"Patricia" is the third single and seventh track from Florence and the Machine’s fourth studio album, High As Hope. It was written in homage to the American artist, Patti Smith, whom Welch calls her “North Star.” .
It was premiered live, just over two months before the album release, at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, UK on May 5, 2018.[1]
Background[]
Polaris, commonly the North Star or Pole Star, is a yellow-white supergiant in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It has been used for navigation purposes since the medieval period.[2][3] Welch is likening Smith to the stellar object saying both have guided her on her way, and have been a constant presence in her life. She told the BBC:
"I've always loved her and it was actually through her writing that I feel I really got to know her. She writes about life in such a beautiful way that it seems to endow even the smallest things with a sense of spirituality or reverence. Whether it's going to the coffee shop or what you eat for breakfast in the morning. She kind of elevates everything and it was like a little north star to follow as like how to have a creative life as a whole."
Lyrics[]
Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star
And I have to tell you something I'm still afraid of the dark
You take my hand in your hand from you flowers grow
And you understand with every seed you sow you make this cold world beautiful
She told me all doors are open to the believer
I believe her, I believe her, I believe her
She told me all doors are open to the believer
I believe her, I believe her, I believe her
Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star, oh
Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star, oh
You're a real man, and you do what you can
You only take as much as you can grab with two hands
With your big heart, you praise God above
But how's it working out for you, honey?
Do you feel loved?
She told me all doors are open to the believer
I believe her, I believe her, I believe her
(Do you feel loved?) she told me all doors are open to the believer
I believe her, I believe her, I believe her
Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star, oh
Oh Patricia, you've always been my North Star, oh
I drink too much coffee and I think of you often
In a city where reality has long been forgotten
Are you afraid? 'Cause I'm terrified
But you remind me that it's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing to love
It's such a wonderful thing
Refrences[]
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| Tour • Merch • Photoshoot • Producers | |
| Discography | |
| Releases | High As Hope |
| Tracklist | June • Hunger • South London Forever • Big God • Sky Full of Song • Grace • Patricia • 100 Years • The End of Love • No Choir |
| Non-Album | Moderation • Haunted House • Light of Love • Jenny of Oldstones • Cornflake Girl • Call me Cruella |
| Unreleased | Covered In Blood (WTF) |
| Other Eras | |
| Lungs • Ceremonials • How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful • High As Hope • Dance Fever | |