“This song is about my nana jean,” lead singer Ellie Rowsell wrote on twitter.
The title is derived from a song that Ellie’s nana sang to her about a place called “Purple & Green”.
Because the subject matter was so personal to the band, they had to convince others that it was worth putting on...
[Intro]
You might be changing
But you're still there
And you're still my Nana
[Verse 1]
I hope you get to the place you've seen
I heard you talk about it
You called it purple and green
There you'd get given your crown
As the smartest woman that there ever was around
[Chorus]
You might be changing
But you're still there
And you're still my Nana
[Verse 2]
Sing me a Russian lullaby
To take me away from here
To somewhere green as your eyes
You can with your magic spells
With the click of the fingers and to the chime of the Bow bells
[Chorus]
You might be changing
But you're still there
And you're still my Nana
[Outro]
One step after the other
One step after the other
One step after the other
One step after the other
(Inside, I see purple and green)
One step after the other
(Inside, I see purple and green)
One step after the other
(Inside, I see purple and green)
One step after the other
(Inside, I see purple and green)
St. Purple & Green was written by Wolf Alice & Joff Oddie & Joel Amey & Theo Ellis & Ellie Rowsell.
St. Purple & Green was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.
Wolf Alice released St. Purple & Green on Fri Sep 29 2017.
This was one of the earliest songs to be written, I think I remember writing it on tour with Alt-J in Europe. I wrote it about my grandma; she was a very chatty, eccentric character who unfortunately got dementia. She sang me a song about a place called “Purple & Green” and despite it not making...