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Björk - The Dull Flame of Desire
[Verse: Björk and Anohni]
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid sparkling fire
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still:
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passions kiss
[Chorus: Björk and Anohni]
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
[Verse: Björk]
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid, sparkling fire
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still:
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passions kiss
Duet with ANOHNI " ‘Dull Flame…’ was not written with ANOHNI in mind, but we had been singing together for a while and I felt we both were too shy and singing too sweetly, perhaps worried we would step on each other’s toes. So I woke up one morning with this melody I had written earlier, in the middle of the night, and a poem by a Russian poet from the 19th Century and said: “Okay, no more sweet stuff. Now we are going to belt it out, diva style. We can sing words by a third party, so it is neutral – not my world and not your world”. Then we sang and improvised from that melody for a whole day and I later spent few days editing [the song] together, focusing on the emotional chronology we went through."
