Björk - Stonemilker

[@Kirbybaby]

Strings rip open my heart 💔 bjork is the queen of music

[@kevinichtdasein]

The way she says 'emotional' takes me back to Joga

[@josephphphhh]

i'm surprised to call this one of my favorite bjork songs but it sorta just clawed me open and crawled inside. it's painful and beautiful.

[@dilondremel6346]

I love the medley and the lyrics

[@arielwinns847]

you can feel the pain in her voice. How not to empathize

[@JackFromBeatStrings]

It's one of mine too.

[@drj4u2b]

That's true! I really resonate with this song, it's an unapologetic and socially skilled way to say "dude, don't be a duche and I'm empowered on my own wounds"

[@valentinomiller6251]

Those fucking strings become veins, strummed by pain

[@ChibiVampie]

Vulnicura is extremely unique. It's a gorgeously tragic album. I love it, and I'm glad she was able to document the different stages of her separation with every song.

[@themilkeyedmender4945]

"Who is open chested / And who has coagulated?" so so beautiful

[@rlyehdate]

Do you explain me this verse? I don't understand.

[@veganandatheist]

@@rlyehdate one is open about their feelings, and the other's closed.

[@snowf6307]

@@rlyehdate Who is still hurting (gaping wound)? Who is already healed (blood coagulation)?

[@timah4]

@@veganandatheistjojo reference

[@veganandatheist]

@@timah4 ye

[@heeler_joyous]

Its not evil. Its just recognizing something deeper.

[@flacaamortumblr]

my chest hurts down to toes listening to this

[@LegionIvory]

tahjia brantley Don't it?

[@stevej4328]

Those damn strings. So yearning. This song will always remind me of a love I had and lost. It must be overwhelming for an artist to create music so beautiful and so touching that it can impact another individual and enchant the world inside their mind. This is true music - that which affects us and enables us to emerge through catharsis.

[@thejack544]

So true. Incredibly cathartic.

[@hollymcmillin9725]

Yes! I'm with you.

[@jisiri]

Amen!!

[@valentinomiller6251]

At the risk of being "that guy", ALL music is true music. I want to stand with you, but it seems you're putting other artists down in that what they do is not "true music". I'm sure some feel the way that you feel about Britney Spears or Missy Elliott. With that stated, this song has a very special place in my heart.

[@arbsan8366]

So well said. This song makes me cry for some reason but it’s not sad tears. This music just makes me have so many feelings

[@arbsan8366]

The instruments at 5:33 always makes me cry just sounds so beautiful 🥲

[@sheriffvader6908]

The violin part at the beginning always reminds me of those who left, I think of the distances I'll go and no matter what the ones I let close will always be remembered. I feel like something with missing fragments because of them, and yet I want to try and not fall apart. Even if it feels like the world wants nothing to do with me, I'm here despite everything.

[@psychedlicsouljam1995]

Moments of clarity are so rare. All that matters is that who is open chested. Show me emotional respect. What is it that I have that makes me feel your pain? Like milking a stone to get you to say it... those are my favorite lines. Haha that's basically the whole song. But those are very powerful statements to me. I think people should listen to this type of music sometimes to meditate. This music makes me live in the moment.

[@LandoHendrix444]

This has to be the greatest song I'd ever heard.

[@RyanStorey1231]

This is honestly one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking songs I've ever heard. The string arrangement and melodies capture this sense of hopeless yearning, and the lyrics perfectly capture that bittersweet "calm before the storm" feeling where you know that something tragic is about to happen but hasn't yet, so you're just languishing in this desperate false hope that you can save whatever is dying. The two lines that resonate with me the most are: 1) "Moments of clarity are so rare/I better document this/At last the view is fierce" 2) "What is it that I have that makes me feel your pain/Like milking a stone/To get you to say it"

[@taniahermen]

This song reminds me of "unravel" just different for the fact that the life of Björk changed completely. Saddest thing.

[@notseenontv4819]

Right? It's gut wrenching

[@KELE02000]

A juxtapositioning fate Find our mutual coordinates Moments of clarity are so rare I better document this At last the view is fierce All that matters is Who is open chested And who has coagulated Who can share and Who has shut down the chances? Show me emotional respect, oh respect, oh respect And I have emotional needs, oh needs, oh ooh I wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings, oh ooh What is it that I have That makes me feel your pain? Like milking a stone To get you to say it Who is open? And who has shut up And if one feels closed How does one stay open? We have emotional needs, oh needs, oh needs, oh ooh I wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings, ooh Oh, show some emotional respect, oh respect, oh ooh A juxtapositioning fate Find our mutual coordinates

[@AtlasBlizzard]

What a magnificent song. It's haunting and breathtaking. This is my favorite song on Vulnicura, which is Björk's best album since Vespertine.

