“Jóga” is track #2 on Björk’s third solo album Homogenic. It is also the first and lead single from that record
The song is a dedication to Björk’s close friend Jóhanna “Jóga” Jóhannsdóttir. She at that time was the wife of the future Mayor of Reykjavik Jón Gnarr and also her personal assistant du...
[Verse 1]
All these accidents that happen
Follow the dot
Coincidence makes sense
Only with you, ooh
You don't have to speak
I feel
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Emotional landscapes
They puzzle me
The riddle gets solved
And you push me up to
[Chorus]
This state of emergency
How beautiful to be
State of emergency
Is where I want to be
[Verse 2]
All that no one sees
You see what's inside of me
Every nerve that hurts
You heal deep inside of me, ooh
You don't have to speak
I feel
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Emotional landscapes
They puzzle me
Confuse
Can the riddle get solved?
And you push me up to
[Chorus]
This state of emergency
How beautiful to be
State of emergency
Is where I want to be
State of emergency
How beautiful to be
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Emotional landscapes
They puzzle me
The riddle gets solved
And you push me up to
[Chorus]
This state of emergency
How beautiful to be
State of emergency
Is where I want to be
State of emergency
How beautiful to be
[Outro]
State of emergency
State of
(Allt sem hann sér)
(Allt sem hann sér)
(Allt sem hann sér)
State of
(Allt sem hann sér)
(Allt sem hann sér)
How beautiful
(Allt sem hann sér)
(Allt sem hann sér)
Emergency
(Allt sem hann sér)
Is where I want to be
State of emergency
How beautiful to be
State of emergency
Is where I want to be
State of emergency
“I think that songs is several things. At the time, I was going to move to London for a couple of months to record an album. I ended up doing two records and touring the world. I’d never been so long away from Iceland, so when I started preparing for Homogenic, it was very obviously supposed to be a...