Alarm Call Lyrics
(-lightenment)
Ooh (Yeah)
(-lightenment)
Ooh (Oh)
(-lightenment)
Ooh
[Verse 1]
I have walked this earth
And watched people
It doesn't scare me at all
I can be sincere
And say I like them
It doesn't scare me at all
[Refrain]
You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness
It doesn't scare me at all
[Chorus]
I want to go on a mountain top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the human race
From suffering
It doesn't scare me at all
I'm no fucking Buddhist
But this is enlightenment
The less room you give me
The more space I've got
It doesn't scare me at all
[Refrain]
You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness
It doesn't scare me at all
[Chorus]
I want to be on a mountain top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the human race
From suffering
It doesn't scare me at all
[Verse 3]
This is an alarm call
So wake up, wake up now
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
Today has never happened
And it doesn't frighten me
It doesn't scare me at all
You can't say no to hope
You can't say no to happiness, ooh
[Outro]
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
It doesn't scare me at all
(Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Beep-Be-Beep-Be-Be-Be-Be-Beep)
About
“Alarm Call” is a song recorded by Björk for her 1997 album Homogenic. The song was released as the fourth single from the album, peaking at #33 in the United Kingdom. A sped-up version of the song was used for the “radio edit.”
The song speaks of re-awakening through music and is rumoured to be about Michael Jackson as it was originally titled “Jacko” in the Homogenic demos. Björk explained
I think that music has the power to change the things, and that’s what I wanted to show on ‘Alarm Call’
It is the only single from Homogenic that was not included on Greatest Hits.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
“I do believe in the power of music to change things. I do sometimes feel like I’m the only one left who believes that.”
-Record Collector, August 2002