[@kellenleee]

i just love how this woman's brain works

[@davidpalomino5603]

This song sets me in a mood I never experienced before. Like grief, but also mystical/spiritual

[@DANIELReedskeep]

I feel this, This song is like an introduction to the tragedy of her despair. *I should document this*

[@mattemattematte]

one of björks best songs

[@ad51603]

The way this album blends the strings and the electronics is incredible

[@valentinomiller6251]

Her best ballad

[@quinnthereaux7719]

a triple scorpio emotional clarity anthem

[@niamya3097]

so much rebirth and transformation, i love it

[@secretowl3561]

sun, moon and ac in Scorpio you mean waooo bjork thats blow my mind

[@SHOOTFU]

In fact, Bjork is a Scorpio

[@timah4]

Id get married to this song tbh

[@Tomule2]

An evil twin of Unravel

[@BelaMortiis]

I wouldn't say evil, personally I'd say the more depressed poetic twin of unravel

[@lanalover435delrey]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

[@iamadiamond171]

This song reminds me of my friend who I miss so badly :(

[@WowwowLulu]

Your friend died how

[@TheRoflcopterGod]

I love the acoustics to this!

[@ketevannikoladze-burke4738]

One of my favorite Bjork's song

[@fran9117]

i love this te amo bjork

[@MS-sj7zx]

She nailed this song! So good.

[@jrlaz0001]

this woman has NEVER been better💙💙💙

[@jamienicole2122]

The way the strings sounds is like pulling taffy, it stretches out as the strings swell and then recedes. I can’t remember the term, but that’s what I always think of; it’s a perfect visual representation for the sound. The way the strings sounds gives a sense of longing and wanting. Ooh…chills! ❤

[@mobius3001]

dynamics. the strings fluctuate between a crescendo and diminuendo, and yes this is a really effective tool to represent the ever-changing close-but-far-away nature of a tumultuous relationship. it's genius.

[@spacealienjesus709]

This is easily favorite album of mine..every song is a jem..

[@bjhale542]

Expression at it's finest. We cannot attain wisdom without sorrow. This is what it sounds like.

[@morfineous]

Me encanta esto!!!

[@sebastianzsz]

4:22 gets me everytime

[@ricconstituantabrogatoirei4999]

merveille des merveilles....cet album sans doute très douloureux est aussi le plus beau....

[@guerlain10]

I ❤ Björk

[@LegionIvory]

This song is so beautiful, but it's so hard to listen to.

[@WKADESIGNS]

Because of the subject matter, it's heartbreaking. You can hear the pain in the strings and in her voice.

[@LegionIvory]

Subarctic Paradise. This song was her begging her (now ex) husband to give their marriage one last chance, even though she already knew it was over. Considering the album chronicles the events of her divorce, it makes sense, sadly, that Stonemilker is the first song.

[@timothykerr3450]

It's beautiful. Ok love a good cry.i still cry listening to hyperballad

[@deividemitchell2129]

Song Of The Year

[@hatridmunpitaa]

+Deivide Mitchell Really might be!

[@honeybhingful]

wow now that's the third time a bjork song made me tear up wth hahaha

[@nabilahsafira5429]

So what's the other two song? :D

[@honeybhingful]

@@nabilahsafira5429 all is full of love and frosti 😂😂

[@nabilahsafira5429]

@@honeybhingful I also have a sweet spot for all is full of love. I mean who wouldn't 😏

[@julyandreamuneracastano8285]

Hermoso!!! Puedo sentir su dolor...

[@edgyscrawl226]

i'm very very happy to meet you again i missed you so much !

[@calliespltn]

reminds me of joga all grown up

[@gabrielblanco7253]

QUE MUJER TAN TALENTOSA

[@jesusjonathanprim5771]

Canción: Stonemilker Artista: Björk Álbum: Vulnicura (US Version) Año: 2015 Sello: Megaforce Records Productores: Danna Paola (ejecutiva), Björk, Arca

[@flaviaescobar3007]

I love this song!

[@fioresi7945]

I can feel it!

[@davidl3115]

This is music from the future!

