Listen to this when
Sylvia
For caregivers taking the hits 🏥
Who it's for
From The Antlers' concept album Hospice, this song pleads with a sick, lashing-out loved one from the point of view of the person caring for her.
Battered and exhausted→Seen and held
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Sylvia" is a song by The Antlers from Hospice, a concept album set in a cancer hospital that follows a hospice worker and a terminally ill female patient. It first appeared as "Sylvia (An Introduction)" on the 2008 EP New York Hospitals and works as a prologue to the album's story of their bond and her decline, which has also been read as a metaphor for a harmful relationship.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Terminal illness and hostility.
Age: Suggested 13+
The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 134
