“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...
[Verse 1]
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
[Outro]
To risk all is the end-all and the beginning all
To risk all is the end-all and the beginning all
Moon was written by Björk & Damian Taylor.
Moon was produced by Björk.
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...