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)
Hyper Ballad
Björk Lyrics
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Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery
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
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 sounds 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
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
The lyrics to Björk's "Hyperballad" paint a vivid picture of a person living on the top of a mountain. The first stanza talks about the beauty of the view from the top of the mountain and the habits of the person who lives there. The person throws little things off the mountain as a way to start their day.
The second stanza reveals the reason behind this peculiar habit: the person does it before their partner wakes up so that they can feel happier and safer up on the mountain with their partner. The third stanza takes the listener back to the early morning, where the person is still throwing things off the cliff and listening intently to the sounds they make on their way down. The final lines of the song describe the person's thoughts as they ponder what it would feel like to fall off the mountain and what their fate would be.
Line by Line Meaning
We live on a mountain
We reside on top of a mountain
Right at the top
More specifically, at the very summit
There's a beautiful view
The panoramic sight from up here is breathtaking
From the top of the mountain
From our elevated position
Every morning I walk towards the edge
At the crack of dawn, I stroll to the precipice
And throw little things off
I toss miscellaneous objects down the slope
Like car-parts, bottles and cutlery
Examples of such items include automotive components, glass containers, and silverware
Or whatever I find lying around
Anything I stumble upon that's on the ground
It's become a habit
This routine has turned into something I do subconsciously
A way to start the day
This act has become sort of a ritual to begin my morning
I go through all this
I repeat this process every day
Before you wake up
Before you rise from slumber
So I can feel happier
By doing so, I experience more joy
To be safe up here with you
As it provides a sense of security while I am with you
It's real early morning
The time is quite early
No-one is awake
No human person is currently conscious
I'm back at my cliff
I have returned to my previous location by the precipice
Still throwing things off
Continuing to toss items downhill
I listen to the sounds they make
I listen to the noises these items produce
On their way down
As they tumble towards the bottom
I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
I track their trajectory with my vision until they hit the rocks
Imagine what my body would sound like
I envision what noise my body would make if it followed the same path
Slamming against those rocks
Colliding with the hard surface below
When it lands
After it reaches the ground
Will my eyes
I wonder whether my eyes
Be closed or open?
Would they be shut or wide-open?
Safe up (here with you)
Safe and secure being with you by my side up here
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@alicjapogoda3469
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
[Pre-Chorus 1]
It's become a habit
A way to start the day
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Verse 2]
It's early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes till they crash
I imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And when it lands
Will my eyes be closed or open?
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Post-Chorus]
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
@noreasonwhynot4548
@MouseRat From the album "Post".
Lyrics:
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
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 early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds 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
@pumpupthebass
@MouseRat
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
[Pre-Chorus 1]
It's become a habit
A way to start the day
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Verse 2]
It's early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes till they crash
I imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And when it lands
Will my eyes be closed or open?
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Post-Chorus]
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
@LiveAndLetLive2024
"[Verse 1]
We live on a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car parts, bottles and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
[Pre-Chorus 1]
It's become a habit
A way to start the day
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Verse 2]
It's early morning
No one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes till they crash
I imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And when it lands
Will my eyes be closed or open?
[Chorus]
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
[Post-Chorus]
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you
Safe up here with you"
🎤💕🎶
@koichi4116
I stand by the fact that this is one of the best songs of all time
@sosijiz1971
Agreed! And the way she sings/says SAFE? Glory. That one word hits me, every single time; sends shivers quite beautifully down the spine (and everywhere else!). The Jools Holland live version is sublime too, I reckon?
@TheRealRoyalPine
In my opinion, only a few songs compete with Hyper-ballad the place of best song ever writen
@stuartschwartz234
keep standing.
@yan3562
And you damn right
@energypalace
I agree! The best song ever
@JChappee
Björk explains: "I guess that song is about when you're in a relationship and it's going really well and you're really happy and maybe you have given up parts of yourself. To fall in love and be in a relationship for a long time is like giving a lot of parts of you away because the relationship becomes more important than you as individuals. It's a bit of a tricky balance. I think everyone in a relationship needs to know not to forget themselves..." (from an interview by David Hemingway)
@ArnonWor
I thought this was about her baby boy. No?
@emmalouisewaldron3501
@ʀᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ 4 y' ooooooz t sort out Fhor you Z X
@illu9683
Would actually appear that even Bjork herself doesn't know what this song is actually about. Notice the first two words in the quote above....."I guess...." So, I GUESS that would mean she didn't know what it was about when she wrote it. :)