Using as a metaphor the way fungi spread through the soil, the title track of Björk’s tenth album, lyrically and sonically summarizes the idea and feeling of “putting down roots” that Björk wanted to present with the album, as she herself described in Fossora.com:

I described the sound to the musicians as my mushroom album: tree roots and mycelium spreading deep into the soil.

The title is a feminine adaptation that Björk got from the Latin word “fossor” and means “she who digs” [into the ground].

[Verse 1]
Her nerves spread like wings
At mycelium speed
Into the atmosphere
There’s spores everywhere

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 2]
For millions of years
We’ve been ejecting our spores
Seedlings and sprouts
Are shot into the ground

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 3]
Her fossorial claw
Digs downwards
Dissolves old pain, dug down to rot
Decomposes debris
Degrades
Sorrows, hair and hooves

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 4]
At last
We stayed
In one place long enough (Fossora)
To shoot down deep hyphae roots (Fossora, fossora)
(Fossora)
(Fossora)
That penetrate concrete and plastic (Fossora, fossora)
(Fossora)
(Fossora)
Even though the ground is burnt (Fossora)
Underneath monumental growth
Fossora (Fossora, fossora)

Using as a metaphor the way fungi spread through the soil, the title track of Björk’s tenth album, lyrically and sonically summarizes the idea and feeling of “putting down roots” that Björk wanted to present with the album, as she herself described in Fossora.com:

I described the sound to the musicians as my mushroom album: tree roots and mycelium spreading deep into the soil.

The title is a feminine adaptation that Björk got from the Latin word “fossor” and means “she who digs” [into the ground].

[Verse 1]
Her nerves spread like wings
At mycelium speed
Into the atmosphere
There’s spores everywhere

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 2]
For millions of years
We’ve been ejecting our spores
Seedlings and sprouts
Are shot into the ground

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 3]
Her fossorial claw
Digs downwards
Dissolves old pain, dug down to rot
Decomposes debris
Degrades
Sorrows, hair and hooves

[Chorus]
Fossora
Fossora
Fossora

[Verse 4]
At last
We stayed
In one place long enough (Fossora)
To shoot down deep hyphae roots (Fossora, fossora)
(Fossora)
(Fossora)
That penetrate concrete and plastic (Fossora, fossora)
(Fossora)
(Fossora)
Even though the ground is burnt (Fossora)
Underneath monumental growth
Fossora (Fossora, fossora)