Listen to this when
Place in the World Fades Away
The quiet at the end of a long goodbye 🌫️
Who it's for
The final track of a series portraying dementia, it moves through organ drones to a clear choir from a worn record, followed by silence representing death; critics read it as terminal lucidity.
Drained, keeping vigil→Still, at peace with the ending
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Place in the World fades away" is the final track (about 21 minutes) of Stage 6 of The Caretaker's Everywhere at the End of Time, released on 14 March 2019 to conclude a six-stage project portraying the progression of dementia. Organ drones give way to a needle drop and then to a choir sampled from a worn vinyl record, a performance of an English translation of a Bach aria from the St Luke Passion.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Death at the end of dementia.
Age: All ages
The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,Emily Dickinson, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series
