he wept; he wept
When David heard that Absalom was slain he went up into his chamber over the gate and wept, my son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!
When David Heard by Eric Whitacre. This is... grief. If you like choral music. Hell even if you don't, you must listen to this song. I'll let other people talk about how it uses its silences and its crescendos but... It brought me to tears. It is every part of grief, all of it. I know every part of this song with every part of my emotion. Its the disbelief, the acknowledgement, the rage, the building pain, its the keening afterwards, the whispering, the shouting and the way you don't even know you are yelling out anymore, its crying yourself to sleep and waking up and still having their name on your lips, its the hope that some how that this time you will say it and that the person will just be hiding around the corner and spring out, it's hoping ... itsitsits.
it's just living with that pain.
Listen, its so beautiful. Eric Whitacre is amaziiing, I suggest also Water Night, Sleep My Child and The Flower Songs.
When David Heard by Eric Whitacre. This is... grief. If you like choral music. Hell even if you don't, you must listen to this song. I'll let other people talk about how it uses its silences and its crescendos but... It brought me to tears. It is every part of grief, all of it. I know every part of this song with every part of my emotion. Its the disbelief, the acknowledgement, the rage, the building pain, its the keening afterwards, the whispering, the shouting and the way you don't even know you are yelling out anymore, its crying yourself to sleep and waking up and still having their name on your lips, its the hope that some how that this time you will say it and that the person will just be hiding around the corner and spring out, it's hoping ... itsitsits.
it's just living with that pain.
Listen, its so beautiful. Eric Whitacre is amaziiing, I suggest also Water Night, Sleep My Child and The Flower Songs.