[@ishallremaincalm]

this is the matured joga

[@0012-h6l]

melodrama and vulnicura - two best break up albums ever forever edit: MAGDALENE TOO

[@raul-hf2qn]

and magdalene

[@luigiiodice3517]

The holy trinity of breakup albums

[@deivisson491]

Melodrama - 20's break-up Magdalene - 20's - 30's break-up Vulnicura - 40's - 50's break-up

[@mr.melancholymittens4146]

You are a person of taste👏👌 i like that😌👍

[@jennav2063]

Along with 808s and Rumors

[@miznofiziksolajika470]

Is it weird this song cheers me up after listening to it? Q_Q

[@valentinomiller6251]

No. While it reminds me of a dark time in my life, different music does different things to different people.

[@valentinomiller6251]

Though, I can't imagine how you hear joy in these strings. My God. 🤔🤔🤔

[@sky-zc3uz]

idk, first time i listened to it i was sitting on the front of a boat going over fairly rough waters. watching kids up the very front jumping when we went down a wave, the parents and grandparents on the balconies drinking tea, water splashing on my face every once in a while. it all was so serene and peaceful yet so sad. never had another song communicate those feelings together before, but it did. i suppose it was written on a beach, so it kinda fit. /end

[@miznofiziksolajika470]

Two years later and I come back from the grave to reply! 💀 I meant that after listening and singing the song aloud, it makes me feel more emotionally calm and releases my sad tension, which makes me feel happier. Of course the music is sad, but sometimes there’s happiness in being able to have someone else be understanding of the same feelings you have felt and that you’re going to be okay (Utopia). Of course though, sometimes I just end up sad instead of happy because this song reminds me of my stubborn father. At this point, I’ve listened to almost everything Björk has put out and she’s become a major inspiration to me.

[@itinerantyogi6163]

Love Love Love Thankyou! xx

[@basicinfo1640]

This got me crying in class now. Thanks Bejork ahahahahahaha!! :)

[@Mark.mp3]

First song I ever heard from Bjork

[@SleepyCity0001]

~♡ A juxtaposition in fate Find our mutual coordinates Moments of clarity are so rare I better document this Across the view is fears All that matters is Who is open-chested And who has coagulated Who can share and Who has shot down the chances? Show me emotional respect, oh respect, oh respect And I have emotional needs, oh needs, oh ooh I wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings, oh ooh What is it that I have That makes me feel your pain Like milking a stone To get you to say it and Who is open? And who has shut up And if one feels closed How does one stay open? We have emotional needs, oh needs, oh needs, oh ooh I only wish to synchronize our feelings, our feelings, ooh I'll show some emotional respect, oh respect, oh ooh A juxtaposition in fate Find our mutual coordinates ♡~

[@TyroneEpps]

This album is hot❤❤❤❤❤

[@dzsniel]

Belíssimo, um milhão de vezes, belíssimo!

[@xristoforosntz2230]

Me when I milk a stone

[@SoulSir]

Finally, I found this song!!!! P.S. Love it, Love it.

[@bethanybilski4786]

i miss this

[@hemeralien]

incrível.

[@jisiri]

I KNOW THIS IS HERESY!!! But I strongly believe that many classical composers like, Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Mozart, had the tools of modern music, they would have used them. BJORK does, but there's something different! If you LOVE MUSIC you can detect it's not just a mastery of INSTRUMENTATION. It's a mastery of SOUNDS! Then an awareness of genres! HERE COMES THE HERESY ...SHE'S IN THEIR CATEGORY! SHE'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THEM!!! Oh, I forgot the SENSITIVITY!

[@valentinomiller6251]

It's not heresey to me. Bjork is a musical genius in every right in which those men were thought.

[@hiltonlam01128]

One of the best song of her

[@francocastro718]

Remind me to 'all is full of love'

[@kimyeon7296]

It's feel like my chest is open and kinda feel like painful but satisfied.

[@aureliovillalunadiaz9981]

so damn prettiful!!

[@enjajaja2103]

WEEEE HAVEEE EMOTIONAL NEEDSSSSS OH NEEDSSS...

[@alexmct89]

Amo esta canción ❤️🥰🔥

[@richelpattikawa3950]

This sounds like I’m in iceland already

[@Lucols4]

Why is this on youtube but not on spotify? I know she said it wouldn't be avaliable by the time of the release, but know it doesn't make sense.

[@fadhilmohd6710]

♥♥♥♥♥

[@reneverduzcocortes]

JUX TA PO SI TION

[@DeptoneCorpse]

Last level

[@samaelcercunnin5227]

I am normally pushed away far sooner than this. I must have been broken down a lot by the world today that she allows me to stay so long. I cannot see that I will be allowed to leave soon. Repairs are being made, and still disquiet remains. I can tell you what it is you have that makes you feel my pain. I can tell you many things that people have forgotten. I studied a long time to fill my intellect with all that my instinct would need. I did not study linearly. She guided me, only to that which was of importance. More than twenty years, of pieces. Here and there. Like a jigsaw puzzle of knowledge. Strung together laterally. All of that knowledge, just opened the doorway to allow me to see you. You are so obvious, so loud, so present, but you are still not heard. I am loud and obvious, yet I am virtually invisible. This will be handy later.

