THESE ARE THE SONGS OF MY LIFE!

No. 1 - THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN

by FRIDA

Quite how an English pony-tailed, seemingly heavy-metal-loving git came to compose the song I love most in the world is something that obviously needs explanation. I am immeasurably grateful to former Deep Purple member, the musically-gifted Jon Lord for writing this song especially for FRIDA. I have listened to it approximately 4,786,932 times since it was released to the public in September 2004. It is one of several compositions on Jon Lord's Beyond The Notes album. The song's history finds its roots in survival. As Jon tells it, he and FRIDA met some years ago; both of them live in Switzerland. She had only recently endured the loss of her daughter, and then later the death of her beloved husband in October '99. FRIDA felt, understandably, that she could no longer sing, and therefore scrapped plans for an English-language album. After a couple of years, she asked Jon if he would write a song for her, as they had become close friends. It took him three years to come up with something suitable for that "most glorious voice," as he calls it. Sam Brown wrote the lyrics, and when FRIDA heard it, she said it was "one of the most beautiful pieces" she had ever heard. Her fans concur. We were speechless when we discovered she would sing for us one more time. Many of us now feel it is the most magnificent thing she's ever recorded, and if it is indeed her farewell to the limelight, she has left us with something even more graceful than anything she sung with ABBA, if such a thing is possible. In fact, you could say I waited all of my life to hear my beloved FRIDA sing this song. To me, it's an aria, a song above all other songs, above all ABBA songs even. The classical arrangement, the delicate keyboard flourishes, the grandeur of the sweeping intro where grand piano and strings meet in total synergy, the resonant vocals by a woman who has come to exemplify courage, and the message behind the song all conspire to fill me with awe, and a serenity previously undiscovered. In our darkest hours, we never imagine that the sun will shine again...but it does. We are all living proof of that, whatever night demons we've railed against to get where we are now.

May you all feel some of the strength I feel when you hear this song.

Inside my mind, the world is watching over
My every move, still I am here alone

Uncried tears, they will only fuel my fears

Now it seems they're falling

And I feel release, an inner peace

And realise

The sun will shine again

Though this time may feel it's never ending

Time will help and heal

These moments will pass

So raise your head, and take up your heart

Hold it closely to you

And the tears and pain will fall away

Like blossom snow, you will know

That you can be your own best friend

The sun will shine again

Only you can know how unravelled you'd become

Hold on tight, and let it go

The sun will shine again.