx a lot to Whitney who corrected this one ***
So broken Björk So broken, In pieces, My heart is so broken, I'm puzzling. Here I go Trying to run ahead of that, Heart break train, Thinking, It will never catch up with me. I'm so broken, heðan-biður-afte-care, So broken, heðan-biður-afte-care, Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm, heðan-biður, ** Gibberish ** Wooh-ahhh-hmm... I'm trying to land, This aeroplane of ours gracefully, But it seems just destined to crash, I'm so broken, heðan-biður-afte-care, My heart is so broken, heðan-biður-afte-care, Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm, ** Gibberish ** How can, how can, And I sense (?) All continuity Has vanished away At one step at a time now baby I'm so broken heðan-liður-afte-care I'm-m-m-mmm...so broken heðan-biður-afte-care Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm ** Gibberish ** I'm so... Completely unhealable, baby Ohhh!! Ohh-er-him I'm so broken Ahh-eða-miður-afte-care Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm En-lickel-afte-sjólvar En-neon-co-cole-ah-ahh Neo-sasar-ohh En-mi-sshh... Raimundo Amador Vamos a hacer otra? A otra! (Up for another one ? Another one ! ) *** Thanx to Lisa & Lina & Belen who helped me for this one *** Sod off I know i've been tolerant 'til now But here comes a warning, There's a very clear line that I'm drawing And if you cross it Sod off Sod off If you think i'll let you pull me down to Your third-class communication And bulldoze over all my sensitivities You've read me all wrong Sod off Sod off Sod off Sod off Things so far have been too perfect This is the premiere But oh, how many dress rehearsals I've been through Darling this is far too pure and perfect Won't let you corrupt it Sod off! I won't let you ruin this Sod off. Sod off. Sod off. Sod off. Sod off.
*** Thanx a lot to Amy & David who corrected some mistakes ***
Softly ( Live by Björk and Toumani Diabaté at Expo Zaragoza 2008 ) Softly Fulfilling every duty Softly Nurturing every detail And if one attends the most One will eventually Elevate above all struggles Above daily nuisance With the sensational nuance When All Things Are Good If one steadfastly attends And respects all community Consistantly care And insists on warmth at all times One will eventually Elevate above all struggles Above daily nuisance With the sensational nuance With All Things Good
Sweet intuition
Close your eyes Listen closely All that you've learnt Try to forget it Fuck logic, fuck logic Bravo to instinct And sweet intuition ** Gibberish ** What makes you tick Trust your senses All that you've learnt Try to forget it Believe in believing Believe in instinct And sweet intuition, honey ** Gibberish ** And inside We're all still wet Longing and yearning Repeat after me Fuck logic, fuck logic Bravo to instinct And sweet intuition Sweet intuition Sweet intuition, honey Sweet intuition Sweet intuition, honey ** Gibberish ** Sweet intuition Sweet intuition Sweet intuition Sweet intuition
*** Thanx a lot to Angelz who corrected this one ***
The Boho Dance ( A Tribute to Joni Mitchell ) Down in the cellar in the Boho zone I went looking for some sweet inspiration, oh well Just another hard-time band With Negro affectations I was a hopeful in rooms like this When I was working cheap It's an old romance, a Boho dance It hasn't gone to sleep Even on the scuffle The cleaner's crease was in my jeans And any eye for detail Caught a little lace along the seams And you were in the parking lot Subterranean by your own design The virtue of your style inscribed On your contempt for mine Jesus was a beggar, he was rich in grace And Solomon kept his head in all his glory It's just that some steps outside the Boho dance They have a fascination for me A camera pans the cocktail hour Behind a blind of potted palms And finds a lady in a Paris dress With runs in her nylons You read those books where luxury Comes as a guest to take a slave Books where artists in noble poverty Go like virgins to the grave Don't you get sensitive on me 'Cause I know you're just too proud You couldn't step outside the Boho dance Even if good fortune allowed Like a priest with a pornographic watch Looking and longing on the sly Sure it's stricken from your uniform But you can't get it out of your eyes Nothing is capsulized in me On either side of town The streets were never really mine Not mine these glamour gowns
The Comet Song
( Biophilia Japanese Edition )
With our fingers we make million holes We run and we fall into pot holes On a mission to savor the world, oh We peek at the sky through tree holes Comet, oh damn it The comet comes hurtling down On a precious plot of earth Like the bugs in mother’s flower bed We walk on long legs over the sea bed On our mission to save the world, oh We need milk and cakes and a warm bed Comet, oh damn it The comet comes hurtling down On a precious plot of earth Grey leaves are too much For any mother to handle A father must pull his black hat down over the eyes
Travessia
Quando você foi embora Fez-se noite em meu viver Forte eu sou mas não tem jeito Hoje eu tenho que chorar Minha casa não é minha E nem é meu este lugar Estou só e não resisto Muito tenho prá falar Solto a voz nas estradas Já não quero parar Meu caminho é de pedras Como posso sonhar Sonho feito de brisa Vento vem terminar Vou fechar o meu pranto Vou querer me matar Vou seguindo pela vida Me esquecendo de você Eu não quero mais a morte Tenho muito que viver Vou querer amar de novo E se não der não vou sofrer Já não sonho hoje faço com meu braço o meu viver
*** Thanx a lot to Lili & Nota for this one ***
I'll following by the life Forgeting about you I don't want death anymore I have lot to live I'll want to love again And if doesn't work I'll not be hurt I don't dream Today I make with my arms my subsist
*** Thanx a lot to Nota for this one ***
Having the ear in the pocket Having the eye in the shoe Loveletters in the stomach Bouquet of kisses in the mouth Calm down! Having an ocean of desire Having a hairy desire around the hips Having eyes that can see in the dark And too much space between the legs Calm down!
