I started this blog about a month ago. I had been posting my "song of the day" on facebook before then, and it all started with this song on 2/25. It was on that day I was driving to work and thinking this song is so good. Her voice is so beautiful, and with just the guitar for the first section it is so beautiful a sound.

And then the lyrics themselves…

Let's stay awake and listen to the dark.
Before the birds, before they all wake up.
It's the ending of a play and soon begins another.
Hear the leaves applaud the wind.

(…more lyrics are here.)

And then how clever how the band comes in half way through, changing the mood of the song a bit, like the rising sun changes the morning. Also using the guitars to make bird like sounds. So clever!

This song impressed me so much and yet most people will never know. Most people probably only know her at all from "Gollum's Song" (the closing credits of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"). Perhaps you've heard this song on Grey's Anatomy too? I had to tell someone. So I posted it on facebook, and I am posting it here now. This was my first documented "song of the day" and inevitably the reason I have this blog. Songs like this need to be heard and I'm trying to pick them out of the sea of music an playing them one by one.

Thank you Emiliana!

PS: Now that I have posted all my "song of the day" songs to date, the "bonus song of the day" category will not be a daily thing, but truly a bonus.

Click here for more info on Emiliana Torrini – Me and Armini – "Birds".

The MP3 may be purchased here…

Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini