This is the most intensely sad song I have ever heard.
The first time I heard it; I remember the hairs prickling on the back of my neck and my eyes stung with tears.
It is only today that I have read the English translation.
Its apparently a song of grief about a man who was lost at sea ('I mourn for you above all others')
It is so, so very sad.
Its not a song that can be listened to many times.
Bjork's voice is incredibly moving and intense and suitable for this lyric.
She is alternately vulnerable and grief-stricken and gentle and fierce.
I have to say; its one of the best things she's ever done.
This is the most intensely sad song I have ever heard. The first time I heard it; I remember the hairs prickling on the back of my neck and my eyes stung with tears. It is only today that I have read the English translation. Its apparently a song of grief about a man who was lost at sea ('I mourn for you above all others') It is so, so very sad. Its not a song that can be listened to many times.
Bjork's voice is incredibly moving and intense and suitable for this lyric.
She is alternately vulnerable and grief-stricken and gentle and fierce. I have to say; its one of the best things she's ever done.