“My Juvenile” is the last track on Volta. It’s about her relationship with her son, as though she encouraged him to be more independent and now that she’s getting older she wants to draw him closer and re-establish a kind of love that existed once before.
[Verse 1: Björk]
Down the corridor
I send warmth, I send warmth
Down the staircase
I send warmth, I send warmth
[Verse 2: Björk]
Thank you for, again to get to be able
To send warmth, to send warmth
Perhaps I set you too free
Too fast, too young
[Bridge: Anohni as "The Conscience"]
But the intentions were pure
But the intentions were pure
[Verse 3: Björk]
My juvenile, my juvenile, my juvenile, I truly say
You are my biggest love
I clumsily try to free you from me
One last embrace to tie a sacred ribbon
[Outro: Björk and Anohni as "The Conscience"]
This is an offer to better the last let-go
This is an offer to better the last let-go
This is an offer to better the last let-go
The intentions were pure
My juvenile
My Juvenile was written by Björk.
My Juvenile was produced by Björk.
Björk released My Juvenile on Tue May 01 2007.
In this song, a ballad accompanied by sparse clusters on a clavichord, she chides herself for the way she treated Sindri – « Perhaps I set you too free too fast too young » – while Anohni sings « The intentions were pure » by way of reassurance.
You sort of let go too much when they’re 14 », B...