Hunger

Here, Florence Welch reflects on those holes in our psyche that we fruitlessly try to fill with obsessions or addictions. "This song is about the ways we look for love in things that are perhaps not love, and how attempts to feel less alone can sometimes isolate us more," said Welch. "I guess I made myself more vulnerable in this song to encourage connection, because perhaps a lot more of us feel this way than we are able to admit. Sometimes when you can't say it, you can sing it."

Welch hadn't intended the "Hunger" lyrics to be set to music. She explained: "This song was never meant to be a song. It was a poem, written in an effort to understand the ways I looked for love in things that were not love. I was never thinking it would be a song, but maybe that’s the point. And by singing it out loud, together we become a choir, a chorus, higher than the hurt, louder than loneliness."

This was released as the first official single from High as Hope. The album title takes its name from the daily view of the skyline in New York where Welch mixed the record. The striking sight she felt was a stark contrast to the chaos of the wider world.