I once tried to write about Heiner Müller
My text about his text
Snook in and out of meaning
Like a shy kid shoplifting in a department store
At one point quoting one of Müller’s
Poems in a very small font about pigeons

Other lyrics by Jenny Hval:

A Ballad

I don’t know why I’m up here I mean on stage So many years, a whole life On my dead case In and out of spotlights Washing over me Plugging in instruments No …

All Night Long

The recording software asks: This note or that? The recording software asks: Quantify? It doesn’t ask where I’m from Asking me please make a choice All night …

Heiner Muller

I once tried to write about Heiner Müller My text about his text Snook in and out of meaning Like a shy kid shoplifting in a department store At one point quoting one of …

I Don't Know What Free Is

I, I tried to ask: What is a performance? What is to write? Who is telling it? When nobody wants to speak Someone wrote: “… a performance is something that …

I Want To Start At The Beginning

I want to start at the beginning In the parking lot outside my local burger place I feel a longing Juicy, warm, voluptuous With muscle and fat, texture and resistance …