What is it?
Today’s song is the bonus song So Broken by the Icelandic musician Björk from the Japanese version of her 1997 music album Homogenic:
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From The Album – Homogenic (1997)
Music in this video
Song: So Broken
Artist: Björk
Writers: Björk
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Song: So Broken
Artist: Bjork
Album: Homogenic Live
Writers: Björk
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So Broken · Björk · Bjork
Homogenic Live
℗ 2010 One Little Independent Records
Released on: 2010-03-09
Producer: Björk
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What is it about?
So broken,
In pieces,
My heart is so broken,
I’m puzzling.
Here I go
Trying to run ahead of that,
Heart break train,
Thinking,
It will never catch up with me.
I’m so broken,
heðan-biður-afte-care,
So broken,
heðan-biður-afte-care,
Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm,
heðan-biður,
Wooh-ahhh-hmm
I’m trying to land,
This aeroplane of ours gracefully,
But it seems just destined to crash,
I’m so broken,
heðan-biður-afte-care,
My heart is so broken,
heðan-biður-afte-care,
Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm,
How can, how can,
And I sense
All continuity
Has vanished away
At one step at a time now baby, baby
I’m so broken
heðan-liður-afte-care
I’m-m-m-mmm…so broken
heðan-biður-afte-care
Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm
I’m so
Completely unhealable, baby
Ohhh!!
Ohh-er-him
I’m so broken
Ahh-eða-miður-afte-care
Yeah, ha-ee, ha-ee, ha-mmm
En-lickel-afte-sjólvar
En-neon-co-cole-ah-ahh
Neo-sasar-ohh
En-mi-sshh…Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bjork Gudmundsdottir
So Broken lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
My Thoughts
This song was a surprise compared to the other songs on this album, and compared to the few other songs by her that I have heard so far.
I like the instrumentals and the energy and soul that she puts into the singing, and it is a bilingual song, which is rare.
The end,
- John Jr
John Jr's Blog 
2 replies on “Björk – So Broken”
I love that you have been posting about Bjork in recent weeks. She has been a fave of mine for a long time. Her shows are beautiful in real life as well. Keep the posts coming!
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Hello The Fattest Leech,
I am glad, thank you for sharing that, and so far I have been impressed with her live performances; I am late to listening to some of Björk’s music, it was something that my female coworker JB said that made me start trying to listen to some of Björk’s music, and I am glad that I did so far.
So far I have only listened to her album Homogenic, what are your favorite albums and/or songs by her?
Thank you for commenting,
-John Jr
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