The Hanged Man
Bjork – It’s not up to you
I chose this song because I feel that ultimately it’s about holding back, letting things happen naturally. Passivity and relinquishment of control, taking a different view. Noticing details when you just slow down for a moment.
How do I master
The perfect day
Six glasses of water
Seven phonecalls
If you leave it alone
It might just happen
Anyway
I can decide
What I give
But it’s not up to me
What I get given
Unthinkable surprises
About to happen
But what they areIt’s not up to you
Well it never really was
It’s not up to you
Oh it never really was
It’s not up to you
Oh it never really was
It’s not up to you
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I’m a 30-something writer, artist, tarot reader, and perpetual explorer of the space between thought, feeling, and action.
I believe that spirituality and ritual are for everybody. I’m about the journey, in all of its messy, non-linear, chaotic iterations. I am excited by anticapitalist business and living with my whole entire self present. I use tarot cards to bring forth hidden truth, and ritual to affirm my commitment, over and over, to my ever-shifting path.
Amazing. I’ve had this song in my head for a few days now, just in the back of my head with the lyrics coming to the forefront of my mind from time to time, but I haven’t been listening or really hearing the words. Last night, I pulled The Hanged Man as the “issue” in a reading for myself, and today I’ve come upon your post. So nice how the song and the card have come together in your writing. Thank you.