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Björk – Mother Heroic (2001) | Track profile | Dork

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Mother Heroic

TRACK

Mother Heroic

Release date: 6th August 2001

From Family Tree

Electronic Music

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Mother Heroic" is a track by Björk, from the album Family Tree, released 6th August 2001. It's filed under Electronic. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Björk.

About the Artist

Björk

Björk

Lyrics

Mother Heroic

[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

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Family Tree

2001

Listen

Album

4th November 2002

Release year

2001

1Sídasta Ég
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2Glóra
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3Fuglar
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4Ammæli
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5Mama
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9Scatterheart
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10I've Seen It All (feat. Thom Yorke)
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11Pagan Poetry
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12It's Not up to You
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—I've Seen It All
—Mother Heroic
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—All Neon Like
—The Modern Things (Demo)
—Generous Palmstroke (Live 2001)
—Cover Me (Cave Version)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Björk, e. e. cummings, Guy Sigsworth
Lyricist: e. e. cummings
Producer: Björk
Engineer: Jan “Stan” Kybert, Valgeir Sigurðsson
Vocals: Björk
Assistant Mixing Engineer: David Treahearn, Matt Fields
Celesta: Guy Sigsworth
Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent, Paul Walton