*** Thanx to Paulie, Didda, Egill & Lina who did that for us ***
( Live on tour 2003 )
Where is the line with you? My purse wide open You ask again I see you trying to Cash into accounts Everywhere Where is the line with you? I want to be flexible I want To go out Of my way for you But enough is enough Where is the line with you? I want to be elastic I want to go out of my way for you I want to help you Where is the line with you?
*** Thanx a lot to Benjamin for this one ***
Who Do You Think You Are?
( Elvis Costello / Live Union Chapel 99 )
The hunted look, the haunted grace The empty laugh that you cultivate You fall into that false embrace And kiss the air about her face Who do you think you are? The tres bon mots you almost quote from your Quiver of literary darts A thousand or so tuneless violins Thrilling your cheap little heart Who do you think you are? My cigarette burns right down to the ash My coffee cup is unstained The waiter hovers close at hand His courtesy strained Who do you think you are? I close with my regards Well I'm the red-face gentleman Caught in this picture postcard Who do you think you are? Trying my best to make the best of your absence Though the joke gets tired and sordid Sea-shell hearts get trampled under foot Punchlines unrewarded But even at this distance It's not easy to accept The vision that I chase returns When I least expect it I've fallen from your tired embrace I kiss the air Around the place That should be Your face
Why ?
( Elvis Costello - live with The Brodski Quartet ) Why is Daddy not here? Are you crying? Why? Does he still love me? Will you take care of me? If you both love me so Why don't you love each other Mummy's gone missing And Daddy's on fire Daddy's on fire Daddy's on fire
*** Thanx a lot to Penelope for this one ***
Woe (I See It From Your Side) (Shygirl feat. Björk / Björk Remix) Shygirl: When will you see it from my side I can have it all, but I'm never satisfied Bitches pree me all the time Do you even know what it's like this high Björk: I see it from your side I wish the love you're getting would suffice But it's not meant to satisfy That wanting, it raises our spine Forever, we are reaching for the sublime But never captures the divine Just simply enjoy the shine I see it from your side Shygirl: Time Let me take it I just wanna gеt to know Soul tied Time Let mе take it I just wanna get to know Soul tied Björk: I wish her love to you would suffice But those bitches are not meant to satisfy They are just part to nursing, crying You're glowing so hard They all want to share the flight I see it from your side
Yoga
Tricky and Bjork:
Don't hold me (I'm no mystic) Don't fuck with me (She treats my 'tistic') Just do it (A 'tastic') Yoga-all,I leave it after you (Now I'm feeling fantastic) I'll find how to get after you (And I will do for you) I don't chance it (And I will do for you) All the pieces I don't-yoga All the people in colleauge with me Don't hold me now (I'm no mystic) Don't fuck with me (She treats my 'tistic') I can want it (A tastic') I'll slide around in seconds (Now I'm feeling fantastic) I'll slide around and solve me (And I will do for you) I don't chance it (And I will do for you) I don't need the love to dance it I don't chance it I don't chance,at least the love's here Just do it (I'm no mystic) Don't fuck with me (She treats my 'tistic') Don't hold me now (A tastic') I'm jumpy (Now I'm feeling fantastic) I'll stay and leave there (And I will do for you) May though you come and leave there (And I will do for you) I don't share it Yoga after I go and leave the lair I'll send light-this sad soul laments It can tell that I love,so I waste
*** Thanx a lot to Elliot for this one ***
You Only Live Twice
You only live twice or so it seems One life for yourself and one for your dreams You drift through the years and life seems tame Till one dream appears and love is its name And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone This dream is for you, so pay the price Make one dream come true, you only live twice And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone This dream is for you, so pay the price Make one dream come true, you only live twice
Worlds Collapse
( Bless LP - 1990 / Backing vocals )
I meet you, and you tell me What you dreamt - last night I think its great - it's the same dream I dreamt We fall flat - the same dream Worlds collapse Worlds collapse Your wall falls on my wall I think i'll go away I think i'll go outside I think of buying hope Meet girl - dreamt a dream too He dreamt another dream He wont tell us her dream But when I offer him my coat He opens up a smile He dreamt a house In the house, a mere wall In the middle of the rift there's: World's collapse World's collapse Your wall falls on my wall I think I go away I think i'll form a bomb out of snow I think i'll throw it at girl I think i'll throw it at you I think i'll throw it at girl I think i'll throw it at you
Yonder
There's a useless moon up there in the sky It has neither tail nor start I hang around the café disappointment And you in the yonder I know what a call grapes out from the tar And think filt of names and air I sip coffe ground on café supernova Get you in the yonder When I nap When I nap Please stay away from my dreams Please stay in the yonder - until I wake up Inside you does a heart die, Jane Pumps constantly pain and sorrow I leave big tips at some sort of café And you in the yonder When I nap When I nap Please stay away from my dreams Please stay in the yonder - until I wake up
You don't know what love is
(Gling Glo Live)
You don't know what love is Until you learned the meaning of the blues Until you loved the love you've had to lose You don't know what love is You don't know how lips hurt Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost You dont know what love is Do you know how a lost heart fears The thought of suffering And how lips that taste of tears Lose their taste for kissing You dont know how hearts burn For love that cannot live yet never dies Until you reached each dawn with sleepless nights You don't know what love is Do you know how a lost heart fears The thought of suffering And how lips that taste of tears Lose their taste for kissing You don't know what love is Until you learned the meaning of the blues Until you loved the love you had to lose You don't know what love is
*** Thanx a lot to Lina & Andrew for this one ***