Björk: Digital Booklet - Biophilia (Deluxe Edition)

moon

music by björk and damian taylor lyrics by björk choir and harp arrangement by björk choir transcription by árni heimir ingólfsson and matt robertson harp by zeena parkins, shelley burgon, sara cutler, carol emanuel harp contractor zeena parkins harp score preparation by matt robertson drum programming by pablo diaz-reixa, björk and damian taylor programming by björk and damian taylor engineered by damian taylor, sveinn kjartansson and brian hernandez mixed by damian taylor and björk produced by björk

as the lukewarm hands of the gods came down and gently picked my adrenalin pearls placed them in their mouths and rinsed all the fear out nourished them with their saliva now i’m all rejuvenated and rested now i’m all rejuvenated and rested as if the healthiest pastime is being in life-threatening circumstances and once again be reborn all all all all

birthed birthed birthed birthed

and and and and

happy happy happy 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

stirring at waters edge cold froth on my twig my mind in whirls wanders around desire

thunderbolt

music by björk lyrics by björk and oddný eir ævarsdóttir choir arrangement by björk  choir transcription by árni heimir ingólfsson and matt robertson teslacoil bassline and beat by björk and leila arab teslacoil bassline and beat programmed by damian taylor, björk and leila arab sonic sculpting and nature sounds by leila arab engineered by damian taylor, curver and sveinn kjartansson mixed and produced by björk 

may i, can i or have i too often craving miracles may i, can i or have i too often now craving miracles no one imagines the lightshock i need and i‘ll never know from whose 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 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 crave waves irregularly striking wind stern in my face thunderstorm come scrape these barnacles off 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

underneath our feet crystals grow like plants

crystalline

music and lyrics by björk gameleste arrangement by björk  beat programming by 16bit and leila arab bassline by björk and 16bit engineered by damian taylor, 16bit, curver and sveinn kjartansson  produced by björk and 16bit 

listen how i’m blinded by listen how in the core of listen how

they grow the light they glow our earth they grow

crystalline internal nebula rocks growing slomo 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 slomo i conquer claustrophobia 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 slomo i conquer claustrophia and demand the light listen how they grow listen how they glow it’s the sparkle you become when you conquer anxiety

heaven, heaven’s bodies whirl around me make me wonder heaven, heaven’s bodies whirl around me make me wonder

cosmogony

music by björk lyrics by sjón and björk brass arrangement by björk brass transcription by matt robertsson choir arrangement by björk beat by björk beat programmed by björk and damian taylor engineered by damian taylor, sveinn kjartansson, curver,  david bracey, addi 800 and andy baldwin mixed by björk, curver, addi 800 and mandy parnell produced by björk

and they say: our universe an empty sea a silver fox cunning mate began to sing a song that became the world we know

back then was ——until and her

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

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 me wonder and they say: back then our universe wasn’t even there ——until a sudden bang there was light ——was sound ——was matter and it all became the world we know heaven, heaven’s bodies whirl around me a dance eternal

dark matter

music by björk and mark bell programmed by mark bell, damian taylor, björk and leila arab vocal arrangement by björk sub drone and sonic sculpting by leila arab engineered by damian taylor and curver mixed and produced by björk 

hollow

music and lyrics by björk choir arrangement by björk choir transcription by árni heimir ingólfsson and matt robertson beat programming by matthew herbert, björk and damian taylor engineered by damian taylor and sveinn kjartansson mixed by damian taylor and björk produced by björk 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 belong let me belong

like a virus needs a body as soft tissue feeds on blood some day i’ll find you ——one day i’m there ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh

virus

music by björk lyrics by sjón and björk gameleste arrangement by björk hang arrangment by manu delago and björk  beat and bass programming by pablo diaz-reixa and leila arab choir arrangement by björk choir transcription by árni heimir ingólfsson and matt robertson engineered by damian taylor, sveinn kjartansson, curver,  brian hernandez and mario dejesus mixed by damian taylor and björk produced by björk 

