From the opening tones, this is a song which really takes the listener into a zone, where music box-like sounds hypnotise, while the bass throbs to a seductive rhythm. It’s many things at the same time; ominous while excited, impassioned while spellbound. Likewise, the lyrics are unbelievably sexual in the most beautiful, looking past “the surface simplicity” of the feeling all the way to “the darkest pit in me”.
It’s impossible not to talk about the final part of the song, where the built-up mania and darkness are released; the repetition of “I love him” only for another voice to continue “she loves him, she loves him” showing how the hysteria has overcome our narrator. Björk then vocalises the darker side of this love, shouting “And he makes me want to hurt myself again”. We’re not really sure whether this destructiveness is coming from her lover or within, but... that’s just the beauty of it.
It’s funny that such a dramatic single should be followed up by the whimsical wonder “Domestica”, B-side with Asian-tinged synths which wouldn’t sound too out of place in the mid-90s, possibly on Post (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). While essentially being a song about Björk looking for her keys, there’s a dreaminess about this summed up by the final verse, in which she muses about a future where she has a keyring that whistles at you. Come on, that is pretty cute.
Then there’s "Batabid", an ambient track with a sort of underwater flowery vibe, which is expressed nicely by this fan-made visual tribute.
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