Once you fell out of love Our love couldn’t carry you And I didn’t even notice For our love Kept me safe from death
You doubted the light And the shelter it can give For in love we are immortal Eternal and safe from death
[Chorus] If I regret us I’m denying my soul to grow Don’t remove my pain It is my chance to heal
We carry the same wound But have different cures Similar injuries But opposite remedies
After our love ended Your arms don’t carry me Without love I feel the abyss Understand your fear of death
[Chorus 2] I will not forget This notget Will you not regret Having love let go
After our love ended Your spirit entered me Now we are the guardians We keep her safe from death
Love will keep all of us safe from death Love will keep all of us safe from death Love will keep us safe from death (Safe! From!) Love will keep all of us safe from death Death Death Love will keep us safe from (from) death (Safe safe from from death death)
In the album booklet, the sub-title for this song is “11 months after”, signifying that this song was written 11 months after the break up of the relationship between Björk and Matthew Barney.