Listen to this when
Pillar of Truth
For the hours by the bedside 🕯️
Who it's for
Lucy Dacus wrote this about her grandmother's final days, holding both reverence for her and dread at losing her.
Reverent and dreading→Peaceful in the sorrow
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Pillar of Truth" is a track on Lucy Dacus's 2018 album Historian, released by Matador Records. It is about her grandmother's final days. Dacus has described the family gathering at the bedside to tell her grandmother how much she mattered, and said that watching how she faced the end of her life made her admire her grandmother's strength.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Themes of dying and death.
Age: All ages
Life has become richer by the love that has been lost.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 223
