Genius Meanings
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Björk – Mutual Core
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In “Mutual Core,” recorded by Björk for her seventh album Biophilia, the earth’s geology is a metaphor for human relationships. Eruptions and earthquakes, the building of
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Björk – Mutual Core Samples
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See all of “Mutual Core” by Björk’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Björk – Sacrifice (Death Grips Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Why can't you give her room? / Respect her spatial needs / I feel you compress her / Into a small space / [Chorus] / With clairvoyance / She knew what you needed / And
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Björk – Crystalline
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“Crystalline” was released as the lead single from Biophilia on June 28, 2011. Each song in Biophilia relates to a natural phenomenon and teaches about a specific musicology
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Björk – Thunderbolt (Death Grips Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Stirring at water's edge / Cold froth on my twig / My mind in whirls / Wanders around desire / [Verse 2] / No one imagines the light shock I need / And I'll never know
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Björk - Mutual Core (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Me muevo alrededor de las placas tectónicas en mi pecho / Sabes que lo di todo / Traté de hacer coincidir nuestros continentes / Para cambiar el turno de temporada
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Björk – Stonemilker
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“Stonemilker” is one of the two tracks on Vulnicura solely written, composed and produced by Björk, the other being “Quicksand”.
In the album booklet, the sub-title for this song
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Björk – Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)
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[Verse] / Underneath our feet / Crystals grow like plants / I'm blinded by the lights / In the core of the earth / [Chorus] / Crystalline / Crystalline / Crystalline / With our
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Björk – Black Lake
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In the album booklet, the sub-title for this song is “2 months after”, signifying that this song was written 2 months after the breakup of the relationship between Björk and
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Björk – Virus
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“Virus” is track #7 on Björk’s album Biophilia.
In this song, Björk talks about a parasitic relationship, in which she is the parasite and her lover is the host.
Knowing Björk
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Björk – Hollow
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“Hollow” is track #6 on Biophilia.
Björk collaborated with biomedical animator Drew Berry for the music video, which explores the inside of the singer’s body. Berry explained:
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Björk – Stonemilker (Live 2015)
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[Intro] / A juxtapositioning fate / Find our mutual coordinates / [Verse 1] / Moments of clarity are so rare / I better document this / At last the view is fierce / All that
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Björk – Dark Matter
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“Dark Matter” is track #5 Björk’s seventh album Biophilia.
It connects breath, the human soul and the cosmos. Björk’s working title ’pneuma’ comes from the ancient greek word
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Björk – Sacrifice
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Inspired by animal mating rituals and female sacrifice, Björk’s lyrics urge the listener to recognize the sacrifice made by all women for the sake of love.
—App presentation
Each
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Björk – Lionsong
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In the album booklet, the sub-title for this song is “5 months before”, referring to when this song was written in relation to Björk and Matthew Barney’s breakup.
The music video
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Björk (Ft. Thom Yorke) – Náttúra
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“Náttúra” was made while Björk strove for the protection of nature in 2008. She set up a foundation and wrote this song.
The song was made of outtake drums from “Earth Intruders
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Björk – Solstice
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Sjón wrote this poem which I really, really love and it’s called “solstice”, chich is basically a christmas carol, and it’s sort of about the fact that the four seasons are because
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Björk – Moon
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“Moon” is track #1 on Björk’s seventh album Biophilia. It contains different musical cycles that repeat throughout the song. The song was released on iTunes as a solo promo-single
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Björk – Thunderbolt
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Imagine the most powerful and fantastic natural force that generates sound and you probably think of thunderstorms.
—App presentation
Each song in Biophilia relates to a natural
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Björk – Cosmogony
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Unlike the other songs in Biophilia, which discuss natural phenomenons, “Cosmogony” is focused on various creation myths. Each verse is about a different myth: Miwok Native
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Björk – History of Touches (Live 2015)
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[Verse 1] / 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 the same moment / [Verse 2
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Björk – Wanderlust (Live 2015)
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[Verse 1] / I am leaving this harbor / Giving urban a farewell / Its habitants seem too keen on God / I cannot stomach their rights and wrongs / I have lost my origin / And I don't
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Björk – The Comet Song
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This song is a part of Moomins and the Comet Chase soundtrack. This animation film is based on a book called Comet in Moominland (written by Tove Jansson). This book tells us a
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Björk – Black Lake (Live 2015)
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[Verse 1] / Our love was my womb / But our bond has broken / My shield is gone / My protection taken / I am one wound / My pulsating body / Suffering being / [Verse 2] / My heart
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Björk - Crystalline (Tradução em Português)
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[Tradução de "Crystalline" ("Cristalino"), de Björk] / [Verso 1] / Debaixo de nossos pés / Cristais crescem como plantas / Ouça como crescem / As luzes me cegam / Ouça como crescem
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Björk – Notget (Live 2015)
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[Verse 1] / Once you fell out of love / Our love couldn’t carry you / And I didn’t even notice / For our love kept me safe from death / You doubted the light / And the shelter it
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Björk – Come to Me (Live 2015)
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[Intro] / Come to me / [Verse 1] / 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
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Björk – All Neon Like (Live 2015)
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This version was exclusively released on the Rough Trade CD edition. The song is omitted in other releases.
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Björk – I See Who You Are (Live 2015)
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I see who you are / Behind the skin / And the muscles / I see who you are now / And when you'll get older later / I will see the same girl / The same soul / Lioness, fireheart
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Björk – Family (Live 2015)
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[Verse 1] / Is there a place / Where I can pay respects / For the death of my family? / Show some respect / There is the mother and the child / Between the three of us / Then there
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Björk - Hollow (Tradução em Português)
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[Tradução de "Hollow", de Björk] / [Verso 1] / Vazia / Meus ancestrais têm acesso / Vazia / Estou caindo abismo abaixo / Vazia / Procurando por umas respostas / Gerações de mães
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Björk – Lionsong (Live 2015)
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[Intro] / Maybe he will come out of this / Maybe he won't / Somehow I'm not too bothered / Either way / [Chorus 1] / Maybe he will come out of this loving me / Maybe he won't / I
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Björk – Undo (Live 2015)
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[Chorus] / 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) / [
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Ólafur Arnalds – The Journey
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[Instrumental]
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Ólafur Arnalds – What Did They Ask You?
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[Instrumental]
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Ólafur Arnalds – The Meeting
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[Instrumental]
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Ólafur Arnalds – Broken
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[Instrumental]
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Björk – Dark Matter Samples
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See all of “Dark Matter” by Björk’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Portico (Ft. Jono McCleery) – Colour Fading
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[Intro] / We're all in a fiction / Hang on to believe / Hidden in a meaning / A colour fading / [Verse 1] / Out of the shell shock / I start out to breathe / A sign of any weakness
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Ólafur Arnalds – Suspects
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[Instrumental]
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