Who Is It
Vocals: Bjork & Tagaq - Beats: Rahzel - Bass synth: Bjork - Programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson, Mark Bell, Bjork & Matmos.
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 that never lets you down?
who is it that gave you back your crown?
and the ornaments are 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 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 going around
now they're handing it over
handing it over
Oceania
Vocals: Bjork & London Choir - Beats: Shlomo - Vocal samples: Robert Wyatt - Programming: Bjork, Mark Bell & Valgeir Sigurdsson.
one breath away from mother Oceania
your nimble feet make prints
in my sands
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 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
Submarine
Vocals: Bjork & Robert Wyatt - Programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson
when will it be time do 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
Sonnets / Unrealities XI
Vocals: Bjork & Icelandic Choir
it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another's,and your dear strong fingers clutch
his 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 helplessly 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 shall i turn my face,and hear one bird
sing terribly afar in the lost lands.
Desired Constellation
Vocals: Bjork & Icelandic Choir - Programming: Olivier Alary
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 ?
with a palm full of stars
i throw them like dice ...repeatedly
on the table ...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?
Mouth's Cradle
Vocals: Bjork, Tagaq & Icelandic Choir - Beats: Rahzel - Bass synth: Mark Bell - Programming: Bjork, Valgeir Sigurdsson & Mark Bell.
there is yet another one
that follows me
where ever i go
and supports me
this tooth is warmth-like
and these teeth are a ladder up to his mouth
these teeth are a ladder that i walk
that you can walk too if you want
if you want up to the mouth
the 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
that ghost is brighter than anyone
and fulfils me with hope
and you can use these teeth as a ladder
up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle
and you can follow these notes i'm singing
up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle
the simplicity of the ghost-like beast
the purity of what it wants and where it goes
always love, always loves you, always loves you
infrared love
and you can use these teeth as a ladder
up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle
and you can use these 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 osamas and bushes
Triumph Of A Heart
Vocals: Bjork - Human Trombone: Gregory Purnhagen - Beats: Rahzel & Dokaka - Programming: Valgeir Sigurdsson, Mark Bell & Bjork
the nerves are sending shimmering signals
all through my fingers
the veins support
blood that gushes impulsively towards
is 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
(that celebrate)
the triumph of a heart that gives all
smooth soft red velvety lungs
are pushing a network of oxygen joyfully
through a nose, through a mouth
but all enjoys, which brings us to
the triumph of a heart that gives all that gives all