like a mushroom on a tree trunk as the protein transmutates i knock on your skin ——and i am in ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh the perfect match ——you and me i adapt ——contagious you open up ——say welcome like a flame that seeks explosives as gunpowder needs a war i feast inside you ——my host is you ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh 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 ooo-ooo-ooo-oooh my sweet adversary

sacrifice music and lyrics by björk voice arrangement by björk sharpsichord arrangement by björk adapted to sharpsichord by henry dagg beat programming by current value  engineered by curver, damian taylor, mario dejesus and cameron craig mixed by damian taylor and björk produced by björk 

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

appreciate build a bridge to her initiate a touch before its too late say the words to her that will make her shine tell her that you love her

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?

your generosity will show in the volume of her glow

mutual core music and lyrics by björk organ arrangement by björk beat by 16bit, matthew herbert and björk programmed by 16bit, matthew herbert and björk choir arrangement by björk engineered by damian taylor and sveinn kjartansson mixed by damian taylor and björk produced by björk

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 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 our 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

music by björk lyrics by sjón english translation by david mcduff engineered by david bracey and curver mixed by björk, curver, addi 800 and damian taylor  produced by björk  

when your eyes pause on the ball that hangs on the third branch from the star you remember why it got dark and why it is getting light again the earth (like the heart) slopes in its seat and like that it travels along an elliptical path drawn in the darkness the unpolished pearl in sky-black palm of hand flickering sun-flame then you remember that you are yourself are a light-bearer receiving radiance from others

allt sem hann leiðir allt sem hann fleygði allt sem hann fleygði náttúra!

allt sem við lendir allt sem við lendir ala mér náttúra!

ekkert tekur ég tekur því náttúra!

ekkert tekur ég tekur því ég tekur því ég tekur því ég tekur því ég tekur því náttúra!

ég tekur því ég þagði því virka aftast heldur upp vitund tilraunina

nÁttÚrA

music and lyrics by björk backing vocals by thom yorke drums by brian chippendale synthetizer bass by matthew herbert electronics by mark bell engineer damian taylor produced by björk

choir — arnheiður eiriksdóttir auður albertsdóttir ásdís björg gestsdóttir ásdís eva ólafsdóttir ásta ægisdóttir bergljót rafnar karlsdóttir drífa örvarsdóttir elín edda sigurðardóttir erla maría markúsdóttir erla rún guðmundsdóttir ester auðunsdóttir eygló höskuldsdóttir viborg fífa jónsdóttir gígja gylfadóttir gígja haraldsdóttir guðrún m sigurbergsdóttir jóna g kolbrúnardóttir kristín anna guðmundsdóttir kristín einarsdóttir mäntylä kristín sveinsdóttir sigrún ósk jóhannesdóttir sigurborg skúladóttir kaldal unnur sigurðardóttir vigdis sigurðardóttir — conducted by jón stefánsson harps — zeena parkins shelley burgon sara cutler carol emanuel brass — valdís þorkelsdóttir ragnhildur gunnarsdóttir trumpets bergrún snæbjörnsdóttir erla axelsdóttir særun ósk pálmadóttir lilja valdimarsdóttir french horns harpa jóhannsdóttir sigrún jónsdóttir li ming yeung jessica buzbee trombones brynja guðmundsdóttir tuba

cover by m/m (paris) pendulum harp made by andy cavatorta midi controlled pipe organ made by björgvin tómasson midi controlled gamelan-celeste hybrid made by björgvin tómasson and matt nolan all custom instruments based on ideas by björk except sharpsichord made by henry dagg  this project was worked on in reykjavik, seltjarnarnes and þingvellir in iceland, new york, guatemala, puerto rico, manchester and belize mastered by mandy parnell at black saloon mobile studios  published by kobalt music publishing except mark bell published by emi music oddný eir ævarsdóttir under copyright control damian taylor under copyright control

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