I really love this song. I enjoy all the different renditions, but right now, my favorite is a live performance with horns. Maybe because it sounds so full of warmth, and reminds me of "Overture" and "Blade Runner".
As for the lyrics, I find them deep with a lot of meaning. I think Bjork (in regards to her broken spirit), is wondering how naive (or immature) she could have been "to think he could replace, The missing elements" in her. I think at the end she even sings out "silly girl".
At the time, she figured being in a relationship would solve all her problems and help her become happy. That another person would be able to fill in all the gaps and spaces of her spirit. But now, I think she realizes how naive and how "extremely lazy" it was for her to think it would work. I guess this is just one experience of many for Bjork, where she learns that no one is perfect, that its normal to make mistakes and to have faults, to feel gloomy. She learns that there are no lazy solutions to finding complete happiness (if it exists at all), but that its definitely something to strive for everyday.
I guess to sum it all up, I could use a line from Bjork's "who is it" where she says "Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on the right". That the human spirit is built on both and thats just the way it is.
I really love this song. I enjoy all the different renditions, but right now, my favorite is a live performance with horns. Maybe because it sounds so full of warmth, and reminds me of "Overture" and "Blade Runner".
As for the lyrics, I find them deep with a lot of meaning. I think Bjork (in regards to her broken spirit), is wondering how naive (or immature) she could have been "to think he could replace, The missing elements" in her. I think at the end she even sings out "silly girl".
At the time, she figured being in a relationship would solve all her problems and help her become happy. That another person would be able to fill in all the gaps and spaces of her spirit. But now, I think she realizes how naive and how "extremely lazy" it was for her to think it would work. I guess this is just one experience of many for Bjork, where she learns that no one is perfect, that its normal to make mistakes and to have faults, to feel gloomy. She learns that there are no lazy solutions to finding complete happiness (if it exists at all), but that its definitely something to strive for everyday.
I guess to sum it all up, I could use a line from Bjork's "who is it" where she says "Carry my joy on the left Carry my pain on the right". That the human spirit is built on both and thats just the way it is.