Listen to this when
What Sarah Said
For everyone keeping vigil in a hospital chair tonight 🕯️
Who it's for
The song is a meditation on death set in a hospital, where the narrator waits by a loved one's deathbed.
Numb, helpless, hollowed out→Witnessed, less alone in the vigil
Feelings it meets
What it is
"What Sarah Said" is a song by Death Cab for Cutie, track 9 on their 2005 album Plans (Atlantic Records), credited to Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer. It is a meditation on death built around a hospital visit to a seriously ill loved one, conveying the anxiety of pacing a waiting room. Plans as a whole carries a recurring theme of mortality.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Death and dying in a hospital.
Age: Suggested 13+
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 184
