Amphibious, Androgynous Songtext
von Jenny Hval

In my dream, you are slippery
My interest grows immediately
You have seaweed between your fingers, lips and limbs
Amphibious, androgynous
Amphibious
Ninety-eight percent water

I try to write love songs
But my words remain in my hands
And my hands fall to the floor
Somewhere in the distance something hurts

I dream I have a lover made out of twigs
I snap his legs and snap his lips when we kiss
Yes, you′re him
The way it goes
This worries me


The dream doesn't fade, it keeps worrying me
I try not to hurt you, but in my dream
The twigs keep breaking
I touch so gently but they snap
And when you open your mouth to speak
You make no sound
Silently coughing up black sap
In real life I haven′t even seen you up close
Only from below
In the dream you are silent and I am the headsman

I try to write love songs
But with every word
I can hear the twigs breaking
Somewhere in the distance something hurts

The next day it is
I who break
It's a clear spring day
And I filled with sky
Ninety-eight percent blue
A day I'll find myself downing black things
Coffee, raisins, raw chocolate
I can feel my bones
Burn to coal
My blood burns to oil
Black sap, I′m becoming you