Simone Elisa is awash in hazy synths and low end drones as she ponders the precarious and uncertain place she is in life on her single “All In My Head.” The hopeful tones reflect the energy of those dreams of a better future than the challenging present everyone has and Elisa employs that sound to give the song an uplifting quality even though her words really get to the crux of living in a time when many of us have been worn down with few if any glimmers of hope for creating a life we want rather than the drab one offered to us by the reality of trying to make it while major political parties work toward crushing everyone under that isn’t already in the oligarchic class through policies or inaction that bolster a state of things when it has become increasingly difficult to survive and much less thrive. The song recalls great synth pop of the last 40 years and turns out a lot of that music is about self-preservation and endurance while times are tough. Elisa sings of seeing signs but not believing them anymore and just hanging on to the fact of her still being alive as the faintest of signs that one’s hopes as symbolized by dreams with you don’t feel you can connect to drive you through the worst of days. She sings of wanting to go back to bed and asks if it’s all in her head and that state of being torn between wanting hope and knowing it’s foolish. Yet it is simply human to keep hoping for something better against the odds and this song speaks to that spark that often seems to be around even during the darkest of times and the most broken of timelines as delusional as it can seem. Listen to “All In Head” on Soundcloud and follow Simone Elisa on Soundcloud.
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