The Night Alone “Cathedral”

A really powerful storytelling usually doesn’t involve a dazzling outlook or unnecessarily sophisticated attitude. It’s down-to-earth, rooted in an experience that everyone could relate to deeply in their bones, but it also transforms the experience into something more spiritual or uplifting. The Night Alone’s “Cathedral” reminds you of simple yet iconic songs like Neil Young or Bob Dylan’s classic song log.

“Cathedral” has the keen sensitivity of modernity in its sound. From visualization to lyricism to the charming vocal, it has everything that makes your heart tick, but there’s also an aspect of it that feels very folk revival. It’s utterly unseparated with the political unrest during the time of writing, but in the song, The Night Alone tackles the core of our existence.

“This bed’s our cathedral, salvation can be found within its sheets,” “But like floating in the ocean or waking from a dream, There is something in the way you look at me.” “The bed” symbolizes a safe place, a cove, but there’s something more spiritual and philosophical about it, like the preservation of beauty and love. It steps between the line of escapism and awareness, utopia and reality. The lyricism of “Cathedral” is work of art and poetry.

The Night Alone brings the reverberant oceanside into his guitar soundscape. The track fills your entire existence like the resounding oceanwaves at nightfall, but there’s also the tenderness and melancholy mixed with love and passion that almost feels like a heartache.