bjrk

utopia

7
courtship
1 8
arisen losss
my senses
9
2 sue
blissing me
me
3
the gate
4
utopia

5 10
body tabula
memory rasa
6 11
features claimstaker
creatures
12
paradisia
14
13 future
saint forever
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arisen my senses blissing me

lyrics by bjrk lyrics by bjrk

written by bjrk and arca written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca produced by bjrk and arca

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 once again im made to merge
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
on www
to him a he
weaving a mixtape but he sees me for what who i am
arisen my senses
with every song
awaken my senses all of my mouth was kissing him cliffhanger like suspension
just that kiss now into the air i am missing him my longing has formed
was all there is is this excess texting a blessing its own skeleton
just that kiss or just two music nerds obsessing bridging the gap between singletons
was all there is sending each other these songs
just that kiss he reminds me of the love in me
arisen my senses im celebrating on a vibrancy the interior of these melodies
was all there is sending each other mp3s is perhaps where we are meant to be
for him a he falling in love to a song our physical union a fantasy
i just fell in love with
to him a he this handsommest of wickermen
he asked if i could wait for him so i reserve my intimacies
am i keen or not keen now how many lightyears i bundle them up in packages
to be seen or not seen this interim my rawward longing far too visceral
with him a he while falling in love did i just fall in love with love?
am i keen or not keen with his songs
to be seen or not seen
with him a he 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
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the gate
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca
produced by arca and bjrk
my healed chestwound
transformed into a gate
where i receive love from
where i give love from
and i
care for you
i care for you
split into many parts
splattered light beams into prisms
that will reunite
if you
care for me
and then ill care for you
didnt 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 from
i care for you
you care for me
utopia
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca
you assigned me to protect our lantern
to be intentional about the light
utopia
its not elsewhere
bird species never seen or heard before
the first flute from the first fauna
utopia is not elsewhere
its here
my instinct has been shouting at me for
years
saying lets get out of here
toxic tumour bulging under the earth
here
need to purify the air here
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body memory
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca
first snow of winter
im 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 im made of
i redeem myself
ive 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 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
i cant fathom the grasp
i cant grasp the fathom
then the 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
and my body memory kicks in
simply takes over, beastiality
i redeem my body
i wasnt born urban
toxic doesnt agree with me
love lured me there 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 didnt tame me
then the body memory kicks in
all bosoms and embraces
oral anal entrances
enjoy the satisfaction
of the other is growing
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features creatures
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk and sarah hopkins
produced by bjrk
when i spot someone
who is same height as you
and goes to same record stores
i literally think i am 5 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 5 minutes away from
love
isnt it odd
isnt 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
courtship
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca produced by bjrk, rabit and arca
he turned me down
i then downturned another
who then downturned her
the paralyzing juice of rejection
his veins full of lead
hes 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...
as you narrate
your own hearttale
you thread souls into one beam
the love you gave
and have been given
weave into your dream
i trust my cells to rearchive
my love historic stream
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losss
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
we all are struggling it defines us
just doing our best how we overcome it
gone through the grinder recover repair from loss
suffered loss
loss of faith ignites survivors
loss to which everything flows they stare doubt straight into the eye
an absence which
attracts floral blooming softly i forgive
the past is bondage
soft is my chest freedom aphrodisiac
didnt allow loss
loss make me hate i opened my heart for you
or harden from pain tied ribbons on my ankles for you
drew orchids on my thighs for you
this pain we have your lower lip so heavy on you
will always be there my spine curved erotically
but the sense of full satisfaction too finally vulnerable
i opened my heart to you
your lower lip so heavy on you
my spine curved erotically
finally vulnerable
loss of love we all have suffered
how we make up for it
defines who we are
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sue me
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca
produced by bjrk and arca
my tearduct clogged
my left eye broken
medicate with warm compress
extract hardened tears
sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
all you want
i wont denounce her origin
sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
all you want
i wont denounce our origin
ive ducked and dived
like the mother in salomons tale
to spare our girl
i wont let her get cut in half ever
but its time to teach her some dignity
sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
all you want
i wont denounce our origin
sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
i wont denounce our origin
no i wont
he took it from his father
who took it from his father
who took it from his father
lets break this curse
so it wont fall on our daughter
and her daughter
and her daughter
wont let this sink into her dna
sue me sue me sue me sue all you want
i wont let you denounce our origin
sue me
i wont let you denounce our origin
no i wont
just cant 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 wringer
narcissistic
