What is George Michael’s new song, what is the meaning behind it and what are the lyrics?
FANS are still mourning the loss of George Michael after he passed away in 2016, but his talent continues to be celebrated, and now he's got a new post-humous single out called This Is How.
But what is the new track about and how is it connected to new rom-com Last Christmas? We have all the details below...
What is George Michael's new song This Is How?
This Is How (We Want You To Get High) is the new single from George Michael - released three years after his death.
The song features on the soundtrack for Last Christmas - a festive romantic-comedy starring Emilia Clarke which is inspired by George's legendary hits.
Fans got their first listen when the song was debuted on BBC Radio 2's The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on November 6, 2019.
The for the single has been uploaded to YouTube.
What's the meaning behind This Is How (We Want You To Get High)?
The single has a central theme about the pain passed down from generation to generation.
A press release about the single says: "The previously unreleased track, which was recorded during George’s final studio sessions, is his first original material to be shared for seven years.
"The lyrics, written exclusively by George, see the star addressing society’s ills with his trademark blend of self-deprecation and wry humor."
The track will appear over the closing credits for Last Christmas, which is in cinemas from November 15, 2019.
What are the lyrics to George Michael's song, This Is How?
So you raise another glass looking for a different space,
I was leaning on the grass dreaming of a sunnier day,
Oh it never came, how could it have baby
Where the present meets the past it’s hard to be more than we’ve seen
Your daddy was a drinker he just kept drinking til the s**t he was thinking sounded true,
Your mama was a thinker she just wasn’t thinking on the day that she looked at him and said I do,
Cause I will always I will always I will always I will always try to get my s**t together,
I guess we always guess we always knew, that it would be stormy weather
This is how we want you to get high the way that we showed you the way that we told you was decent
This is how we want you to get high, this is how we want you to get by
My daddy was a toker he just kept smoking til the jokes he could tell got very blue
My mama was a joker if she was a hippy then I guess she was tripping on a high love you
Cause I will always I will always I will always I will always try to get my shit together,
I guess we always guess we always knew, that it would be stormy weather
This is how we want you to get high the way that we showed you the way that we told you was decent
This is how we want you to get high, this is how we want you to get by on your sorry lives
Take another, take another
I never picked a fight in my life or raised a hand to my wife or saw my children as things to bully,
I never dropped a pill in a drink I know how low you can sink my heart my heart is better than that
I never picked a fight in my life or raised a hand to my wife or saw my children as things to bully,
I never dropped a pill in a drink I know how low you can sink my heart, my heart is better than that
Looking for a different space, dreaming of a sunnier day, oh it never came how could it have baby
where the present meets the past it’s hard to be more than we’ve seen, its hard to be more than we’ve seen.
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How did George Michael die?
George Michael was found dead in bed in his Oxfordshire home on Christmas Day by his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz.
The celebrity hairstylist said: “We were supposed to be going for Christmas lunch. I went round there to wake him up and he was just gone, lying peacefully in bed.
“We don’t know what happened yet. Everything had been very complicated recently, but George was looking forward to Christmas, and so was I.”
The cause of death was confirmed on March 7 by Darren Salter, senior coroner for Oxfordshire.
George Michael died of natural causes and had a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.