Cosmogony Lyrics
Heaven, heaven’s bodies
Whirl around me, make me wonder
[Verse 1]
They say back then our universe was an empty sea
Until a silver fox and her cunning mate
Began to sing a song that became the world we know
[Chorus 1]
Heaven, heaven’s bodies
Whirl around me, make me wonder
[Verse 2]
And they say back then our universe was a cold black egg
Until the god inside burst out and from its shattered shell
He made what became the world we know
[Chorus 1]
Heaven, heaven’s bodies
Whirl around me, make me wonder
[Verse 3]
And they say back then our universe was an endless land
Until our ancestors woke up and before they went back to sleep
They carved it all into the world we know
About
Unlike the other songs in Biophilia, which discuss natural phenomenons, “Cosmogony” is focused on various creation myths. Each verse is about a different myth: Miwok Native American, Sanskrit, Australian Aboriginal and the Big Bang Theory, which Björk considers a 20th Century creation myth.
Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘cosmogony’ as “The branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system.”
Björk explained “This song is the "music of the spheres” song for me… So it’s all about copper and rotating things and harmony and equilibrium and the universe and where there’ s a place for every little thing and we’re all taken care of."
Q&A
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That particular sound, Cosmogony, I guess after watching documentaries about string theory, it was sort of a personal joke, maybe my sense of humor is local and a lot of people might not find it funny because they are talking about Big Bang being 20th Century and string theory being so 21st Century. Big Bang theory felt like a creation myth that is 100 years old. Me and my friends, probably after a few glasses of something, were sort of thinking “I guess all creation myths at the time of their making were science”. I’ll bet the pharaohs thought pyramids and mummies were the future – that was pretty science fiction. 3000 years later it is just mythology and the creation myth. In this song you have 4 verses. The first verse is the American native creation myth, next verse is Sanskrit creation myth, the 3rd verse is Aboriginal creation myth and the 4th verse is Big Bang theory. But it is also tongue and cheek. It is Monty Python. I guess it doesn’t translate as well in print.
Source : interview StreetDateRadiio.com à ire sur bjork.fr
- 1.Moon
- 2.Thunderbolt
- 3.Crystalline
- 4.Cosmogony
- 5.Dark Matter
- 6.Hollow
- 7.Virus
- 8.Sacrifice
- 9.Mutual Core
- 10.Solstice
