Ancestress Lyrics in English Björk
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ancestress by Björk from Portuguese to English.
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My skull, it is my cathedral
My skull, it is my cathedral
Where this matrimort takes place
Where this matrimony takes place
When I was a girl, she sang for me
When I was a girl, she sang for me
In falsetto, lullabies with sincerity
In falsetto, lullabies with sincerity
I thank her for her integrity
I thank her for her integrity
My ancestress clock is ticking
My ancestry clock is ticking
Her once vibrant rebellion is fading
Her once vibrant rebellion is fading
I am her hope keeper
I am her hope keeper
I assure hope is there
I assure hope is there
At, at all times
At, at all times
My ancestress has left all manners
My ancestor stress has left all manners
Her pulsating skin rebelling
Her pulsating skin rebelling
The doctors she despised
The doctors she was disappointed
Placed a pacemaker inside her
Her placed a pacemaker inside her
When you're out of time
When you're out of time
how you look back changes
how do you look back changes
Did you punish us for leaving?
Did you punish us for leaving?
Are you sure we hurt you?
Are you sure we hurt you?
Was it just not 'living?'
Was it just not 'living?'
She had idiosyncratic sense of rhythm
She had an idiosyncratic sense of rhythm
Dyslexia, the ultimate freeform
Dyslexia, the ultimate free form
She invents words and adds syllables
She invents words and adds syllables
Handwriting, language all her own
Handwriting, language all her own
I don't have that story in my mouth
I don't have that story in my mouth
When you die, you bring with you what you've given
When you die, you bring with you what you've given
The machine of her breathed all night
The machine of her breathed all night
While she rested
While she rested
Revealed her resilience
Revealed her resilience
And then it didn't
And then it didn't
You see with your own eyes
You see with your own eyes
But hear with your mother's
But hear with your mother's
There's fear of being absorbed
There's fear of being absorbed
By the other
By the others
By now, we share the same flesh
By now, we share the same flesh
As much as I tried to escape it
As much as I tried to escape it
This is no mediocre debris
This is no mediocre debris
My ancestress this is
My ancestor stress this is
The odor of our final parting
The odor of our final parting
Those have been
Those have been
The perfume of separation for centuries
The perfume of separation for centuries
The perfume of separation for centuries
The perfume of separation for centuries
Ancestress
Ancestress
Nature wrote this psalm
Nature wrote this psalm
It expands this realm
It expands this realm
Translucent skin let go of
Translucent skin let go of
A cold palm embalmed
A cold palm embalmed
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