Björk — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 133 songs across 12 albums by Björk. They use 3,383 unique words out of 10,053 (lexical richness MATTR 0.67), with an average of 76 content words per song. Emotional tone: 67% of songs positive, 18% neutral, 15% negative.
Most used words by Björk
- love (181)
- og (100)
- ég (92)
- one (65)
- er (51)
- hann (49)
- make (45)
- heart (44)
- mér (44)
- care (43)
- loves (43)
- human (41)
- bella (40)
- ad (39)
- let (38)
- feel (38)
- maybe (38)
- hún (36)
- come (35)
- know (34)
Signature phrases
- “earth intruders” (15)
- “violently happy” (13)
- “raise flag higher” (12)
- “flag higher higher” (12)
- “declare independence let” (12)
- “possibly maybe” (12)
- “full love full” (10)
- “love full love” (10)
- “human behaviour human” (10)
- “higher raise flag” (10)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (15)
- grey (5)
- red (4)
- green (1)
- coral (1)
- silver (1)
Albums analyzed
- Björk (1977)
- Gling‐Gló (1990)
- Debut (1993)
- Post (1995)
- Homogenic (1997)
- Vespertine (2001)
- Medúlla (2004)
- Volta (2007)
- Biophilia (2011)
- Vulnicura (2015)
- Utopia (2017)
- Fossora (2022)