Bjork - Quicksand Lyrics

The male vocals sound like he's getting beat up. Gives me the shivers every time.

*Selma Ancher Zhine* 930pm curfew

I’ve never heard or read anything that captures inter generational trauma (and how it can heal) better than this

"Where choreographed oxygen
Embroiders the air"

you can't write lyrics more beautiful than that. holy fuck

The final lyrics are a prelude to Utopia... her preoccupation with the future...

I love my mom so much.

This song gives me goosegumps. I can´t believe what I'm hearing

for me,
1- notget
2- mouth mantra
3- quicksand

for me
1-mouth mantra
2-stonemilker
3-quicksand, notget, family :-)

twerking

Rest in peace Björk mom.

Rest in peace Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir

R.I.P. Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir

She passed away ?

@Solipsism yes

Nice job

this + Mouth Mantra + Stonemilker = my fave songs off Vulnicura! the only track along with Stonemilker Arca didn't work on at all , this is purely Björk - I really love those strings arrangements btw. (EDIT: Arca: "...Quicksand in which I had very little input other than just some opinions and a very small part in the synth sound design for the keyboard part she had written...")

PS: a fantastic article on Vulnicura's production can be read here, super interesting!!
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-bjorks-vulnicura

I wonder if she will perform an "utopian" version of this song, it would be awesome

I really hope she does!

She hasn't yet. But the finale of Cornucopia was Notget.

OMG IT TOOK 2 years for this song to grow in me, and now its simply amazing I LOVE IT SO MUCH

Define her abyss
Show it respect
Then a celestial nest
Will grow above

When I'm broken, I am whole
And when I'm whole, I'm broken

Our mother's philosophy
It feels like quicksand
And if she sinks
I'm going down with her

Locate her black lake
The steam from this pit
Will form a cloud
For her to live on

When she's broken, she is whole
And when she's whole, she's broken

Our mother's philosophy
It feels like quicksand
And if she sinks
I'm going down with her

Hackle this darkness
Up to the light
Where choreographed oxygen
Embroiders the air

When we're broken we are whole
And when we're whole we're broken

We are the siblings of the sun
Let's step into this beam
Every time you give up
You take away our future
And my continuity and my daughter's
And her daughters
And her daughters
And her daughters

:Where choreographed oxygen
Embroiders the air:

one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard or read in lyrics

imo easily some of her own best lyrics to date!
"our mothers' philosophy, it feels like quicksand and if she sinks I'm going down with her" - beautiful!

I've always loved this song so much, but the final mix sounds pretty rushed :/

Yeah. The mix from the whole album is kinda weird... that's actually pretty sad because the songs are beautiful.

Wow. Actually good tecno. Not just a loop with a 4 chord sequence. Always loved Björk always will.

I love this abrupt ending to the album. It leaves mystery of what there is to come.

Did you guys went to Bjork Digital ?!
Sh*t, the animations of quicksand and the total expirience with this song was outstandig
I totally clap on this womam's work
She is amazing

Juan Bohorquez Ikr!!! I tried it last year when it came in Montreal, and I loved it!! :D

Yeah I had the chance in Mexico city, i was actually looking for the visuals of this song (Not vr of course) because they were so amazing, they´re not here buut she uploaded the ones from notget .

I wish she would've made a music video for this song. Favorite song off the album.

its a the most simply programmed song-there is one official video for it( the 360 degree video-the japan one)

Ufff esta canción + realidad virtual es la experiencia más hermosa que podrás tener.

i think vulnicura was the first album from Bjork i heard in full and i fell in love upon the first listen. never has been difficult for me to appreciate her work

dá aquela sarrada no ar

Interesting abrupt ending. Still getting acquainted to this album. Got Stonemilker, Lionsong, History, and this one down so far.

Trevin Hughes Atom Dance is my absolute favourite, followed by Notget; the layers and excruciatingly raw emotiveness all act in her favour.

Notget has actually become one of my faves only recently... some of the tracks really take a while to appreciate:) on the other hand, Mouth Mantra and Quicksand were my faves from the beginning

My favorite song off of Vulnicura which is in my opinion a hard listen to as a whole. This is the song I connected to more than any of the others. Will have to give the whole cd another listen to soon.

It's definitely an album that doesn't smack you in the face right at first listen, when you first are introduced it may seem like the songs are less directional, if that makes sense.  But when you are able to see every layer, everything is beautifully, painfully intentional.

This and stonemilker are for me the standouts.

yeah i feel this is pretty disjointed as a whole, not one of her better efforts.

That one has taken me awhile to come around to, but it's got some really excellent tracks. I tend to skip Black Lake, and that picks up the pace on the album quite a bit.

@Vìctor González for me this, stonemilker, mouth mantra! tho family and notget is a great duo too (especially vulnicura live version of family)

are you kidding me? I'm simply amazed, this is so fucking good.

Me encantó que esta canción haya sido la que cerrara Vulnicura. Es simplemente perfecto.

Best song off of "Vulnicura" in my opinion. A great finale to an epic album.

my opinion too

Mouth Mantra + Quicksand are my fave songs of the album, imo this is where the album gets really creative :-)
(also I have to mention the devastatingly beautiful Stonemilker...)

woah, this is different for her. I love how she tries so many different things. :3

White Rabbit try listen Pluto, sounds similar

Adrian Cervantes yeah but Pluto sounds more Industrial/Electro

@Adrian C. They are really different wtf are u talking about

This isn't atypical of her work. Have you heard "Pluto"?

@Adrian C.the same song came to my mind as soon as I heard this. Others dispute our claim but whatever.

dançando até o chão com esse hino

< PHKN PHAT !

very techno sounding, but more with.... Bjork :)

Phantom Anna I love it

So lush and striped down to emotion

this cd is only about 9.00 $ on amazon....i wa nt it!!!!

not from France 18,90 € l'album but j buy! j love her where is album at 9$?

Thank you