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About This Track
“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.
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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Shouts
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barcisz wrote:
Selkie's song
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mjscholl wrote:
Indescribably beautiful
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sickandroid wrote:
Ondine <3
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lyrik_raydio wrote:
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.
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BoT___ wrote:
This track means a lot to me; it will remain one of the most important musical hallmarks in my listening career. Much love...
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Mari_Auri wrote:
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?.."
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jp3g-1 wrote:
Beautiful!!
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irulan84 wrote:
it reminds me the LOST theme.... maravillosa.....
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lyrik_raydio wrote:
First heard this song in Ondine. What a beautiful piece.
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pepe_mm wrote:
just <3
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niewole wrote:
My song in my funeral [2]
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Kuksugaranus wrote:
; _ ;
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dermilch23 wrote:
Please also try this: http://audiocaneat.bandcamp.com/ THX!
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ElmntEarth1 wrote:
so somber and delicate. when this comes on, everything moves in slow motion to me
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NadiaManson wrote:
Ondine
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KiingNothing wrote:
):
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seanroughton wrote:
♥
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zyffe-- wrote:
Haha was listening through the album and I was like in trance, but then when I got to this song I started to recognise something... something felt familiar... and then I was like "WTF, is... is that english?" XD
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chNadia wrote:
make me calm
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sentinent6 wrote:
Wonderful song, didn't even know they had a song in english
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