arisen my senses blissing me the gate utopia body memory features creatures courtship losss sue me tabula rasa claimstaker paradisia saint future forever björk utopia
arisen my senses
lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by björk 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 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
arisen my senses with every song
awaken my senses just that kiss was all there is
just that kiss was all there is
just that kiss arisen my senses
was all there is for him a he once again i’m made to merge
to him a he am i keen or not keen to be seen or not seen
with him a he am i keen or not keen to be seen or not seen
with him a he
but he sees me for what who i am
blissing me lyrics by björk written by björk produced by björk and arca all of my mouth was kissing him now into the air i am missing him
is this excess texting a blessing or just two music nerds obsessing
he reminds me of the love in me i’m celebrating on a vibrancy
sending each other mp3s falling in love to a song this handsommest of wickermen
he asked if i could wait for him now how many lightyears
this interim while falling in love
with his songs 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
cliffhanger like suspension my longing has formed
its own skeleton bridging the gap between singletons
sending each other these songs the interior of these melodies is perhaps where we are meant to be
our physical union a fantasy i just fell in love with so i reserve my intimacies i bundle them up in packages my rawward longing far too visceral
the gate lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by arca and björk
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 i’ll care for you didn’t 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 björk written by björk produced by björk and arca you assigned me to protect our lantern
to be intentional about the light utopia
it’s not elsewhere
bird species never seen or heard before the first flute from the first fauna
utopia is not elsewhere it’s here
my instinct has been shouting at me for years
saying let’s get out of here toxic tumour bulging under the earth
here need to purify the air here
body memory lyrics by björk written by björk produced by björk and arca
first snow of winter i’m 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 i’m made of i redeem myself i’ve 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 can’t fathom the grasp i can’t 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 wasn’t born urban toxic doesn’t 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 didn’t tame me then the body memory kicks in
all bosoms and embraces oral anal entrances enjoy the satisfaction of the other is growing
features creatures
lyrics by björk written by björk and sarah hopkins
produced by björk when i spot someone who is same height as you and goes to same record stores i literally think i am 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 minutes away from love
isn’t it odd isn’t 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 björk written by björk produced by björk and arca
he turned me down i then downturned another
who then downturned her the paralyzing juice of rejection
his veins full of lead he’s 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
losss lyrics by björk written by björk produced by björk, rabit and arca
we all are struggling just doing our best gone through the grinder
suffered loss loss to which everything flows
an absence which attracts floral blooming softly
soft is my chest didn’t allow loss loss make me hate or harden from pain
this pain we have will always be there but the sense of full satisfaction too
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
it defines us how we overcome it recover repair from loss loss of faith ignites survivors they stare doubt straight into the eye
i forgive the past is bondage freedom aphrodisiac i opened my heart for you tied ribbons on my ankles for you drew orchids on my thighs for you
your lower lip so heavy on you my spine curved erotically
sue me lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by björk 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 won’t denounce her srcin sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
all you want i won’t denounce our srcin
i’ve ducked and dived like the mother in salomon’s tale
to spare our girl i won’t let her get cut in hal f ever but it’s time to teach her some dignity sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
all you want i won’t denounce our srcin sue me sue me sue me sue me sue me
i won’t denounce our srcin no i won’t
he took it from his father who took it from his father who took it from his father
let’s break this curse so it won’t fall on our daughter
and her daughter and her daughter won’t let this sink into her dna sue me sue me sue me sue all you want
i won’t let you denounce our srcin sue me
i won’t let you denounce our srcin no i won’t
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 björk written by björk produced by björk and arca
we are all swollen from hiding his affairs let’s put it all on the table
let it all out it is time he mustn’t steal our light
clean plate: tabula rasa for my children
clean plate:
not repeating the fuckups of the fathers my deepest wish
is that you’re immersed in grace and dignity you will have to deal with shit
soon enough i hoped to give you the least amount of luggage
you got the right to make your own fresh mistakes
not repeat other’s failures
clean plate: tabula rasa for my children
let’s clean up: break the chain of the fuckup
of the fathers it is time: for us women to rise and not just take it lying down
it is time: the world is listening
oh how i love you embarrassed to pass this mess
over to you but he led two lives thought ours was the only one
you are strong you are strong you are strong you are strong you are strong
claimstaker lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by arca and björk
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 paradisia written by björk produced by björk saint lyrics by björk written by björk produced by björk 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 i’ve seen her offer empathy to widows
she attends funerals of strangers her strongest memory is feeding children with leprosy
music heals too i’m here to defend it
future forever lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by arca and björk 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 we’re just momentary vessels
we’re 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 you’re giving back at me hold fort for love forever
claimstaker lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by arca and björk
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 paradisia written by björk produced by björk saint lyrics by björk written by björk produced by björk 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 i’ve seen her offer empathy to widows
she attends funerals of strangers her strongest memory is feeding children with leprosy
music heals too i’m here to defend it
future forever lyrics by björk written by björk and arca produced by arca and björk 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 we’re just momentary vessels
we’re 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 you’re giving back at me hold fort for love forever
björk 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 ólafsdóttir áshildur haraldsdóttir berglind maría tómasdóttir
steinunn vala pálsdóttir björg brjánsdóttir þuríður jónsdóttir pamela de sensi sigríður hjördís indriðadóttir emilía rós sigfúsdóttir dagný marinósdóttir sólveig magnúsdóttir berglind stefánsdóttir hafdís vigfúsdóttir flute solos by melkorka ólafsdóttir berglind maría tómasdóttir
áshildur haraldsdóttir harp katie buckley choir hamrahlíðarkórinn
conducted by þorgerður ingólfsdóttir
cello júlía mogensen contra bass hávarður tryggvason
the fifth ear robin carolan
music conceived by bjork and arca
blissing me, body memory, features creatures,
courtship, losss, claimstaker mixed by heba kadry
arisen my senses, the gate, utopia, sue me, tabula rasa,
paradisia, future forever, saint mixed by marta salogni
vocal mixes in blissing me and chorus of losss
by marta salogni engineers bergur þórisson bart migal, chris elms
flute, choir and harp recording engineer bergur þórisson harp recording engineer
chris elms mastering mandy parnell björk management derek birkett emma birkett assistant and visual co-creative director
james merry
published by kobalt music publishing ltd, except arisen my senses, the gate, sue me,
claimstaker, future forever: kobalt music publishing ltd/
emi april music inc (ascap); features creatures: kobalt music publishing ltd/
copyright control (apra) srcinal recording on features creatures:
kindred spirits, music
for harmonic whirlies composed,
performed and recorded by sarah hopkins
© sarah hopkins apra srcinal recording
on courtship:
mo-mo track recorded
in the village of damaindeh-bau,
finisterre range, papua new guinea, taken from the album
sacred flute music from new guinea: madang/windim mabu
by ragnar johnson & jessica mayer
© soma, courtesy of ideologic organ/editions mego
various bird song samples used by kind permission of jean c. roché from his recordings
oiseaux du (birds of) venezuela
various icelandic field recordings by chris watson thanks to david toop and stephen o’malley for their help with sourcing
and clearing samples thanks to ásmundur jónsson
@ smekkleysa cover artwork: creative direction by
björk, jesse kanda and james merry
cover art and photography
by jesse kanda cover character by björk facepiece by james merry
hair by raphael salley make-up by hungry production by juliette larthe
avian fetus photographed by ken kohl inside/back artwork: creative direction by björk and m/m (paris) typography and digital illuminations by m/m (paris)