Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes, by the age of 21. After the Sugarcubes disbanded in 1992, Björk began a solo career. She came to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022).
Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold more than 20 million records worldwide. Thirty-one of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 16 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.
Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björk
Studio albums
Debut (1993)
Post (1995)
Homogenic (1997)
Vespertine (2001)
Medúlla (2004)
Volta (2007)
Biophilia (2011)
Vulnicura (2015)
Utopia (2017)
Fossora (2022)
Gloomy Sunday
Björk Lyrics
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Dearest of shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the dark coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy sunday, with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be prayers and candles are lit, I know
Let them not weep, let them know,that I'm glad to go
Death is a dream, for in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul, I'll be blessing you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
I awake and I find you asleep and deep in my heart
Dear...
Darling, I hope that my dream hasn't haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday
It's absolutely gloomy sunday
Gloomy Sunday
Björk's song "Gloomy Sunday" is a melancholy, haunting piece that deals with themes of grief, loss, and suicide. The lyrics paint a picture of deep sadness and resignation, as the singer contemplates joining a loved one who has already passed away. The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the song, describing a slumberless, gloomy Sunday where the singer is haunted by countless shadows. The image of little white flowers that will never awaken the departed loved one is particularly poignant, indicating that their death is final and irreversible. The use of the phrase "dark coach of sorrow" reinforces this idea, suggesting that grief has taken the loved one away to a distant, unreachable place.
The second verse of the song is the most explicit in its references to suicide, as the singer declares that they have decided to end it all. The idea of prayers and candles being lit suggests a funeral or memorial service, and the singer clearly hopes that their loved ones will not mourn their passing, but instead know that they are happy to be reunited with the departed one. The final lines of the verse are deeply affecting, as the singer imagines death as a dream where they can be reunited with the one they have lost.
The final verse is more hopeful, with the singer admitting that their earlier talk of suicide was only a dream. They express their love and desire for the loved one, and the song ends on another mournful repetition of the title phrase, suggesting that the singer is still grappling with grief and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
Sunday is gloomy, the hours are slumberless
The singer feels that Sundays are dull and depressing, and that the hours on this day feel endless and painfully slow
Dearest of shadows I live with are numberless
The 'shadows' refers to the singer's dark thoughts and emotions that they live with constantly, without any escape
Little white flowers will never awaken you
The flowers here represent hope, but the singer believes that even with hope, the person who has passed away will never awaken from their eternal sleep
Not where the dark coach of sorrow has taken you
The 'dark coach' symbolizes the grim reaper or death, and the singer believes that the loss of the person gone is too overwhelming for them to return
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
The singer believes that once someone has passed away, there is no chance of them coming back, even with the help of angels
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
The singer is contemplating suicide to join the person who has passed away, and wonders if angels would disapprove of such an act
Gloomy Sunday
The title of the song represents the overall feeling of the lyrics - the sadness, loneliness and depression surrounding the loss of someone special
Gloomy sunday, with shadows I spend it all
The singer spends every Sunday in a gloomy state, with their dark thoughts and emotions constantly following them
My heart and I have decided to end it all
The singer is contemplating suicide to put an end to their pain and sadness
Soon there'll be prayers and candles are lit, I know
The singer knows that their death will bring mourning and prayer from their loved ones
Let them not weep, let them know,that I'm glad to go
The singer wants their loved ones to know that they are not going to be in pain anymore and they are at peace with their decision
Death is a dream, for in death I'm caressing you
The singer believes that after they pass away, they will be reunited with their loved one who has passed away, and death feels like a peaceful dream where they are finally together
With the last breath of my soul, I'll be blessing you
The singer wants to use their last breath to wish their loved one well in the afterlife
Dreaming
The singer is not entirely certain whether the events that have led them to where they are now are a dream or reality
I was only dreaming
The singer confirms that what they believed to be reality was in fact a dream
I awake and I find you asleep and deep in my heart
The singer is awake, but they feel their loved one is still with them in spirit, deep in their heart
Dear...
