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Westenra first recorded the track for her 2008 album , honoring the song’s massive popularity in Japan, where it became a cultural phenomenon following a version by tenor Masafumi Akikawa. Vocal Artistry and Atmosphere
The Eternal Breath: Hayley Westenra’s "I Am A Thousand Winds" I Am A Thousand Winds - hayley Westenra
The song is based on the famous poem written by Mary Elizabeth Frye in 1932. The lyrics refuse the finality of death, suggesting that the departed soul remains present in the natural world: "I am a thousand winds that blow" "I am the diamond glint on snow" "I am the sunlight on the ripened grain" Westenra first recorded the track for her 2008