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“Mother Heroic” is a song recorded by Björk for her 2001 album Vespertine. The song was ultimately left off, and was instead released as a B-side to “Hidden Place”, alongside the other B-side tracks “Verandi”, “Generous Palmstroke”, and “Foot Soldier”.
[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come we
With a prayer
[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come we
With a prayer
[Chorus]
Mother heroic
Mother glorious
Beholding in thy eyes
Immortal tears
[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Mother Heroic was written by e. e. cummings & Guy Sigsworth & Björk.
Mother Heroic was produced by Björk.
Björk released Mother Heroic on Mon Aug 06 2001.
Björk reflected on the creation of making “Mother Heroic” via Instagram on October 9, 2021, in reference to performing the track on her Orkestral tour in an alternate arrangement:
…written on a day of improvisations with sigsworth . i had lined up poetry books and poems from friends . “harm of will...