BY EMMA SCHOORS
HAIM’s latest single, “I Know Alone”, is a beautifully arranged announcement that we collectively know alone, and we don’t want to talk about it.
Redundancy seems to be the only certainty nowadays, and the gorgeously sung lyrics in this single eloquently describe the frustration and anxiety that comes along with that. “Nights turn into days that turn to grey, keep turning over.”
“Some things never change. They never fade. It’s never over.” Overthinking has become countless people’s vice these past couple of months, and pondering what once was, or what’s to come, is only natural.
These lines could also refer to the seemingly never-ending schedule of nothingness (or worse, pain) that people have been thrown into. Our entire lives have been put on hold, and for some, their lives have been cut short. Even the mere idea of that is jarring, and nothing we could have ever mentally prepared for.
The thought of losing loved ones, mixed with the day-to-day lifesaving work essential workers have been faced with doing, is a recipe for grief and pain for too many people around the world right now.
“I Know Alone”, is, ironically, the perfect reminder that we don’t have to stay within this void of loneliness forever, nor do we have to admit defeat and cling to that loneliness for some semblance of belonging.