We have but one life to spend on this Earth. Only so much time to see all we long to see, experience all we can of what life has to offer, and only so many days to share with those we love. But the life we long to lead and the one we end up leading are rarely one and the same. Life has a habit of getting in the way of living; the daily grind taking precedent over the adventures we always dreamed of. The soft folk arrangement that opens ‘One Day’, the latest track from The Greatest Endangered Thing, has a wistfully bittersweet quality to it. Speaking of adventures to be shared and time spent together as some fading ambition slipping away like sand between your fingers. The last vestige of a romantic yearning just barely clinging on. But then that bright hopeful piano tone kicks in, followed soon after by the comforting swell of strings, and suddenly the whole atmosphere of the track transforms. What began as a distant dream now feels like a promise, a heartfelt vow that the “one day” you’ve both been holding out for is closer than you think. That life you long to share, the memories you long to make together, it’s all there for the taking.
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Top Tracks: Ella Cicely – One Day
One snippet of wisdom that comes with growing up is accepting that there isn’t really an answer to that voice in your head asking “why am I here? What is it all for?“. Most of us don’t have some grand destiny that our lives have been building towards, no singular meaning of life which defines our existence. Instead of looking for a bigger picture, the key to a happier life lies in finding meaning in the small details. There’s just as much purpose in a life lived one day at a time. Yet even taking this wisdom to heart, there are countless ways to spend a day, a myriad of places and people to share them with, and only one life in which to live them. ‘One Day’, the debut single from Ella Cicely, is a tapestry of uncertainty that reflects on whether you’re living each day as well as you could be. Flitting between new places and new experiences, but none of them quite feeling like home. Being stood at a crossroads wondering if the happiest path is the one you left behind, or one still waiting to be discovered just beyond the horizon. Ella’s tender vocals and bittersweet piano balladry imbues her introspection with a haunting wistful haze, yet never obscures the silver lining at the heart of ‘One Day’; that feeling of home is still out there to be found, and there’s no mistaking the calm in your heart when you finally find it.
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