" all you wish for and all you seem "

Just a little review of one of my favourite songs "In the Sun" by Joseph Arthur.

Actually, you may have heard this song before - a few years ago, it was featured in the advert for Davidoff aftershave, Echo. Due to the length of the advert, only a first 5 lines of lyrics were used I think.

Then last year, Tim gave me the Joseph Arthur CD, telling me to look out for "In the Sun".

From the quiet opening of the song, to the beautiful orchesetral ending, the raw lyrics paints an image of a broken man. A man, who's lost someone very close to him. A man, regretful that he took this special someone for granted. And now because of this loss, he's a man struggling to find some purpose in his life.

Personally, I think this song can be viewed from two different angles - it could be viewed as

• a song to give hope and some peace to those having difficulty letting go of someone they once loved
• a heartbreaking song - a song sung with such raw passion is bound to remind someone of a past loved one

There's a point in the song, which I always find stunning - towards the end of the song, Joseph Arthur is singing " may gods love be with you", and he repeats this a few times - in the background, there isn't much music, but then BANG! The music comes back to live with a magical glory, and he sings " cos if i find - if i find my own way, how much will i find ... ".

I personally think that a good song should be like a story. There should be high and low points, and the lyrics should snare you in and take you into a journey of discovery.

And I think this song does this perfectly.