Julee Cruise‘s The World Spins, composed by Angelo Badalamenti and written by David Lynch, is arguably one of the most emotional songs on the Twin Peaks soundtrack and will forever send shivers down the spine of every fan, simply because it’s the song that plays right after that scene.
That scene in season two’s Episode 14 (“Lonely Souls”) where “it is happening again…” and we find out who killed Laura Palmer. The giant disappears, leaving Dale Cooper —much like everyone who just witnessed the previous scene— completely floored. The elderly room service waiter from The Great Northern walks up to Coop and says…
I’m so sorry.
That episode aired for the first time 24 years ago tonight, so let’s watch its final minutes again. Without the horror.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bAIjzeymyU
The World Spins in David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti’s Industrial Symphony No. 1
Fan-made video for The World Spins using Twin Peaks footage
Julee Cruise performing The World Spins live at the Twin Peaks UK Festival in 2010
Rebella – The World Spins
Aseptic Void – The World Spins (The Other Twin Peaks)
The World Spins was also used in Robert Altman’s The Company (2003)
The World Spins (Lyrics by David Lynch)
Moving near the edge at night
Dust is dancing in the space
A dog and bird are far away
The sun comes up and down each day
Light and shadow change the walls
Halley’s comet’s come and gone
The things I touch are made of stone
Falling through this night alone
Love
Don’t go away
Come back this way
Come back and stay
Forever and ever
Please stay
Dust is dancing in the space
A dog and bird are far away
The sun comes up and down each day
The river flows out to the sea
Love
Don’t go away
Come back this way
Come back and stay
Forever and ever
The world spins.
Fire walk with 
I luv Julee Cruise ! Her voice is seductive, haunting and gentle.
Hi. Good article, as always. But The Company is a 2003 film, not 2013! Bye!
Thanks for spotting the typo!
Lonely Souls was episode 7, not 14, right?