This song is something of a throwback to me because it’s such an awesome modern power ballad. It’s such a a rich collection of sounds, that’s the word that comes to mind here. Rich. I get some Bryan Adams vibes from it for some reason. All the guitars throughout really weave a tapestry of drama in this song!
It’s easy to think this song is about a guy thinking about someone else, but to me it could also be about him looking for himself. Call it my mid-life crisis if you want, but over the past couple years I’ve been doing a lot of introspective “looking for you” sessions! It’s a good thing!
Trees drop their leaves. Snakes molt their skins. We aren’t our best selves. We should be constantly looking for ways to re-invent who we are. I think that’s the key to happiness, and maybe the key to longevity? Who knows. I think it’d rather try it that way and be wrong than the alternative!
Why do we love this song?
Authentic yearning. Is me using authentic so much going to get old? I’ll have to expand my vocab before the next entry.
This song just explodes with it. The harmony oozes it.
Maybe it is a love song. Maybe I’m finding psychology everywhere because I’ve been kind of probing at learning more about it.
“Didn’t get very far, fault lines inside of our hearts, and all the colors bleed, and brake lights with no gasoline, and now I’m lookin’ for you, and now I’m lookin’ for you…”
The harmonies towards the latter 1/3 of this song are some of the best on this list. There’s so much emotional tug-of-war going on between them. Both people in this song love one-another, they just aren’t quite sure if they are still IN love with one-another.
A beautifully written song from front to back, it really does a great job of driving home that authentic longing. Maybe that’s why I have the Bryan Adams vibes. Songs like Run To You have that Bryan Adams belt on them that seems similar to this one maybe?
Ok yeah it’s a love song. 🙂 (and a damn good one!)
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