Sigur RósAll alright (6:16)

On Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

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“All Alright” is the eleventh and final track on Sigur Rós’ 2008 album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. It is the band’s first English-language track. Its overall atmosphere is very soft and relaxed, yet moody: over a sparse instrumentation of piano and brass - horns, trumpets and trombones, all played at a low volume - vocalist Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson sings the first half in a normal vocal range, then he goes into his trademark falsetto for the second half. No effects are used throughout the track, except for some reverb on the piano.

The song’s subject matter, according to the unofficial transcript of the lyrics, by fans[1], is Jónsi’s relationship with his English-speaking boyfriend, the lyrics being written in English as a form of communication with him on a very personal level. In the first part of the lyrics, the singer is apparently admitting having betrayed his partner with someone else and he is begging him to be forgiven [“I want him to know/what I have done”]; in the second (falsetto) part, he expresses his desire to be in harmony with his partner once again, using references to birds, and to birdsong as a metaphor for love.
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  • Nidhogg7

    :)

    last week
  • therhapsody

    Singing in tune together / A psalm for no one

    last month
  • sweatbloodtears

    that first note always gives me goosebumps, great song.

    last month
  • Cure1980

    Makes me feel sleep

    March 2012
  • barcisz

    Selkie's song

    January 2012
  • mjscholl

    Indescribably beautiful

    January 2012
  • sickandroid

    Ondine <3

    December 2011
  • lyrik_raydio

    This song is so beautiful. I first heard it from Ondine and I have fallen in love since. It's a beautiful piece for that film, as it is a beautiful piece to apply to life.

    December 2011
  • BoT___

    This track means a lot to me; it will remain one of the most important musical hallmarks in my listening career. Much love...

    November 2011
  • Mari_Auri

    It reminds me about my unrequited love. And when I'm listening to it at night, I cannot stop myself from whispering: "За что мне это... почему именно я должна страдать?.."

    October 2011
  • jp3g-1

    Beautiful!!

    October 2011
  • irulan84

    it reminds me the LOST theme.... maravillosa.....

    July 2011
  • lyrik_raydio

    First heard this song in Ondine. What a beautiful piece.

    May 2011
  • pepe_mm

    just <3

    May 2011
  • Kuksugaranus

    ; _ ;

    March 2011
  • dermilch23

    Please also try this: http://audiocaneat.bandcamp.com/ THX!

    March 2011
  • ElmntEarth1

    so somber and delicate. when this comes on, everything moves in slow motion to me

    February 2011
  • NadiaManson

    Ondine

    February 2011
  • KiingNothing

    ):

    January 2011
  • seanroughton

    November 2010
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