Hyperballad

Album: Post (1995)
Charted: 8
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  • We live on a mountain
    Right at the top
    There's a beautiful view
    From the top of the mountain
    Every morning I walk towards the edge
    And throw little things off
    Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery
    Or whatever I find lying around
    It's become a habit
    A way to start the day

    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you

    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you

    It's real early morning
    No-one is awake
    I'm back at my cliff
    Still throwing things off
    I listen to the sounds they make
    On their way down
    I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
    Imagine what my body would sound like
    Slamming against those rocks
    When it lands
    Will my eyes
    Be closed or open?

    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you

    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you

    I go through all this
    Before you wake up
    So I can feel happier
    To be safe up here with you

    Safe up (here with you) Writer/s: Björk Guðmundsdóttir
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Rachel from Bristol, TnVery lovely song. No, it's not about suicide. Of all the artists out there, you cannot take this woman's lyrics at face value - there's always a deeper meaning. There is a live version of this from the Jools Holland Show, and is absolutely gorgeous. She's one of the last true artists, in my opinion.
  • Brittany from Florissant, Modude, is this song about her wanting to commit suicide or sumthing. as the lyrics say "On their way down I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
    Imagine what my body would sound like Slamming against those rocks".
    like does she wish she would jump off the cliff or sumthin?

  • Dennis from Chicagoland Burrows, IlThis song is also incredible on the "Telegram" disk, it is performed with a quartet string arrangement, and they sound like seagulls diving at one point. Bjork is Beautiful.
  • Patrickman from Makati City, Othermy most favorite Bjork song! i like the way it progresses from simple drum beats to trance at the end. cool and imaginative lyrics! Bjork is the goddess of alternative rock!!!
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