When I first heard Brandi Carlile‘s 2007 song “The Story,” it was a rare moment where a song immediately blew me away and I had to stop whatever I was doing to listen. “The Eye” from her album The Firewatcher’s Daughter, released last month, has a different effect where the harmonies slowly grow on me every time I hear it.
“The Eye” seems to be about heartbreak and trying to help someone you love: “You can dance in a hurricane / But only if you’re standing in the eye.” It’s a beautiful poem, made more powerful by Carlile’s voice and the voices of collaborators and band members Tim and Phil Hanseroth. It is hard to believe the song started out as two songs that were joined into one. And it is a calmer moment in an album of songs that rock, just like the eye in a hurricane. Check it out.
The Firewatcher’s Daughter
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