lust for comfort suffocates the soul

This is a live version of “Come to Me” from Debut (written more than 20 years prior) performed during the Vulnicura tour. Compare with the original recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ10NHdU11Y.

In the first (original version) a young twenty-something Björk—new to London, recording her “first” solo album, and entering a new relationship—beckons her new lover: come to me. She sings, tongue-in-cheek, almost giggling: “jump off/your building’s on fire/i’ll catch you”. In the second, a 50-year-old Björk, at the end of a decade-long marriage, pleads with her longtime lover: come to me. Her voice undulates, unsure of herself, she sings: “i’ll catch you”.

With a change in arrangement (and a little bit of context) the same lyrics completely transform themselves.