Búkolla
Bjork Lyrics

The lyrics of Björk’s song “Búkolla” are somewhat enigmatic and surreal, featuring a series of seemingly disconnected images and events. The song begins with the lines “I took one hair from your tail / And laid it down so carefully on the ground / Then my thirst sprang up / I know it came up well from the ground.” These lines suggest a ritualistic or mystical action, with the singer taking a hair from a cow’s tail and using it to summon water. There is also a suggestion that the singer is in some way connected to the earth or the natural world.

The chorus of the song features the repeated lines “You are so good, my cow Búkolla / Save your council, my cow Búkolla / So deep and blue, your eyes my friend.” This chorus seems to be directed at the cow in question, drawing attention to her goodness and wisdom, and perhaps suggesting a close relationship between the singer and the animal.

The rest of the song is made up of various poetic images, including a flight from danger (“Me and you, we’re both / Fleeing under the hooves of two horses / Further, further, further we run”), the creation of fire (“I took one hair from your tail / And laid it down so carefully on the ground / Then my coldness sprang up / I know it came up well from the ground”), and the creation of a mountain (“I took one hair from your tail / And laid it down so carefully on the ground / Then a mountain sprang up, giving warmth / I know it came up well from the ground”). Overall, the song creates a dreamlike atmosphere and invites the listener to interpret its symbolic language in their own way.