Björk - Vespertine

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> BJÖRK - VESPERTINE</div> <div> aurora</div> <div> threading the glacier head</div> <div> looking hard for moments of shine</div> <div> from twilight to twilight</div> <div> heading for the sublime</div> <bR> <div> aurora goddess sparkle</div> <div> shoot me beyond this suffer</div> <div> the need is great</div> <bR> <div> aurora</div> <bR> <div> aurora goddess sparkle</div> <div> a mountain shadow</div> <div> suggests your shape</div> <div> i fill my mouth with snow</div> <div> the way it melts</div> <div> i wish to melt before you</div> <bR> <div> aurora goddess sparkle :</div> <bR> <div> spark the sun off</div> <div> spark the sun ofF<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> hidden† place</div> <div> through the warmthest cord of care</div> <div> your love was sent to me</div> <bR> <div> †I'm not sure what to do with it</div> <div> or where to put it</div> <bR> <div> i'm so close to tears</div> <div> and so close to</div> <div> simply calling you up</div> <div> and simply suggesting</div> <bR> <div> †</div> <bR> <div> we go to that hidden place ?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> †now, i have been slightly shy</div> <div> †but i can smell a pinch of hope</div> <div> to almost have allowed once fingers</div> <div> to stroke</div> <div> the fingers i was given to touch with</div> <div> but careful careful</div> <div> there lies my passion hidden</div> <div> there lies my love</div> <div> i'll hide it under a blanket</div> <div> lull it to sleep</div> <bR> <bR> <div> i'll keep it in a hidden place ?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> he's the beautifullest, fragilest, still strong</div> <div> dark and divine</div> <div> and the littleness of his movements</div> <div> hides himself</div> <div> he invents a charm that makes him invisible</div> <div> hides in the hair</div> <div> can i hide there too ?</div> <div> hide in the hair of him</div> <div> seek solice</div> <div> sanctuary</div> <bR> <bR> <div> in that hidden place ? </div> <div> coccoon</div> <div> † who would have known that a boy like him </div> <div> would have entered me lightly restoring † my blisses</div> <bR> <div> † who would have known that a boy like him</div> <div> after sharing my core would stay going nowhere</div> <bR> <div> † who would have known a beauty this immense</div> <div> † who would have known a saintly trance</div> <div> † who would have known :</div> <div> miraculous breath inhales a beard loaded with courage</div> <bR> <div> † who would have known that a boy like him</div> <div> possessed of magical sensitivity</div> <div> † would approach a girl like me</div> <div> who carresses, cradles his head in her bosom</div> <bR> <div> † he slides inside</div> <div> † half awake half asleep</div> <div> † we faint back into sleephood</div> <div> † when i wake up</div> <div> the second time</div> <div> in his arms : gorgeousness : he's still inside me !!!!</div> <bR> <div> ....?... who would have known ...?....†</div> <bR> <div> † a train of pearls, cabin by cabin</div> <div> is shot precisely across an ocean</div> <div> † from a mouth ...</div> <div> from a mouth ...</div> <div> from a mouth of a girl like me</div> <div> to a boy ... to a boy ... to a boy<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> it's not up to you</div> <div> i wake up</div> <div> and the day feels broken</div> <div> i tilt my head</div> <div> try to get an angle</div> <div> the evening i've always longed for</div> <div> it could still happen</div> <bR> <div> how do i master</div> <div> the perfect day</div> <div> six glasses of water</div> <div> seven phonecalls</div> <bR> <div> if you leave it alone it might just happen</div> <bR> <div> anyway</div> <bR> <div> it's not up to you</div> <div> well it never really was...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> if you wake up</div> <div> and your day feels broken</div> <div> just lean into the crack</div> <div> and it will tremble ever so nicely</div> <div> notice how it sparkles down there</div> <bR> <div> i can decide what i give</div> <div> but it's not up to me</div> <div> what i get given</div> <div> unthinkable surprises about to happen</div> <div> but what they are</div> <bR> <div> it's not up to you</div> <div> well it never really was...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> there is too much clinging to peak</div> <div> there is too much pressure</div> <div> an echo a stain</div> <div> she touched my arm and smiled</div> <div> one of these days soon</div> <div> very soon</div> <bR> <div> love you til then love you til then</div> <div> feel my breath on your neck</div> <div> and your heart will race</div> <bR> <div> don't say no to me</div> <div> you can't say no to me</div> <div> i won't see you† denied</div> <bR> <div> i'm sorry you saw that</div> <div> i m sorry he did it</div> <bR> <div> an echo</div> <bR> <div> a stain ...</div> <bR> <div> a stain ...