[@enricoanderlini5928]

I think I know where, soon, we will be able to find her: in a stone moved by gravity down a slope, between two leaves where a brood of microscopic insects hatches, in an icicle hanging from a rock about to detach for a few degrees more

[@Sunset_99-v4n]

Suena jodidamente triste

[@necrology-3103]

Success

[@boosay1146]

What is it that I have that makes me feel your pain? Like Milking a stone

[@sabryuranus7175]

im just a poosay

[@Ivanmo051129]

why can't I listen to vulnicura on spotify anymore? Is it just me, like a district thing, or it's taken off?????

[@chibapy]

Same!! Vulnicura is my fav album but it's taken off spotify wish i knew why :/

[@jvbistan]

Same here. I think it's been taken down in Asian regions for some reason

[@vasudhabhandari8431]

Not on Spotify this one 😤😤😤 I need this album there

[@mindthesynapticgap4909]

What's the point of getting milk out of me... I'm useless for that just throw me it's all you can do

[@nik8099]

Better than Beethoven and Bach

[@harlangrayson4868]

This. . .this is vinyl. ?

[@mattistmatty]

+Harlan Grayson this is youtube?

[@Zenene-ok5el]

No, this is Patrick.

[@calliespltn]

sobs

[@PabPapp1]

wtf stonemilker mean

[@josh3488]

She's trying to get him to open up but it's impossible. You can try to milk a stone but it never will. So in this relationship she was a stonemilker, hope that helps!

[@PabPapp1]

@@josh3488 thanks!

[@Marco.91]

Hmmm?? very nice

[@igloozoo3771]

is milking a stone a hand job?

[@notseenontv4819]

HHAHAH NOOO

[@igloozoo3771]

@@notseenontv4819 than what does milking a stone mean?

[@sheriffvader6908]

Dog

[@GumOnTheWall]

@@igloozoo3771 I think what she's trying to say by milking a stone is she's trying to get her partner to express his emotions but it's like milking a stone

[@misa.v3nus]

Lmao no this is a metaphor “milking a stone” meaning that whatever you are trying to get out of that person like emotions,lies,truths etc … is hard because there is nothing coming out from them so basically its like a stone because if you try to squeeze or even hyper-press it there would be no juices from that stone.

[@dophan6938]

I don't understand why is it too hard to listen this song to me, i don't know, i feel it out of rhythm or out of beat or something, it's beautiful but when she sings, it gets weird, or i don't know xd

[@augusto7681]

La Zona Azul Do you think her voice is strange ? or dont like the beat? I think is common bjork sing off tempo she often do this on shows. In fact she sing in delay then come back to tempo. (In the music Moon she do it too).And the beat change in different patterns is not the same the whole music.

[@valentinomiller6251]

Are you accustomed to top 40 radio?

[@NabilahSafira]

If you listen to jazz or math rock, the 'delayed' tempo is pretty common.

[@circolombisque2285]

I feel like Vulnicara wasn't her best album. It really wasn't exotic enough for me and not what I was expecting. Somehow, I've come to like this song.

[@solodrer9897]

U lz

[@solodrer9897]

***** :-)

[@MrDanygonc]

Afablesotrue what's exotic in a breakup? just because it's not exotic doesn't make it less good

[@LegionIvory]

This was far more for her than it was for us. This entire album is about her divorce.

[@jordanb-r3942]

one day you'll probably want for home and healing, this album could be there for you in those times

[@davidantonacci9525]

Ok, I've listened for almost a minute(I couldn't take any more). I've come to my well considered conclusion about Byork. She's absolutely unlistenable. Total crap. 0 out of 10.

[@d00m3d_us3r]

Nice opinion, too bad it's fucking stupid

[@davidantonacci9525]

@@d00m3d_us3r I don't understand your comment. Are you saying that if I forced myself to listen to her, that eventually I'd appreciate how great she is, in spite of my immediate impression, which is wanting to rip her disc from the CD player and fling it like a frisbee into the side of an abandonded building?

[@gaelbarajas7106]

Tasteless af

[@Stefarooh]

Baie Felecia

[@stratford1]

unlistenable? It's a violin. wtf are you talking about

[@ThatPimpOverThere]

stunning!!!