There is hope in darkness. This song is like a steaming geyser of comfort on an icy winter’s night. Like the bare sun beating down on you on a frosty morning. There is a familiarity with the darkness in the song, an appreciation of the how deep the tunnel of despair can get for some people. Yet like the title suggests, the promise of the sun rising is enough to stave off depression for one more day, enough to keep the plants growing, the birds chirping and the world turning.
And if the night brings its deep, brooding atmospheric demeanour, Emmavie’s vocals are like the opening of the window that brings in the fresh air which disintegrates the odours of the teenage boy’s bedroom. Everything opens up when the chorus arrives, you feel your chest expanding, your face loosening, having that feeling of dancing around the puddles in the road, not because you don’t want to get wet, more because you’re in a state of playfulness.
The stubborn note that Alfa Mist plays throughout the chorus is truly transformational and courageous. It anchors the entire meaning of the song – just as your pillow is always there at night, and the sun is always there at daybreak, so I will always be there for you as a friend when you need me. There is a lot dignity in that note, a candour that acts as a disinfectant against the torments of the world.
I leave you with the profound line from the song that deserves to be on the front of a gift card.
“Blessed hearts feel like pillows”
poetic reverb 