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Underneath our feet
Crystals grow like plants (listen how the grow)
I'm blinded by the lights (listen how the glow)
In the core of the earth (listen how the grow)

Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo (crystalline)
I conquer clautrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights.

We mimic the openess
Of the ones we love
Dovetail our generosity
Equalize the flow
With our hearts
We chisel quartz
To reach love

Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo (crystalline)
I conquer clautrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights.

Octagon polygons
Pipes up an organ
Sonic branches
Murmuring drone
Crystalizing galaxies
Spread out like my fingers

Crystalline internal nebula (crystalline)
Rocks growing slow-mo (crystalline)
I conquer clautrophobia (crystalline)
And demand the lights.

Is the sparkle you become
when you conquer anxiety
Sparkle you become
Conquer anxiety
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imbipolar On Jun 26, 2011
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Pretty sure it's "and demand the light" instead of "and the man that lights".... and "It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety" instead of "compel"....

Cover art for Crystalline lyrics by Björk

Underneath our feet Crystals grow like plants Listen how they grow I'm blinded by the lights Listen how they grow In the core of the Earth Listen how they glow

Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights

We mimic the openness Of the ones we love Daft till our generosity Equalizes the flow With our hearts We kiss our quartz To reach love

Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights

Octagon, polygon Pipes up an organ Sonic branches Murmuring drone Crystalizing galaxies Spread out like my fingers

Crystalline Internal nebula Crystalline Rocks growing slow but Crystalline I conquer claustrophobia Crystalline And demand the lights

It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety Sparkle you become Conquer anxiety Sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety It's the sparkle you become When you conquer anxiety

real lyrics :)

Ok... I've fixed the mistakes, but there's 2 lines that are wrong in the "real lyrics": 1) Rocks growing slow-mo (Not "slow but"). 2) We chisel quartz (Not "we kiss our quartz")

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Cover art for Crystalline lyrics by Björk

Verse 2: We mimic the openness / Of the ones we love / DOVETAIL our generosity

...not "Thought till our generosity"

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Ok, really? The accurate lyrics are on the app. There shouldn't be this much dispute and inaccuracy.

imbipolar is right. But "dovetail our generosity?" What would that even mean? It's "daft till our generosity," as if to say "We clumsily mimic the openness of the ones we love until our own generosity equalizes the flow of love."

And it's "pipes of an organ," not "pipes up an organ."

Now that that's out of the way, I really love this song. I look forward to hear the remastered version that will come with the album's release this October. The song is just so high-energy, gets me all excited and jittery, and I found the meaning to be profoundly beautiful once it fully dawned on me and blossomed in my mind.

Cover art for Crystalline lyrics by Björk

Ok... I've fixed the mistakes, but there's 2 lines that are wrong in the "real lyrics": 1) Rocks growing slow-mo (Not "slow but"). 2) We chisel quartz (Not "we kiss our quartz")

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@imbipolar I've read like this somehere, and to me it's how it sounds more accurate (other parts, agree ith your corrections): "We mimic the openness Of the ones we love Doth till our generosity equalizes the flow With our hearts We kiss all quartz To reach love"

Cover art for Crystalline lyrics by Björk

Bjork explained the song's meaning to NME: "It's about a connection between two people, that's stagnated, crystallized. You wanna bring out the pick-axe."

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