</div> <bR> <div> i can't say no to you</div> <div> say nothing</div> <bR> <div> freefalling</div> <bR> <div> complete<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> undo</div> <div> it's not meant to be a strife</div> <div> it's not meant to be a struggle uphill</div> <div> you're trying too hard</div> <div> surrender</div> <div> give yourself in</div> <div> you're trying too hard</div> <bR> <div> it's not meant to be a strife</div> <div> it's not meant to be a struggle uphill</div> <bR> <div> it's warmer now</div> <div> lean into it</div> <div> unfold in a generous way</div> <div> surrender</div> <bR> <div> it's not meant to be a strife</div> <div> it's not meant to be a struggle uphill</div> <bR> <div> i'm praying</div> <div> to be</div> <div> in a generous mode</div> <div> the kindness kind</div> <div> to share me</div> <div> quietly ecstatic</div> <div> it's not meant to be a strife</div> <div> it's not meant to be a struggle uphill</div> <bR> <div> undo††††† if you're bleeding††††††† undo </div> <div> if you're sweating†††††††</div> <div> undo†††† if you're crying††††††††† undo</div> <bR> <div> undo<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> generous palmstroke</div> <div> i am strong in his hands</div> <div> i am beyond me</div> <div> on my own i'm human</div> <div> and i do faults</div> <bR> <div> i do confess</div> <div> i feel you trickling</div> <div> down my shoulders</div> <div> from above</div> <bR> <div> i turn myself in</div> <div> i give myself up</div> <div> volunteer</div> <div> you own me i'm yours</div> <bR> <div> you have to trust</div> <div> i'm eternally yours</div> <div> all that i gave them</div> <div> i gave to you</div> <bR> <div> so needy of comfort</div> <div> too raw to be embraced</div> <div> undo this privacy</div> <div> and put me in my place</div> <bR> <div> a generous palmstroke</div> <div> the hugest of hugs</div> <div> undo this privacy</div> <div> embrace (me)</div> <bR> <div> i am strong in his hands</div> <div> i am beyond me</div> <div> on my own i'm human</div> <div> and i do faults<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> harm of will</div> <div> if there's a troubador washing</div> <div> it is he</div> <div> if there's a man about town</div> <div> it is he</div> <div> it there's one to be sought</div> <div> it is he</div> <div> if there are nine shes</div> <div> they are bought for me</div> <div> this way is as is she</div> <div> and he placed her unclothed longlegged</div> <div> on top of the family tree</div> <div> and if he has chosen the point while she is under him</div> <div> then leave her coily placed crouched sucking him</div> <div> for it is i</div> <div> with her on knee</div> <div> i leave her without pith or feel</div> <div> and leave her be</div> <div> leave it be for he controls what there'll be</div> <div> he makes his face known to none</div> <div> for if he is seen then all will</div> <div> and all will know</div> <div> know me<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> pagan poetry</div> <div> pedalling through the dark currents</div> <div> i find an accurate copy</div> <div> a blueprint</div> <div> of the pleasure in me</div> <bR> <div> swirling black lilies totally ripe</div> <bR> <div> he offers a handshake</div> <div> crooked five fingers</div> <div> form a pattern</div> <div> yet to be matched</div> <bR> <div> swirling black lilies totally ripe</div> <bR> <div> a secret code carved</div> <div> in a palm of fingers</div> <div> form a pattern</div> <div> yet to be matched</div> <bR> <div> swirling black lilies totally ripe</div> <bR> <div> morsecoding signals</div> <div> pulsate</div> <div> wake me up</div> <div> from hibernate</div> <bR> <div> on the surface simplicity</div> <div> but the darkest pit in me</div> <div> is pagan poetry</div> <div> pagan poetry<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> sun in my mouth</div> <div> i will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers</div> <div> i will take the sun in my mouth</div> <div> and leap into the ripe air alive</div> <div> with closed eyes</div> <div> to dash against darkness in the sleeping curves of my body</div> <div> i shall enter fingers of smooth mastery</div> <div> with chasteness of seagulls</div> <div> will i complete the mystery of my flesh<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> heirloom</div> <div> i have a recurrent dream</div> <div> every time i loose my voice</div> <div> i swallow little glowing lights</div> <div> my mother and son baked for me</div> <bR> <div> during the night</div> <div> they do a trapeze walk</div> <div> until they're in the sky</div> <div> right above my bed</div> <bR> <div> while i'm asleep</div> <div> my mother and son pour into me</div> <div> warm glowing oil</div> <div> into my wide open throat</div> <bR> <div> i have a recurrent dream</div> <div> every time i feel a hoarseness</div> <div> i swallow warm glowing lights</div> <div> my mother and son baked for me</div> <bR> <div> they make me feel better</div> <bR> <div> they make me feel better</div> <bR> <bR> <div> we have a recurrent dream</div> <div> everytime we loose our voices</div> <div> we dream we swallow little lights</div> <div> our mother and sons bake for us</div> <bR> <div> during the night</div> <div> they do a little trapeze walk</div> <div> until they're in the sky</div> <div> right above our heads</div> <div> while we're asleep</div> <div> our mothers and sons pour into us</div> <div> warm glowing oil</div> <div> into our wide open throats</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> i have a recurrent dream ...</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>