Bjork : Post




    Voici l'un de  mes grands coups de coeur  de l'été : le retour
de l'Islandaise délirante, j'ai nommé Björk ! Ceux qui connaissent
son 1er album solo intitulé "Debut" savent déjà à quoi s'en tenir.
Les autres n'ont qu'à imaginer  une mignonne jeune fille à la voix
cristalline et sensuelle (et déchirante parfois aussi) accompagnée
d'une musique résultant d'un mélange entre industriel et classique
avec parfois de la harpe, de la cornemuse ou bien au contraire une
ambiance de boite ! Bref, on aime ou on aime pas mais moi j'adore.

    Si vous trouviez le 1er album "un peu bizarre" alors accrochez
vous car celui-ci va encore plus loin. Certains titres comme 'Army
of Me' ou 'Enjoy' sont résolument orientés vers l'industriel comme
le prouve le clip de 'Army of me'. Et d'un autre coté, 'The modern
things' fait penser à une chanson de Sinatra (si si !!!!). On peut
également  citer 'You've been  flirting again' avec ses violons ou
bien 'Isobel' avec ses rythmes eeeexotiques... Il y en a pour tous
les goûts et toutes les chansons sont  sublimes, enrichies par une
voix si unique qu'elle ne cesse de nous surprendre ! Alors si vous
aimez ce qui n'est  pas "courant", avec un peu de tout, un mélange
savoureux et une voix angélique n'hésitez-pas !

    Si vous faites très vite vous pourrez même trouver une version
limitée avec une couverture carton  et un poster en 20x30 de cette
charmante Islandaise. En prime voici toutes les paroles de l'album
qui ont été patiemment retapées par notre ami Senser/Typhoon.


1) ARMY OF ME
-------------

   stand up
   you've got to manage
   I won't sympathize
   anymore

   and if you complain once more
   you'll meet an army of me

   you're alright
   there's nothing wrong
   self-sufficience please !
   and get to work

   and if you complain once more
   you'll meet an army of me

   you're on your own now
   we won't save you
   your rescue-squad
   is too exhausted

   and if you complain once more
   you'll meet an army of me


2) HYPER BALLAD
---------------

   we live on a mountain
   right at the top
   there's a beautiful view
   from the top of the mountains
   every morning I walk towards the edge
   and throw little things off
   like :
   car-parts, bottles and cutlery
   or whatever I find lying around

   it's become a habit
   a way
   to start the day

   I go through all this
   before you wake up
   so I can feel happier
   to be safe up here with you

   it's real early morning
   no-one is awake
   I'm back at my cliff
   still throwing things off
   I listen to the sound they make
   on their way down
   I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
   imagine what my body would sound like
   slamming against those rocks

   when it lands
   will my eyes
   be closed or open ?

   I go through all this
   before you wake up
   so I can feel happier
   to be safe up here with you


3) THE MODERN THiNGS
   -----------------

   all the modern things
   like cars and such
   have always existed

   they've just been waiting in a mountain
   for the right moment

   listening to the irritating noises
   of dinosaurs and people
   dabbling outside

   all the modern things
   have always existed
   they've just been waiting

   to come out
   and multiply
   and take over

   it's their turn now...


4) iT'S OH SO QUiET
   ----------------

   it's, oh, so quiet
   it's, oh, so still
   you're all alone
   and so peaceful until...

   you fall in love
   zing boom
   the sky up above
   zing boom
   is caving in
   wow bam
   you've never been so nuts about a guy
   you wanna laugh you wanna cry
   you cross your heart and hope to die

   'til it's over and then
   it's nice and quiet
   but soon again
   starts another big riot

   you blow a fuse
   zing boom
   the devil cuts loose
   zing boom
   so what's the use
   wow bam
   of falling in love

   it's, oh, so quiet
   it's, oh, so still
   you're all alone
   and so peaceful until...

   you ring the bell
   bim bam
   you shout and you yell
   hi ho ho
   you broke the spell
   gee, this is a swell you almost have a fit
   this guy is "gorge" and I got hit
   there's no mistake this is it

   'til it's over and then
   it's nice and quiet
   but soon again
   starts another big riot

   you blow a fuse
   zing boom
   the devil cuts loose
   zing boom
   so what's the use
   wow bam
   of falling in love

   the sky caves in
   the devil cuts loose
   you blow blow blow blow blow your fuse
   when you've fallen in love

   ssshhhhh...


