Thank you so much for giving this one a listen, and as always for sharing your thoughts. She is mostly known for more upbeat pop tunes, so I figured something that showcased her versatility in terms of songwriting could be interesting. Maybe something a bit lighter next time! About the song, in her own words: “My trip to Rwanda with Plan [a children’s rights organization] was tougher than I could have imagined, and that afternoon at the hospital was so heartbreakingly surreal that it kind of felt like it didn't really happen at all. A woman my age was sitting in line outside the "hospital" when we arrived, and for some reason our eyes met. I have never seen such sad and desperate eyes before ... Her gaze came with me into the hospital room, and after a little while, mortally ill children started coming in with their parents. Number three in the queue, was a little boy named Peter. He was completely apathetic. His mother came in with a small baby tied in a towel on her back, she was the woman with the eyes from the queue. When Peter's little body was about to give up, he defecated himself, and she began to panic. Her baby screamed all the time, so I took him, while she took Peter to the Latrine to wash him. I stood there in the sun in a beautiful country, working against my own tears (they help no one) while I frantically tried to calm the child down in my arms, to no luck, with "Mikkel rev" and "Bæ bæ lille lam". I saw a mother who could have been me, without any kind of help or safety net; try to wash her scorching fever sick boy with cold water on a dirt floor. I will never forget it. When we had to leave, she took my hand, looked at me with that look again and said "God bless you". I thought this is hell, and that there is no God here, only demons in the form of mosquitoes, hunger and bacteria. It could not have been more unfair. I had a line of text in my head, in the car on the way back and it was "In the middle of hell lies a little St. Peter" ... I returned to the house and wrote the song. Straight from the heart. And I prayed. Because there, in that situation, there was nothing else to do. That's the most f-ed up thing I've been through.” - Ina Wroldsen
Yesss ina is my third favourite from Norway. This a vrery strong and sad song and is sing by an excellent singer with a very special voice. Thanks man.
Thank you for a nice reaction. Ina wrote this song after visiting a hospital in Rwanda where she met Peter, a sick little boy, his mother and babybrother. Peter was deadlly sick. Even in the hospital there was not much help to get, and Ina took care of the baby for a while, so the mother could wash Peter. The mother was very greatfull, and thanked Ina and said «God bless you». Ina wrote this song after meeting this little family and experiensing the horrible conditions they were living under.
Thank you so much for giving this one a listen, and as always for sharing your thoughts. She is mostly known for more upbeat pop tunes, so I figured something that showcased her versatility in terms of songwriting could be interesting. Maybe something a bit lighter next time!
About the song, in her own words:
“My trip to Rwanda with Plan [a children’s rights organization] was tougher than I could have imagined, and that afternoon at the hospital was so heartbreakingly surreal that it kind of felt like it didn't really happen at all.
A woman my age was sitting in line outside the "hospital" when we arrived, and for some reason our eyes met. I have never seen such sad and desperate eyes before ...
Her gaze came with me into the hospital room, and after a little while, mortally ill children started coming in with their parents.
Number three in the queue, was a little boy named Peter. He was completely apathetic. His mother came in with a small baby tied in a towel on her back, she was the woman with the eyes from the queue.
When Peter's little body was about to give up, he defecated himself, and she began to panic. Her baby screamed all the time, so I took him, while she took Peter to the Latrine to wash him.
I stood there in the sun in a beautiful country, working against my own tears (they help no one) while I frantically tried to calm the child down in my arms, to no luck, with "Mikkel rev" and "Bæ bæ lille lam".
I saw a mother who could have been me, without any kind of help or safety net; try to wash her scorching fever sick boy with cold water on a dirt floor.
I will never forget it.
When we had to leave, she took my hand, looked at me with that look again and said "God bless you". I thought this is hell, and that there is no God here, only demons in the form of mosquitoes, hunger and bacteria.
It could not have been more unfair.
I had a line of text in my head, in the car on the way back and it was "In the middle of hell lies a little St. Peter" ...
I returned to the house and wrote the song. Straight from the heart. And I prayed. Because there, in that situation, there was nothing else to do.
That's the most f-ed up thing I've been through.”
- Ina Wroldsen
We need songs like this too -Thanks a lot Ina
a very highly rated sing/songwriter in Norway xo
Wow beautiful sound
I love Ina Wroldsen ❤️❤️❤️
Yesss ina is my third favourite from Norway. This a vrery strong and sad song and is sing by an excellent singer with a very special voice. Thanks man.
This is what Ina experieced in Rwanda - she was there after the war
Her voice..!!
Its a sin 1000 views and 10 coments on a masterpice like this
She wrote this song after being in Africa.
She was in that hospital, so this she has experienced it❤️
It's really amazing how her voice expresses the pain when she sings!
❤nice Song 👸
Thank you for a nice reaction. Ina wrote this song after visiting a hospital in Rwanda where she met Peter, a sick little boy, his mother and babybrother. Peter was deadlly sick. Even in the hospital there was not much help to get, and Ina took care of the baby for a while, so the mother could wash Peter. The mother was very greatfull, and thanked Ina and said «God bless you». Ina wrote this song after meeting this little family and experiensing the horrible conditions they were living under.
Please react to Father's eyes and Favela. Awesome!!!!! 👌👌🔥🔥❤️❤️
wow!! i love her songs how deep is your love, sea, strongest, forgive or forget....but this is on a whole other level. 🙌🏻
Like her, She's from Norway..
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Thank you and good night
Amazing
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