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Hope by Björk
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“Hope” is one of the collaborations between Björk and Timbaland, where Timbaland made the beat while Björk sang on top and added the bassline. Later Björk layered the beat and Toumani Diabaté was asked to play the kora over it.
The lyrics discuss a suicide bombing where the perpetrator was pregnant...
Hope Lyrics
[Intro]
Here's my version of it, eternal whirlwind
Here's my version of it, eternal whirlwind
Here's my version of it, eternal whirlwind
[Verse 1]
What's the lesser of two evils
If a suicide bomber made to look pregnant
Manages to kill her target or not?
What's the lesser of two evils?
[Verse 2]
What's the lesser of two evils
If she kills them or dies in vain?
Nature has fixed no limits on our hopes
Oh, what's the lesser of two evils?
[Verse 3]
What's the lesser of two evils
If her bump was fake or if it was real?
[Outro]
Here's my version of it
Eternal whirlwind
I have fostered since childhood
Well, I don't care
Love is all
I dare to drown
To be proven wrong
Hope Q&A
Who produced Hope's ?
Hope was produced by Björk.
What did Björk say about "Hope"?
For me, writing the lyrics was an emotional thing. Obviously, it’s about such a traumatic event and then to put it in a ballad I found really funny. It’s just my warped sense of humour singing a ballad and singing something that would be (she puts on her best warbling Celine Dion voice) ’I love you,...