I wish I could say this post is about me coming back from Hawaii or something glamorous like that, because I’m feeling a bit cold (and weather.com says it’s 73 degrees in Honolulu right now), but unfortunately it’s just the title of a new song.
At least, I suppose, the guy in the song gets to go to Hawaii. But it’s just not the same, you know?
Hawaii is basically a story about a guy who runs away from love and finally stops running, only to find that love has passed him by. It’s a real feel-good song, just not at all. I deliberately wrote it as a juxtaposition of happy and sad, somewhat bittersweet, because obviously that’s what love is. The way it works is that guitar riff is funky and fun but the story is really quite sad. It almost contradicts itself, but I like that about it. I mean, do we even need to talk about how much humans contradict themselves?
Love seems so complex, so indefinable and unexplainable to me that it’s no wonder probably millions upon millions of songs have been (and even more will be) written about this “one” subject. Crazy.
i just found this blog through your website. i was searching for some new music and noted that you were inspired by damien rice, patty griffin, and travis (a few of my favorite artists). excellent. hope you’ll make some more mp3s available (hint, hint).
anyway, this entry made me happy. i like that you recognized love as bittersweet. i call life that, too. in fact, i call almost everything bittersweet. for better or worse, i think i see too much through the shades of ecclesiastes. thank god he makes everything beautiful in its time.
looking forward to hearing more from you.