Mouth Mantra - Björk, The Haxan Cloak

My throat was stuffed

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

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 before

In vow of silence

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

This tunnel has enabled

Thousands of sounds

I thank this trunk

Noise pipe

I have followed a path

That took sacrifices

Now I sacrifice this scar

Can you cut it off