Björk "Possibly maybe"


"Possibly maybe" is about the affair Björk once had with Stephane Sednaoui. It starts with "Your flirt finds me out/teases the crack in me/smittens me with hope" and ends with "Since we broke up/I'm using lipstick again/I suck my tongue/In remembrance of you". She recorded the song on the Bahamas during the "Post"-session and Nelleh Hooper produced it. It's Björk's gloomiest (and probably finest) piece of work.


"Possibly maybe" became the album's fifth single, but it wasn't released until November 1996. It was released as three CD EPs with lots of remixes by drum 'n' bass-artists such as Dillinja and Photek, as well as two live-tracks and "Visur vatnsenda-rosu", a cover of an Icelandic folk-song, Björk recorded together with clarinet player Renault Pion for the compilation "Hector Zazou's songs from the cold seas". Here's a picture from the really great video which was directed for the song.


The words

Your flirt finds me out
Teases the crack in me
Smittens me with hope

Possibly maybe probably love

As much as I definitely enjoys solitude
I wouldn't mind perhaps
Spending little time with you
Sometimes
Sometimes

Possibly maybe probably love

Uncertainty excites me
Baby
Who knows what's going to happen?
Lottery or car crash
Or you'll join a cult

Probably maybe possibly love

Mon petit volcano
You're eruptions and disasters
I keep calm
Admiring your lava
I keep calm

Possibly maybe probably love

Electric shocks?
I love them!
With you dozen a day
But after a while I wonder
Where's that love you promised me?

Possibly maybe probably love

How can you offer me love like that?
My heart's burned
How can you offer me love like that?
I'm exhausted
Leave me alone

Possibly maybe probably love

Since we broke up
I'm using lipstick again
I'll suck my tongue
As a remembrance of you....