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Solstice by Björk
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Sjón wrote this poem which I really, really love and it’s called “solstice”, chich is basically a christmas carol, and it’s sort of about the fact that the four seasons are because of the tilt of the earth.
— Björk
When Björk’s long-time collaborator and friend, Sjón, was asked by an icelandic news...
Solstice Lyrics
[Verse]
When your eyes pause on the ball
That hangs on the third branch from the star
You remember why it is dark
And why it gets light again
The Earth, like the heart, slopes in its seat
And, like that, it travels along an elliptical path
Drawn into the darkness
An unpolished pearl
In sky-black palm of hand
Flickering sun-flame
And then you remember
That you, yourself, you are a light-bearer, a light-bearer
Receiving radiance from others
Flickering sun-flame
Unpolished Earth in palm of hand
Solstice Q&A
Who produced Solstice's ?
Solstice was produced by Björk.
Why did Björk decide to use a live version of the song as the album version?
According to a Sound On Sound interview with Mandy Parnell, Björk “preferred the way the song had grown out from the live performances” so much so that she chose to use a live recording from one of her Manchester residency shows as the final album version.
The original studio version can be listene...