Moon Lyrics
As the lukewarm
Hands of the gods
Came down and gently
Picked my adrenalin pearls
They placed them in their mouths
And rinsed all the fear out
Nourished them with their saliva
[Verse 2]
Rested
As if the healthiest past time
Is being in life-threatening circumstances
And once again be reborn
[Interlude]
All birthed and happy
All birthed and happy
All birthed and happy
All birthed and happy
All birthed and happy
All birthed and happy
[Verse 3]
Best way to start-a-new
Is to fail miserably
Fail at loving and fail at giving
Fail at creating a flow
Then realign the whole
And kick into the start hole
And kick into the start hole
And kick into the start hole
About
“Moon” is track #1 on Björk’s seventh album Biophilia. It contains different musical cycles that repeat throughout the song. The song was released on iTunes as a solo promo-single on September 6, 2011.
Björk explained to Stereogum that this song, for instance, “is very melancholic and about rebirth and the lunar cycles but it’s also just about the math of a full moon.”
The music video for “Moon” was directed, produced and art directed by Björk, Inez and Vinoodh, M/M Paris and James Merry. It was released on YouTube on September 23rd, 2011.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
With each new moon we complete a cycle and are offered renewal —to take risks, to connect with other people, to love, to give. the symbolism of the moon as the realm of imagination, melancholy, and regeneration is expressed in the moon song and app by musical patterns and visual images which wax and wane, and by lyrics about rebirth.
The moon app connects musical structure, human biorhythms, and cycles of the moon and tides : robs of pearls are strung out attached to a spinal chord whose fluid rises and falls with changing phases of the moon and the harp sequences.
The animation shows the changing shapes of and relationships between the harp melodies, allowing us to find connections between musical and natural cycles.
-Biophilia App presentation
- 1.Moon
- 2.Thunderbolt
- 3.Crystalline
- 4.Cosmogony
- 5.Dark Matter
- 6.Hollow
- 7.Virus
- 8.Sacrifice
- 9.Mutual Core
- 10.Solstice