Pagan Poetry is concerned with the poetry of a relationship that pulls one out of his/her isolation and loneliness (that "darkest pit"). The narrator's lover understands her on an emotional level (who possesses the "blueprint" to her heart* and who understands the "secret code carved" on it too) and she completes him just as well as he does her (the "five fingers" on his hand "matched" and completed with her own). It's a relationship that looks like any other with nothing extraordinary on the surface ("surface simplicity") but it has an intense power... an intense, almost religious power which saves her from her despair.
*Of course, "pleasures in me" isn't really an effective substitute for "heart" but I wanted to avoid the sexual connotations in that first paragraph. The sexual undertones are, of course, ever apparent in this piece and the music video contains explicit sexual imagery.
How does this affect the interpretation? The "Poetry" in the title, then, mainly refers to the orgasmic highs the narrator reaches with her lover - a transcendent sexual and spiritual connection (this gives a whole new - sexual - meaning to the "code" and "blueprint" mentioned earlier... as well as "surface simplicity" and "darkest pit").
I've already stated that the song is a celebration of a transcendent love.
I've already stated that the song is a celebration of a transcendent love.
I forgot to mention how truly orgasmic Bjork's voice is during the chorus (before she hits the denouement). An overwhelming, cathartic release... followed by the final confession of her love.
I forgot to mention how truly orgasmic Bjork's voice is during the chorus (before she hits the denouement). An overwhelming, cathartic release... followed by the final confession of her love.
@nuclearheadache89 thank you for this! "Transcendent love" wow. Thank you for putting words into my the song's soul. I think it is a struggle to transcend too. I want to know what you think of my interpretation too!
@nuclearheadache89 thank you for this! "Transcendent love" wow. Thank you for putting words into my the song's soul. I think it is a struggle to transcend too. I want to know what you think of my interpretation too!
One of Bjork's most enigmatic songs, this one.
Pagan Poetry is concerned with the poetry of a relationship that pulls one out of his/her isolation and loneliness (that "darkest pit"). The narrator's lover understands her on an emotional level (who possesses the "blueprint" to her heart* and who understands the "secret code carved" on it too) and she completes him just as well as he does her (the "five fingers" on his hand "matched" and completed with her own). It's a relationship that looks like any other with nothing extraordinary on the surface ("surface simplicity") but it has an intense power... an intense, almost religious power which saves her from her despair.
*Of course, "pleasures in me" isn't really an effective substitute for "heart" but I wanted to avoid the sexual connotations in that first paragraph. The sexual undertones are, of course, ever apparent in this piece and the music video contains explicit sexual imagery.
How does this affect the interpretation? The "Poetry" in the title, then, mainly refers to the orgasmic highs the narrator reaches with her lover - a transcendent sexual and spiritual connection (this gives a whole new - sexual - meaning to the "code" and "blueprint" mentioned earlier... as well as "surface simplicity" and "darkest pit").
That's poetry.
I've already stated that the song is a celebration of a transcendent love.
I've already stated that the song is a celebration of a transcendent love.
I forgot to mention how truly orgasmic Bjork's voice is during the chorus (before she hits the denouement). An overwhelming, cathartic release... followed by the final confession of her love.
I forgot to mention how truly orgasmic Bjork's voice is during the chorus (before she hits the denouement). An overwhelming, cathartic release... followed by the final confession of her love.
@nuclearheadache89 thank you for this! "Transcendent love" wow. Thank you for putting words into my the song's soul. I think it is a struggle to transcend too. I want to know what you think of my interpretation too!
@nuclearheadache89 thank you for this! "Transcendent love" wow. Thank you for putting words into my the song's soul. I think it is a struggle to transcend too. I want to know what you think of my interpretation too!