Ancestress (Bell Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Björk] My skull is my cathedral Where this matrimort takes place When I was a girl, she sang for me In falsetto lullabies with sincerity I thank her for her integrity [Chorus 1: Björk, Björk & Sindri Eldon] My ancestress' clock is ticking Her once vibrant rebellion is fading I am her hope-keeper Assure hope is there At, at all times [Verse 2: Björk] My ancestress has left all manners Her pulsating skin rebelling The doctors she despised Placed a pacemaker inside her [Chorus 2: Björk & Sindri Eldon] When you're out of time Oh, how you look back changes Did you punish us for leaving? Are you sure we hurt you? Was it just not "living"? [Verse 3: Björk] She had idiosyncratic sense of rhythm Dyslexia, the ultimate freeform She invents words and adds syllables Hand-writing, language all her own [Chorus 3: Björk & Sindri Eldon] I don't have that story in my mouth When you die, you bring with you what you've given [Verse 4: Björk] The machine of her breathed all night While she rested Revealed her resilience And then it, it didn't [Chorus 4: Björk & Sindri Eldon] You see with your own eyes But hear with your mother's There's fear of being absorbed By the other [Verse 5: Björk] By now, we share the same flesh As much as I tried to escape it This is no mediocre debris My ancestress this is [Chorus 5: Björk & Sindri Eldon] The odour of our final parting Those have been The perfumes of separation For centuries The perfumes of separation For centuries Ancestress [Verse 6: Björk] Nature wrote this psalm It expands this realm Translucent skin let go of A cold palm embalmed