Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Björk
Canonical path: /bjork/mother-heroic
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mother Heroic
Read Mother Heroic lyrics by Björk on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mother Heroic
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Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto
Thy knee
Come we
With a prayer
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto
Thy knee
Come we
With a prayer
Mother heroic
Mother glorious
Beholding in thy eye
Immortal tears
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Oh...
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Björk performs "Mother Heroic", and this lyric page sits inside the Björk catalog on LyroVerse.
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