Also she performed during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 in Bergen, opening act of the winter Olympic games in 1994 at Lillehammer, voice to the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish version of “the little mermaid, Sung on the Titanic album (‘My heart will go on’ was originally written to her), Royal Variety show in London 1995, Preformed at annual Christmas concert in Vienna, 2000 Nobel peace price concert with Josh Groban singing “the prayer”, toured with The Lord of the Rings Symphony Tour in 2004 and her latest achievement is a number one on the Billboard classical charts with the christmas album “Spirit of the Season - with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sissel”
Sissel's musical style runs the gamut from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals. Her work on the soundtrack to Titanic has led to comparisons with Irish singer Enya.
Sissel's combined solo record sales (not including soundtracks and other albums to which she contributed) amount to over 9 million albums sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.
She’s released over 14 studio albums, her Christmas album from 1986 is the best selling album in Norway ever with almost one mill copies sold! She’s featured on several soundtracks and sold well over nine million albums world wide and her popularity continues to grow!
She truly is a northern star!
Here are the lyrics to her song "Ready to go home":
On this street below these walls
Where I used to walk now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rise and tall
Lord shine a light for me I’m ready to be caught
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to heavens door
Show me where tomorrow lays
I’m waiting to be born
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home
So time I’ll lay down with these memories
Breathe the shallow deep inside of me
If time has run its course with me
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrenders to survive
I will give up everything to those I leave behind
I’m ready to go home
I’m ready to receive forgiveness for my sins
I’m ready to begin
I’m ready to lay down
I’m ready now to sleep a promise I must keep
I’m ready to go home, again
Going home again
Dusk
Sissel Lyrics
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Evening is climbing down hollow steps
No one told me about sorrow
No one told said I'd be lonely
Walking them floors till light of dawn
Keeping one's sorrow for company
Eyes I thought I had forgotten
Walking them floors till light of dawn
Keeping one's sorrow for company
Eyes I thought I had forgotten
Bright eyes shining my sorrow
In Sissel's song "Dusk," the lyrics describe the feelings of emptiness and loneliness that can arise when one is alone at night. The imagery of "lingering on empty streets" and "evening climbing down hollow steps" creates a sense of desolation that is underscored by the repetition of the phrase "walking them floors till light of dawn." The singer is keeping "one's sorrow for company" and haunted by "eyes I thought I had forgotten," which suggests a sense of longing for someone who is no longer present. The bright eyes that shine with sorrow could represent a person or could symbolize the memory of a past love.
One possible interpretation of this song is that it is a reflection on the experience of heartbreak. The singer is walking alone at night, unable to shake the memory of the person they have lost. The song captures the sense of isolation and sadness that can accompany the end of a relationship. The opening lines about "dusk" and "empty streets" suggest that the singer is in a transitional phase, moving from a period of light and activity into a time of darkness and stillness. The repetition of the phrase "walking them floors till light of dawn" reinforces this sense of a long, dark night that the singer must traverse in order to find resolution.
Overall, Sissel's "Dusk" is a hauntingly beautiful song that captures the complex emotions of loss and longing. The imagery is evocative and the melancholy melody is perfectly suited to the lyrics. It's a song that speaks to the universal human experience of heartbreak and the struggle to find a way forward in the aftermath.
Line by Line Meaning
Dusk is a lingering on empty streets
The time of day when darkness begins to set in, where the lack of people on the streets leaves one feeling alone and isolated.
Evening is climbing down hollow steps
The descending of nighttime, where emotions and surroundings become empty and hollow.
No one told me about sorrow
No one warned or talked to me about the feeling of grief or sadness that can come unexpectedly.
No one told said I'd be lonely
No one warned or talked to me about the feeling of being alone and isolated, that often accompanies sorrow.
Walking them floors till light of dawn
Continuously pacing and wandering through the night until the early hours of the morning.
Keeping one's sorrow for company
Having no one else but your own grief to keep you company during these long, lonely nights.
Eyes I thought I had forgotten
Memories and feelings that have long been pushed aside, suddenly resurfacing in this time of sorrow and solitude.
Bright eyes shining my sorrow
The tears and emotions brought on by the sorrow, creating a light that shines through the eyes and reveals the true extent of the pain being felt.
Contributed by Kayla C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Brian
on Going Home
Where you have “yes” several times she’s really singing “just”. It’s her accent that makes it sound like “yes”.