Lyrics Bjork – Óliver

Icelandic:

Í Valhöll til fórna fagran dreng
þeir færðú fjötra í
þeir neglð’ann svo hátt á krýsukross

Óliver — kæri
Óliver — mæri
Óliver — nú rakna þín bönd
Óliver — ljúfi
Óliver — prúði
Óliver — nú skjálfa öll lönd

Enginn mun skilja þrautir þær
Er þola mátti hann
Hann gerði það fyrir mig og þig
Fyrir allan sannleikann

Óliver — kæri…

Sál þínn er heimur and’og álfa
Hinn fyrsti og síðasti
Kjarninn í hugum mannanna sjálfra
þú gafst þeim vísindi — óh, óh, óh

Stóðst eins og máttarstólpi stinnur
Sterkur á svellinu
Nú heyrast mun hátt í skýjunum
Á helgafellinu

Óliver — þú færð sígurlaun
þú færð sígurlaun
þó köld sé þín hönd

Óliver — þú færð sígurlaun
þú færð sígurlaun
Mín elskandi ónd — brjóttú böndin nú!

Óliver — kæri…

English:

In Valhalla a long time ago a beautiful boy
They put in chains
They nailed him so high upon a cross
And they called him a slave

Oliver — lovely
Oliver — glorious
Oliver — your bonds are untied now
Oliver — pleasant
Oliver — modest
Oliver — all the lands quiver now

No one will understand the trials that
He had to endure
He did it for me and you
For all the truth

Oliver — lovely…

You soul is home to spirit and elves
the first and the last
The essence is in the minds of the men themselves,
You gave them the knowledge — oh, oh, oh

Piled like a rigid stack of power
Strong on the ice
You can hear high in the skies now
About your legend

Oliver — you get your victorious reward
You get your victorious reward
Though your hand is cold

Oliver — you get your victorious reward
You get your victorious reward
My beloved hand — break the ties now!

Oliver — lovely…