Send Out the Singers; Josefine Lindstrand

Quote from Aurgasm one more time:

“With the flood of music coming from Sweden, Josefine Lindstrand’s debut might be undeservedly left unnoticed. You won’t find much about it on the blogosphere, but by no means mistake not: Josefine is not a beginner in the music world. Swedish singer and pianist, Josefine, has previously collaborated with Django Bates and Uri Caine, as well as indie pop artist Maia Hirasawa and lent her vocals on two of Efterklang’s records. “Send Out The Singers”, from There Will Be Stars (2009), features a oh-so-lovely marimba and gentle whistlings that make this track irresistible.”

The lyrics of this song was taken of a poem written by Sara Teasdale on her second collection of poems published in 1911, called "Helen of Troy and Other Poems". I found the ebook here.

By the way, all the songs on Lindstrand's lastest album are Teasdale's poems beautifully performed, I have to say. Bellow a picture of the poet:

Send out the singers — let the room be still;
They have not eased my pain nor brought me sleep.
Close out the sun, for I would have it dark
That I may feel how black the grave will be.

The sun is setting, for the light is red,
And you are outlined in a golden fire,
Come, leave the light and sit beside my bed,
For I have had enough of saints and prayers.

Strange broken thoughts are beating in my brain,
They come and vanish and again they come.
It is the fever driving out my soul,
And Death stands waiting by the arras there.