The singer addresses their loved one as if they were present with them
Darling, I hope that my dream hasn't haunted you
The singer hopes that their loved one is at peace and not struggling with the singer's decision to end their life
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
The singer confirms their deep love for the person who has passed away
It's absolutely gloomy sunday
The singer reaffirms the gloomy and depressive feeling around Sundays, with or without their loved one
Contributed by Sophia K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
El Buho
Sunday is gloomy, the hours are slumberless
Dearest of shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the dark coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday, with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be prayers and candles are lit, I know
Let them not weep, let them know, that I'm glad to go
Death is a dream, for in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul, I'll be blessing you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
I awake and I find you asleep and deep in my heart
Dear...
Darling, I hope that my dream hasn't haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday
It's absolutely gloomy Sunday
Gloomy Sunday
minseo kim
Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless
일요일은 왠지 우울하기만 해.잠도 못 들어 허송세월만 하고,
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
왠지 친근감 드는 어두운 그림자들은 그 수를 셀 수도 없지.
Little white flowers will never awaken you
저 작은 꽃들마저도 너에게 얘기 해주지는 않을꺼야.
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
슬픔으로 가득차 있는 검은 마차가 널 어디로 데려갔는지, 그런 것을 얘기 해주진 않을꺼야.
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
천사들은 너에게 다시 돌아오고픈 생각은 없나봐.
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you
내가 너와 함께 하려 했다면, 천사들이 화를 낼까?
Gloomy Sunday
우울한 일요일에 말야.
Gloomy Sunday, with shadows I spend it all
우울한 일요일, 나는 어둠의 그림자들과 하루를 보내지.
My heart and I have decided to end it all
이 모든 걸 다 끝내버리기로 결심했어. 난.
Soon there'll be candles and prayers that are sad
이제 곧, 이곳은 슬픔을 나타내는 꽃들과 기도문들로 가득차겠지.
I know, let them not weep, let them know I'm glad to go
나도 알아, 하지만, 슬퍼하지는 말라고 해.사실, 이렇게 떠나는 것이 기쁘다고. 전해줘.
Death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you
죽음이란건 꿈이 아니지.왜냐구. 죽음 안에서만 비로소 나, 너를 사랑할수 있거든
With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you
내 마지막 숨을 내쉬면서, 나 너를 축복할게.
Gloomy Sunday
어느 우울한 일요일.
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
꿈이야.나 그저 꿈을 꾼거야.
I wake and I find you asleep in the deep of my heart, dear
나 잠에서 깨어나 당신이 내 마음 깊은 곳에서 잠들어 있다는 걸 발견하지.
Dreaming, it was lonely dreaming
I felt my heart melt when I dreamt that we two were apart
Far apart, far apart, far apart
Darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you
내 꿈이 당신을 괴롭힌건 아니었길 바래.
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
내가 얼마나 당신을 원하고 있는지,내 맘이 말하고 있는 것뿐이라구.
Gloomy Sunday.
이 우울한 일요일에 말야.
naldo oliveira
com a Bjork cantando e com esse clip ai sim da vontade de morrer
catrev77
wow...i´ve been the second one who watched this video.... now i can go to bed, and feel like a happy person. thx to björk to deliver great music since nearly 2 decades !
BjorksMusic
Amen to that, let's hope for another two decades at least ; )
Luis Huereca
@BjorksMusic ❤
꧁† Gloomy sunday †꧂
only bjork can pull off gloomy sunday !🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤
Stephen Cane
I love bjork so so much but when it comes to gloomy Sunday cover its always Venetian Snares for me!
Pandamasque
But that's just a remix of Billie Holiday's version. It is pretty great though, but Bjork's sounds more heartfelt and painful to me, and therefore more true to what the song means.
Leo Moore
Please listen to Sarah Vaughan's version of this song ! It's absolutely beautiful !
Stephen Cane
@Pandamasque correct it is. I made a hip hop version for a friend of mind and sampled the original man's music in the verses and billies vocals in the chorus.
Stephen Cane
@Leo Moore yes I have that on CD. Very very good!