BJÖRK
Debut (1993)
If you ever get close to a human, and human behaviour Be ready, be ready to get confused There's definitely, definitely definitely no logic to human behaviour But yet so, yet so irresistible And there is no map They're terribly, terribly, terribly moody, of 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 And there is no map And there is no map, and a compass wouldn't help at all (Human behaviour) (etc.)
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... 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...
His wicked sense of humour Suggests exciting sex His fingers, they focus on her Touches, he's Venus as a boy He believes in a beauty, he's Venus as a boy He's exploring the taste of her Arousal, so accurate He sets off the beauty in her He's venus, Venus as a boy He believes in a beauty, he's Venus as a boy
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 (There's more to life than this) (etc.) There's more to life than this (x2) We 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 (There's more to life than this)...
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 Like someone in love, like someone in love
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... I don't know my future after this weekend And I don't want to It takes courage...
One day it will happen, 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 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 (etc.)
I cannot 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...
Come to me, I'll take care of you Protect you, calm, calm down You're exhausted, come lay 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 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 protect you You know that I adore you...
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 calm me down I'm aiming too high, soothe me
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
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 hurt 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 (1995)
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 all right, there's nothing wrong Self-sufficience please and get to work And if you complain once more... You're on your own now, we won't save you Your rescue-squad is too exhausted And if you complain once more...
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 I 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...
All the modern things, like cars and such have always existed They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment Listening to the irritating noises of dinosaurs and people Dabbling outside Chaææ, enginn fylgist alveg Chaææ, sólin sekkur Chaææ, enginn sér við mér 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
It's oh, so quiet (shhh, shhh) It's oh, so still (shhh, shhh) You're all alone (shhh, shhh) 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 (shhh, shhh) It's, oh, so still (shhh, shhh) You're all alone (shhh, shhh) 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 (shhh, shhh) It's nice and quiet (shhh, shhh) But soon again (shhh, shhh) Starts another big riot You blow a fuse... The sky caves in, the devil cuts loose You blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, your fuse When you've fallen in love (Shhhhhh)
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
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
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, ooh Moth delivers her message, ooh 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...
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 (x2) 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, your eruptions and disasters I keep calm, admiring your lava, I keep calm Possibly maybe, probably love (x2) 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 it? Possibly maybe, probably love (x2) 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, (etc.)
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 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
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
Genius to fall asleep to your tape last night 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 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... (I'm fast asleep now, I'm fast asleep)
Homogenic (1997)
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, I'm the hunter I'm the hunter, I'm the hunter, I'm the hunter
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, ooh 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
While you are away my heart comes undone Slowly unravels in a ball of yarn 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
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're the one who grows distant when I beckon you near Leave me now... 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
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 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 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
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... I dare you, I dare you I dare you, I dare you
How could I be so immature? To think he could replace The missing elements in me How extremely lazy of me
I have walked this earth and watched people (It doesn't scare me at all) I can be sinsere and say I like them (It doesnt scare me at all) You can't say no to hope, can't say no to happiness (It doesn't scare me at all) 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 doesn't 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) You can't say no to hope... (It doesn't scare me at all) This is an alarm-call, so wake up, wake-up now Today has never happened and it doesn't frighten me (It doesnt scare me at all) You can't say no to hope, you can't say no to happiness It doesn't scare me at all (etc.)
Excuse me, but I just have to explode Explode this body of me I'll be brand new, brand new tomorrow A little bit tired but brand new
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 jus't ain't 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 (etc.)
Selma Songs (2000)
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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... 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 Darling, Selma, look who's dancing Faster than a shooting star Cvalda's here, Cvalda sings Clatter, crash, clack... 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
I've seen it all, I have seen the trees I have seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze I've seen a man killed by his best friend And lives that were over before they were spent I've 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 To be hones, I really don't care 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 hand as he plays with your hair To be honest, I really don't care I've seen it all, I've seen the dark I've seen the brightness in one little spark I've seen what I choose 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 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 You've seen what you were and know what you'll be You've seen it all, there is no more to see (I do believe in me)
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 (x4) 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 (x4) 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 (x8)
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 (x3) 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 don't mind it at all if you were having a ball, this is a musical And you were always there to catch me You were always there to catch me (x3) When I'd fall I don't mind it at all if you were having a ball, this is a musical And I'll always be there to catch you I will always be there to catch you (x3) 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
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... 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
Train-whistles, sweet clementine Blueberries, dancers in line Cobwebs, a bakery sign Ooh, a sweet clementine Ooh, dancers in line, ooh 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 Ooh, I'm walking on air Ooh, to heaven frontier, ooh If living is seeing...
Vespertine (2001)
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 Ohh in a hidden place, we'll live in a hidden place We'll be in a hidden place, in a hidden place
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? Who would have known A train of pearls, cabin by cabin Is shot precisely across an ocean From a mouth, from a... From the mouth of a girl like me To a boy, to a boy, to a boy
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 broken 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
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 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 warmer now, lean into it Unfold, unfold in a generous way, surrender It's not meant to be a strife... I'm praying to be iIn a generous mode The kindness kind, the kindness kind To share me, to share me It's not meant to be a strife... Undo, undo If you're bleeding, undo And if you're sweating, undo If you're crying, darling, undo Undo, unravel
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, a secret code carved (Swirling black lilies, totally ripe) 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 they pulsate And wake me up 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 (x4) (She loves him, she loves him) (etc.) This time, I'm gonna keep it to myself This time, I'm gonna keep me all to myself And he makes me want to hand myself over And he makes me want to hand myself over
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Treading the glacier head Looking hard for foments of shine From twilight to twilight Utter mundane Aurora, goddess sparkle Shoot me beyond this suffer The need is great Aurora 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 Utter mundane Spark the sun off, spark the sun off Spark the sun off, spark the sun off me
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
I will wade out 'til 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 I 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
I have a recurrent dream everytime I lose 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 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 baked 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 Warm glowing oil into our wide open throats I have a recurrent dream They make me feel better They make me feel better
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 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
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 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... One hand love the other, so much on me Let's unite tonight, we shouldn't fight Embrace you tight, let's unite tonight Unison - Unison - Unison
Medúlla (2004)
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 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 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
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
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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
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
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!
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
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?)
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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
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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