ooc: some important songs
these three songs, all released at different times, form a trilogy. they are all by björk, and revolve around a central character, named isobel.
they don't necessarily fit line by line with nina/isobel/#33's story, but certain lines stand out A LOT and the overall feeling of the songs is, i think, pretty relevant.
i don't have mp3s to upload for the songs, because for me those only exist in broken-iPod land, so i've instead linked to the music videos for each.
"human behavior"
if you ever get close to a human
and human behavior
be ready to ready to get confused
there's definitely definitely definitely no logic
to human behavior
but yet so yet so irresistible
and there's no map
to human behavior
they're terribly terribly terribly terribly moody
then all of a sudden turn happy
but, oh, to get involved in the exchange
of human emotion
is ever so ever so satisfying
and there's no map
and a compass wouldn't help at all
***
"isobel"
in a forest pitch dark
glowed the tiniest spark
it burst into flame
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
in a heart full of dust
lives a creature called lust
she surprises and scares
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
when she does it, she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
in a tower of steel
nature forges a deal
to raise wonderful hell
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
when she does it, she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
***
"bachelorette"
i'm a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl
you're the bird on the brim
hypnotized by the whirl
drink me, make me feel real
wet your beak in the stream
game we're playing is life
love's a two-way dream
leave me now, return tonight
the tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale
trapped in a bay
i'm a path of cinders
burning under your feet
you're the one who walks me
i'm your one-way street
i'm a whisper on water
secret for you to hear
you're the one who grows distant
while you beckon me near
leave me now, return tonight
the tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale
trapped in a bay
i'm a tree that grows hearts
one for each that you take
you're the intruder's hand
i'm the branch that you break.
they don't necessarily fit line by line with nina/isobel/#33's story, but certain lines stand out A LOT and the overall feeling of the songs is, i think, pretty relevant.
i don't have mp3s to upload for the songs, because for me those only exist in broken-iPod land, so i've instead linked to the music videos for each.
"human behavior"
if you ever get close to a human
and human behavior
be ready to ready to get confused
there's definitely definitely definitely no logic
to human behavior
but yet so yet so irresistible
and there's no map
to human behavior
they're terribly terribly terribly terribly moody
then all of a sudden turn happy
but, oh, to get involved in the exchange
of human emotion
is ever so ever so satisfying
and there's no map
and a compass wouldn't help at all
***
"isobel"
in a forest pitch dark
glowed the tiniest spark
it burst into flame
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
in a heart full of dust
lives a creature called lust
she surprises and scares
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
when she does it, she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
in a tower of steel
nature forges a deal
to raise wonderful hell
like me, like me
my name Isobel
married to myself
my love Isobel
living by herself
when she does it, she means to
moth delivers her message
unexplained on your collar
crawling in silence
a simple excuse
***
"bachelorette"
i'm a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl
you're the bird on the brim
hypnotized by the whirl
drink me, make me feel real
wet your beak in the stream
game we're playing is life
love's a two-way dream
leave me now, return tonight
the tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale
trapped in a bay
i'm a path of cinders
burning under your feet
you're the one who walks me
i'm your one-way street
i'm a whisper on water
secret for you to hear
you're the one who grows distant
while you beckon me near
leave me now, return tonight
the tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale
trapped in a bay
i'm a tree that grows hearts
one for each that you take
you're the intruder's hand
i'm the branch that you break.