5) ENJOY
   -----

   I wish : I want to stay here
   I wish : this be enough
   I wish : I only love you
   I wish : simplicity

   look at the speed out there
   it magnetizes me to it
   and I have no fear
   I'm only into this to

   enjoy

   I wish : I'd only look
   and didn't have to touch
   I wish : I'd only smell this
   and didn't have to taste

   how can I ignore ?
   this is sex without touching
   I'm going to explore
   I'm only into this to

   enjoy


6) YOU'VE BEEN FLiRTiNG AGAiN
   --------------------------

   all that she said was true
   all that she said was true
   give her some time
   give her some space
   all that she said was true

   all that she meant was good
   all that she meant was good
   give her some time
   give her some space
   all that she meant was good

   how you reacted was right
   how you reacted was right
   give her some time
   give her some space
   how you reacted was right


7) iSOBEL
   ------

   in a forest pitch-dark
   glowed the tiniest spark
   it burst into flame
   like me
   like me

   my name isobel
   married to myself
   my love isobel
   living by herself

   in a heart full of dust
   lives a creature called lust
   it surprises and scares
   like me
   like me

   my name isobel
   married to myself
   my love isobel
   living by herself

   when she does it she means to
   moth delivers her message
   unexplained on your collar
   crawling in silence
   a simple excuse

   nana na nana
   nana na nana
   ...

   in her tower of steel
   nature forges a deal
   to raise wonderful hell
   like me
   like me

   my name isobel
   married to myself
   my love isobel
   living by herself

   when she does it she means to
   moth delivers her message
   unexplained on your collar
   crawling in silence
   a simple excuse

   nana na nana
   nana na nana
   nana na nana
   nana na nana
   ...


8) POSSiBLY MAYBE
   --------------

   your flirt finds me out
   teases the crack in me
   smittens me with hope

   possibly maybe probably love

   as much as I definitely enjoy solitude
   I wouln't mind perhaps
   spending little time with you
   sometimes
   sometimes

   possibly maybe probably love

   uncertainly excites me
   baby
   who knows what's going to happen ?
   lottery or car crash
   or you'll join a cult

   possibly maybe probably love

   mon petit vulcan
   you're eruptions and disasters
   I keep calm
   admiring the lava
   I keep calm

   possibly maybe probably love

   electric shocks ?
   I love them !
   with you dozen a day
   but after a while I wonder
   where's that love you promised me ?

   possibly maybe probably love

   how can you offer me love like that ?
   my heart's burned
   how can you offer me love like that ?
   I'm exhausted
   leave me alone

   possibly maybe probably love

   since we broke up
   I'm using lipstick again
   I'll suck my tongue
   as a remembrance of you...


9) I MiSS YOU
   ----------

   I miss you
   but I haven't met you yet
   so special
   but it hasn't happened yet
   you are gorgeous
   but I haven't met you yet
   I remember
   but it hasn't happened yet

   and if you believe in dreams
   or what is more important
   that a dream can come true
   I will meet you

   I was peaking
   but it hasn't happened yet
   I haven't been given
   my best souvenir
   I miss you
   but I haven't met you yet
   I know your habits
   but wouldn't recognize you yet

   and if you believe in dreams
   or what is more important
   that a dream can come true
   I will meet you

   I'm so impatient
   I can't stand the wait
   when will I get my cuddle ?
   who are you ?

   I know by now that you'll arrive
   by the time I stop waiting

   I miss you


10) COVER ME
    --------

    while I crawl into the unknown
    cover me
    I'm going hunting for mysteries
    cover me

    I'm going to prove the impossible really exists

    this is really dangerous
    cover me
    but worth all the effort
    cover me

    I'm going to prove the impossible really exists


11) HEADPHONES
    ----------

    genius to fall asleep to your tape last night
    so warm
    sounds go through the muscles
    these abstract wordless movements
    they start off cells that haven't been touched before
    THESE CELLS ARE ViRGiNS
    waking up slowly

    my headphones
    they saved my life
    your tape
    it lulled me to sleep

   nothing will be the same

   I'm fast asleep

   I like this resonance
   it elevates me
   I don't recognize myself
   this is very interesting

   my headphones
   they saved my life
   your tape
   it lulled me to sleep

   I'm fast asleep now

   I'm fast asleep

   my headphones
   they saved my life
   your tape
   it lulled me to sleep

------------------------------------------------------------------
Texte et illustration par ST Survivor/NLC
Paroles tapées par Senser/Typhoon



[ Retour au sommaire ]