"Like An Angel Passing Through My Room" Sung by Sissel

Long awaited darkness falls
Casting shadows on the walls
In the twilight hour I am alone
Sitting near the fireplace, dying embers warm my face
In this peaceful solitude
All the outside world subdued

Everything comes back to me again
In the gloom
Like an angel passing through my room

Half awake and half in dreams
Seeing long forgotten scenes
So the present runs into the past
Now and then become entwined, playing games within my mind
Like the embers as they die
Love was one prolonged good-bye

And it all comes back to me tonight
In the gloom
Like an angel passing through my room

I close my eyes
And my twilight images go by
All too soon
Like an angel passing through my room


Sissel Kyrkjebø has been singing professionally since she was 15 years old when she first appeared on the Norwegian TV show, Syng med oss (Sing with us). At age 16, she made her international TV debut during the intermission of the Eurovision song contest, which was viewed by over half a Billion people across Europe.

A few months later, on 16. October 1986, Sissel released her first album at age 17. Sissel's combined record sales amount to over 9 million copies sold, most of them in Norway -- a country with only 4.5 million people.


Helen, Leonard and I heard her sing on Dec 15,  2006. She caused a sensation when she sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We loved her performance and, as a treat to us, Helen bought tickets for the three of us to attend, as her guest, Sissel at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City on February 9, 2008.

The lyrics to one of the songs she sang appear above. I found them quite beautiful combined with the music. It has become a favorite.