I’ve Seen It All
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I’ve Seen It All Lyrics
I've seen it all, I have seen the trees
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend
And lives that were over before they were spent
I've seen what I was, and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all — there is no more to see
[Verse 2: Björk & Thom Yorke]
You haven't seen elephants, kings, or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
[Verse 3: Björk & Thom Yorke]
And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care
[Verse 4: Björk & Thom Yorke]
You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, it's water, that's all
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care
I've seen it all, I have seen the dark
I have seen the brightness in one little spark
I've seen what I choose and I've seen what I need
And that is enough, to want more would be greed
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all — there is no more to see
[Verse 6: Thom Yorke with Björk]
You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind — you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all — there is no more to see
About
Single off ‘Dancer In The Dark’ soundtrack called ‘Selmasongs’. Track #3.
While the song on the album is a duet with Thom Yorke, in the film it’s a duet with Björk and Peter Stormare. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Unfortunately, the song lost.
It was also nominated for a Golden Globe (Björk received two nominations that night, the other one being for ‘Best Actress in a Drama’), and for a Grammy award.
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Björk reflected on the creation of making “I’ve Seen It All” via Instagram on October 9, 2021, in reference to performing the track on her Orkestral tour in an alternate arrangement:
i remember the melody of “i’ve seen it all"swirling in my head for a year or two , with parts of the string arrangement tailed behind .
i remember perhaps a ecstastic and not so sober evening in london singing it full force underneath one of the bridges in a marvellous reverb .
and i would like to make a confession , at the time i was listening nonstop to “pavane pour infante defunte” by ravel . i got deeply inspired by the mood of it , the majestic grande humility is enormous !after expressing muscular “homogenic” it was a delight to settle for the search for enormous gestures inside immense gentleness … or at least try …
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- 2.Cvalda
- 3.I’ve Seen It All
- 4.ScatterHeart
- 6.107 Steps
- 7.New World
