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More Bjork lyrics for you today. A pair of them, from Medulla. I always listen to these two together. They work best that way.

Who Is It? (Carry my joy on the left, carry my pain on the right)
His embrace : a fortress
it fuels me and places
a skeleton of trust
right beneath us
bone by bone
stone by stone

If you ask yourself
patiently
and carefully:
who is it?
who is it?

Who is it - that never lets you down?
Who is it - that gave you back your crown?
and the ornaments are
they're going around
now they're handing it over
they're handing it over
handing it over

Who is it - that never lets you down?
Who is it - that gave you back your crown?
and the ornaments are
they're going around
now -- they're handing it over
handing it over

He demands a closeness
we all have earned a lightness
carry my joy on the left
carry my pain on the right

If you ask yourself
now patiently
and carefully:
who is it?

Who is it - that never lets you down?
Who is it - that gave you back your crown?
and the ornaments are
they're going around
and I'm handing it over
handing it over
handing

Who is it - that never lets you down?
Who is it - that gave you back your crown?
and the ornaments are
they're going around
now I'm handing it over
handing it over

It's a little cryptic, even I'll admit.

I particularly like the "Carry my joy on the left, carry my pain on the right." For me, it's not really important which side is which... It's just the fact that she chose sides... It's not "joy above, pain below", or "pain behind, joy in front"... Those carry value judgements. In her words, the joy and the pain are equal.

Desired Constellation
It's tricky when
you feel someone
has done
something on your behalf

It's slippery when
your sense of justice
murmurs underneath

And is asking you:
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?

With a palm full of stars
I throw them like dice
(repeatedly)

On the table
(repeat - repeatedly)
I shake them like dice
and throw them on the table
repeatedly
(repeatedly)
until the desired constellation appears

How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?

(And you hear: how am I going to make it right?)

How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?

(How am I going to make it right?)

I love that one. It's astoundingly beautiful. And it captures the randomness that I always like. Together with the one above... Oh, just put it together for yourself. There's a lot there, methinks.

-lelandpaul