Understanding Bjork's lyrics in "Hyper-ballad".
Below are the lyrics of Bjork's song called "Hyper-ballad."
How should I interpret them?
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We live in a mountain
Right at the top
There's a beautiful view
From the top of the mountain
Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like
Car-parts, bottles, and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
It's real early morning
No-one is awake
I'm back at my cliff
Still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down
I follow with my eyes 'til they crash
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks
When it lands
Will me eyes
Be closed or open?
I go through all this
Before you wake up
So I can feel happier
To be safe up here with you
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I think that the writer feels lonely in Cyberspace. She starts out saying that she lives at the top of a mountain. This signals to me that she is lonely. She then continues on to say that she is throwing things, whatever she can find, over the edge. I'm thinking that she is saying this because she wants to see what sort of ripple her throwing would cause. This may generate some attention for her and she may not feel so alone in cyberspace. Her phrase, "I go through all this before you wake up so I can feel happier"; this means that she is trying to create a ripple, trying to be noticed by someone in the vast space of cyberspace so that she can feel less lonely in cyberspace. Maybe there is some fear mixed in with the loneliness as she says at the end "to be safe up here with you". I think she feels like she needs to make some noise in cyberspace in order to feel protected.
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