I've Seen It All (Featuring Bjork) Lyrics
I've seen it all
I have seen the trees
I have seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend
And lives that were over before they were spent
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see
You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
The man you will marry, the home you will share
To be honest, I really don't care
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You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water
It's water, that's all
The Eiffel Tower
And the Empire State
My pulse was as high
On my very first date
Your grandson's hand
As he plays with your hair
To be honest, I really don't care
I've seen it all
I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark
I've seen what I choose and I've seen what I need
And that is enough
To want more would be greed
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see
You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark the big and the small
Just keep in mind you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all there is no more to see
The album it's on is Selma's Songs (Selma being Bjork's character in Dancer in the Dark). It's also on Bjork Family Tree CD.
I heard this song before I saw the movie so I kind of thought it was about a person's apathy towards the beauty of life. But after watching the movie (in which Bjork plays a woman who is going blind) I realized it's about finding beauty in simple things and appreciating them fully.
I've seen it all. I've seen the trees. I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze.
That's all she needs to see because she can appreciate it for the beauty that it is.
btw, the song is not Thom Yorke (feat. Bjork), it's actually the other way around.
Has anyone noticed that in the movie Bjork is using sign language that is the opposite of the words she is saying? I think he character is trying to convince herself that there is nothing left for her to see/do with her life other than help her son. The sign language tells us she DOES care but decides her son's dreams are more important. It's a true spirit of sacrifice.
This song is from a movie, "Dancer in the Dark" about a woman who is a poor, single parent. She is nearly blind due to a disease, and her son will be the same way unless he gets an operation. They live extremely meagerly so she can save enough money for the operation.
Fantastic movie. It's a dark kind of musical.
Great movie, songs.
This song was written for the movie "Dancer in the Dark" in which Bjork played the main character. Thom Yorke wasn't in the movie, Peter Stormare sang it for the movie version. They're arguing because in the movie, Bjork's character is going blind and it trying to convince herself that she's not going to miss anything by not being about to see. I guess Thom Yorke and Bjork decided to do a recording of the song for...whatever album this was on....
dancer in the dark is the greatest movie ever. I love this version even more than the movie version, since thom rocks my socks. this song depresses the hell out of me every time i listen to it but i just can't stop....so beautiful. it's about a woman who is trying to justify the fact that she needs to get help to fix her son's eyes instead of her own because he needs to be able to see the world, and in her eyes she is past the point where her sight is necessary.
FEATURING bjork?
this is a god damned bjork song.
Thom: The Eiffel Tower And the Empire State
Bjork: What else was a sigh and what ails the state
correction: Bjork: My pulse was as high on my very first date
this is such a great song. it's part in the movie is my favorite
Yeah, you have to see it in the context of the film, really.
now that i know the context i understand this song so much better. and yeah i guess it should really be bjork featuring thom yorke instad of radiohead featuring bjork. what a beautiful song it is
As others have said, this isn't a Radiohead song as Björk composed it. Thom simply provided vocals.
It is somewhat akin to film music from the 50s.