Björk
Björk
Björk
Björk & Catherine Deneuve
Björk &
Björk
Björk
Björk
Björk
Björk & Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Björk
Björk
“New World” was written for the Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, in which a blind Czech woman comes to America to raise money for her son’s ocular operation. It plays after the end credits, ie. after a lot of bad things have happened to her.
The “New World” is, of course, America.
[Verse 1]
Train-whistles, sweet clementine
Blueberries, dancers in line
Cobwebs, a bakery sign
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Ooh - a sweet clementine
Ooh - dancers in line
Ooh
[Chorus]
If living is seeing
I'm holding my breath
In wonder - I wonder
What happens next?
A new world, a new day to see, see, see
[Verse 2]
I'm softly walking on air
Halfway to heaven from here
Sunlight unfolds in my hair
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Ooh - I'm walking on air
Ooh - to heaven from here
Ooh
[Chorus]
If living is seeing
I'm holding my breath
In wonder - I wonder
What happens next?
A new world, a new day to see, see, see
To see, see, see