This time, my post about music is going to be very personal. I’ve thought for a long time about whether to write about this song at all and what exactly to say. But sometimes, you just need to write and let go.
Some songs seem to find you at a particular time and evoke certain emotions, and you start hearing in them something that perhaps the authors didn’t even intend (only the authors truly know what they meant). That’s what happened to me with the song “All Those You Loved So Deeply” by the band Underwood. This song came out back in 2008 as part of an album with almost the same name (I even don’t know how to translate or explain this difference in English).
The song struck a chord with me back then, as it reminded me once again of the loss of my younger brother. Its lyrics offer a glimmer of hope, even though I’m an atheist: “All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again…”
It became a permanent fixture in my list of favorite songs in 2014, which was a very painful year for our family. I was traveling to my hometown, Minsk, and the entire time, this song was playing on repeat in my headphones, offering me comfort.
Though it seems the song may not be about the meaning I’ve attached to it.
Men rarely say things like this, but every time this song comes up in my playlist again, I can’t hold back my tears. Even though I often try to hide them.
The song doesn’t have an official music video, so it’s only available in audio form:
Lyrics of the Song
I dreamed of Maestro Rostropovich, he told me that notes are the letters of angels,
Words must be sung; only then can they possibly be heard.
I know one thing: you can’t stop a soaring word, and
All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again.
All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again.
All those you loved so deeply…
I dreamed of Maestro Rostropovich, he told me he’d seen (wow!) my grandmother
In the heavens, on the edge of a sunlit stage, and I sing to myself:
Awakened: “It’s possible!”
Choir of angels: “Impossible, impossible…”
Awakened again: “It’s possible!!”
Choir of angels again: “Impossible, impossible…”
I know one thing: you can’t stop a soaring word, and
All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again.
All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again.
All those you loved so deeply, you will meet again.
