Mouth Mantra

Album: Vulnicura (2015)
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  • My throat was stunned
    My mouth was sewn up
    Banned from making noise
    I was not heard

    Remove this hindrance
    My throat feels stuck
    I was not allowed
    I was not heard
    I was not heard
    I was not heard
    I was not heard

    There is vocal sadness
    I was separated
    From what I can do
    What I'm capable of

    Need to break up
    Vicious habits
    Do something I haven't done
    I haven't done before

    In vow of silence
    I explore the negative space
    Around my mouth
    It implodes
    Black hole
    With jaw fallen in
    In fallen jaw
    Jaw fallen in
    I am not hurt
    I am not hurt

    This tunnel has enabled
    Thousands of sounds
    I thank this trunk
    Noise pipe, noise pipe

    I have followed a path
    That took sacrifices
    Now I sacrifice this scar
    Can you cut it off? Writer/s: Björk Gudmundsdottir
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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