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Album Medúlla
- #1
Pleasure Is All MineBjörk
- #2Show Me Forgiveness
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- #3Where Is the Line?
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- #4Vökuró
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- #5Öll Birtan
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- #6
Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)Björk
- #7Submarine
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- #8Desired Constellation
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- #9
OceaniaBjörk
- #10Sonnets / Unrealities XI
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- #11Ancestors
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- #12Mouth’s Cradle
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- #13Miðvikudags
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- #14
Triumph of a HeartBjörk
- #15Komið
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Desired Constellation by Björk
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BjörkAbout
“Desired Constellation” is a song from Björk’s vocal-only album Medúlla.
The song was created from a sample of Björk singing the phrase “I’m not sure what to do with it” from “Hidden Place” on her previous album, Vespertine.
Desired Constellation Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's tricky when
You feel someone
Has done something
On your behalf
It's slippery when
Your sense of justice
Murmurs underneath
And is asking you:
[Chorus]
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?
[Verse 2]
With a palm full of stars
I throw them like dice (Repeatedly)
On the table (Repeat, repeatedly)
I shake them like dice
And throw them on the table
Repeatedly (Repeatedly)
Until the desired constellation appears
[Chorus]
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?
(And you hear: how am I going to make it right?)
How am I going to make it right?
How am I going to make it right?
(How am I going to make it right?)
Desired Constellation Q&A
Who wrote Desired Constellation's ?
Desired Constellation was written by Olivier Alary & Björk.
Who produced Desired Constellation's ?
Desired Constellation was produced by Björk.
When did Björk release Desired Constellation?
Björk released Desired Constellation on Tue Aug 31 2004.
What did Björk say about "Desired Constellation"?
Olivier Alary (Ensemble) had sent me a CD with a few sketches and said, “if you ever feel like using those, please do.” A year later, I wrote this melody and was singing it in a cabin by a lake here in Iceland in January 2004. That was like the first little trips away from my little girl – I would g...