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Mouth Mantra by Björk
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Unlike most of the previous songs on Vulnicura, which deal with the tumultuous dissolution of Björk’s relationship with Matthew Barney, “Mouth Mantra” is about a three-week period after vocal surgery in which Björk wasn’t able to speak.
As Björk stated in a post on her website in November 2012, doc...
Mouth Mantra Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My throat was stuffed
My mouth was sewn up
Banned from making noise
I was not heard
[Verse 2]
Remove this hindrance
My throat feels stuck
I was not allowed
I was not heard
I was not heard
I was not heard
I was not heard
[Verse 3]
There is vocal sadness
I was separated
From what I can do
What I'm capable of
[Verse 4]
Need to break up
Vicious habits
Do something I haven't done
I haven't done before
[Bridge]
In vow of silence
I explore the negative space
Around my mouth
It implodes
Black hole
With jaw fallen in
In fallen jaw
Jaw fallen in
I am not hurt
I am not hurt
[Verse 5]
This tunnel has enabled
Thousands of sounds
I thank this trunk
Noise pipe, noise pipe
[Verse 6]
I have followed a path
That took sacrifices
Now I sacrifice this scar
Can you cut it off?
[Outro]
[Gibberish]
Mouth Mantra Q&A
Who wrote Mouth Mantra's ?
Mouth Mantra was written by Björk.
When did Björk release Mouth Mantra?
Björk released Mouth Mantra on Tue Jan 20 2015.
What parts of the song are sampled?
At about 15 seconds in on the album version of “Mouth Mantra”, a vocal like sound is sampled from Arca’s “Hallucinogen” from the &&&&& mixtape.