tabula rasa
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca
we are all swollen clean plate:
from hiding his affairs tabula rasa for my children
lets put it all on the table lets clean up:
let it all out break the chain of the fuckup
it is time of the fathers
he mustnt steal our light it is time:
for us women to rise
clean plate: and not just take it lying down
tabula rasa for my children it is time:
clean plate: the world is listening
not repeating the fuckups of the fathers
oh how i love you
my deepest wish embarrassed to pass this mess
is that youre immersed in grace over to you
and dignity but he led two lives
you will have to deal with shit thought ours was the only one
soon enough
i hoped to give you you are strong
the least amount of luggage you are strong
you got the right you are strong
to make your own fresh mistakes you are strong
not repeat others failures you are strong
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claimstaker
lyrics by bjrk written by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca produced by bjrk
produced by arca and bjrk
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 lines through lake
to take physicality
inhale
i inhale this physicality
this forest is in me
this forest is in me
i immerse me
this is my home
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paradisia saint
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca
she always knows when people
need stroking
and is attracted to deathbeds
and divorces
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 favorite childhood moments
were at a hospital for the disabled
ive seen her offer empathy to widows
she attends funerals of strangers
her strongest memory
is feeding children with leprosy
music heals too
im here to defend it
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future forever
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca
produced by arca and bjrk
imagine a future and be in it
feel this incredible nurture soak it in
the past is on loop turn it off
see this possible future and be in it
hold fort for love forever
were just momentary vessels
were just carrying
trust your head around
guide your stare elsewhere
your love is already waiting
your already in it
hold fort for love forever
watch me form new nests
weave a matriarchal 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
youre giving back at me
hold fort for love forever
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claimstaker
lyrics by bjrk written by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca produced by bjrk
produced by arca and bjrk
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 lines through lake
to take physicality
inhale
i inhale this physicality
this forest is in me
this forest is in me
i immerse me
this is my home
12 13
paradisia saint
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk
produced by bjrk and arca
she always knows when people
need stroking
and is attracted to deathbeds
and divorces
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 favorite childhood moments
were at a hospital for the disabled
ive seen her offer empathy to widows
she attends funerals of strangers
her strongest memory
is feeding children with leprosy
music heals too
im here to defend it
14
future forever
lyrics by bjrk
written by bjrk and arca
produced by arca and bjrk
imagine a future and be in it
feel this incredible nurture soak it in
the past is on loop turn it off
see this possible future and be in it
hold fort for love forever
were just momentary vessels
were just carrying
trust your head around
guide your stare elsewhere
your love is already waiting
your already in it
hold fort for love forever
watch me form new nests
weave a matriarchal 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
youre giving back at me
hold fort for love forever
 bjrk
vocals and digital flute,
flute, vocal, choir and cello
arrangements, structural protools song
editing and programming
arca
electronics, synth melodies
and beats
flute players
melkorka lafsdttir
shildur haraldsdttir
berglind mara tmasdttir
steinunn vala plsdttir
bjrg brjnsdttir
urur jnsdttir
pamela de sensi
sigrur hjrds indriadttir
emila rs sigfsdttir
dagn marinsdttir
slveig magnsdttir
berglind stefnsdttir
hafds vigfsdttir
flute solos by
melkorka lafsdttir
berglind mara tmasdttir
shildur haraldsdttir
harp katie buckley
choir hamrahlarkrinn
conducted by
orgerur inglfsdttir
cello jla mogensen
contra bass
hvarur tryggvason
the fifth ear
robin carolan
music conceived various bird song
published by
by bjork and arca samples used by kind permission
kobalt music
blissing me, publishing ltd, except of jean c. roch from his recordings
body memory, arisen my senses, the gate, sue me, oiseaux du (birds of) venezuela
features creatures, claimstaker, various icelandic
courtship, losss, future forever: field recordings
claimstaker kobalt music publishing ltd/ by chris watson
mixed by heba kadry emi april music inc (ascap);
arisen my senses, features creatures: thanks to david toop
the gate, utopia, sue me, tabula rasa, kobalt music publishing ltd/ and stephen omalley
paradisia, copyright control (apra) for their help with sourcing
future forever, saint and clearing samples
original recording
mixed by marta salogni thanks to smundur jnsson
on features creatures:
@ smekkleysa
vocal mixes in blissing kindred spirits, music
me and chorus of losss for harmonic whirlies composed, cover artwork:
by marta salogni performed and recorded creative direction by
by sarah hopkins bjrk, jesse kanda
engineers
1996 sarah hopkins apra and james merry
bergur risson
bart migal, chris elms original recording cover art
on courtship: and photography
flute, choir and harp by jesse kanda
mo-mo track recorded
recording engineer cover character by bjrk
in the village of
bergur risson facepiece by james merry
damaindeh-bau,
hair by raphael salley
harp recording engineer finisterre range,
make-up by hungry
chris elms papua new guinea,
taken from the album production by juliette larthe
mastering avian fetus photographed
sacred flute music
mandy parnell by ken kohl
from new guinea:
bjrk management madang/windim mabu inside/back artwork:
derek birkett by ragnar johnson creative direction by
emma birkett & jessica mayer bjrk and m/m (paris)
2016 soma024, typography and
assistant and
courtesy of ideologic digital illuminations
visual co-creative director
organ/editions mego by m/m (paris)
james merry