Nightminds (2004) – Missy Higgins

If there’s one thing, I took away from this song it is this:

But I will learn to breathe
This ugliness you see
So we can both be there
And we can both share the dark

That we don’t have to be alone and can fight it together and see the light at the end of night. It reminds me of Christina Perri’s The Lonely which is also so good!

The Sound of White is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist. Higgins released her first single from the album, Scar on 2 August 2004; it entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 1.

[Verse 1]
Just lay it all down
Put your face into my neck, and let it fall out
I know, I know, I know
I knew before you got home

This world you’re in now
It doesn’t have to be alone, I’ll get there somehow
‘Cos I know, I know, I know
When even springtime feels cold

[Chorus]
But I will learn to breathe
This ugliness you see
So we can both be there
And we can both share the dark

And in our honesty
Together we will rise
Out of our nightminds
And into the light at the end of the fight

Higgins learned to play classical piano from age six, but realised she wanted to be a singer at about 12. She found that piano practice helped her cope with living at boarding school. At 15, while attending Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop, she wrote “All for Believing” for a school music assignment, completing it just hours before the deadline. The assignment earned an A and she performed her song in front of classmates. She approached a Melbourne record company and was told that they wanted more than one song. She wrote more songs and in 2001, Missy’s sister Nicola entered “All for Believing” on her behalf in Unearthed, radio station Triple J’s competition for unsigned artists. The song won the competition and was added to the station’s play list. The rest as they say is history.

References:
1. The Sound of White – Wikipedia

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