We previously featured Elias Dream for exploring sudden loss, cherished memories and the devastating finality of goodbye with emotional Goodbye, My Love, so when we heard that the visionary artist was back with The Love I Hide, we were curious to say the least, and couldn’t wait to listen and share our experience.
The Love I Hide opens with a delicate piano performance, intertwined with an emotive acoustic guitar and textured percussion as we experience the lyrics, “I wake up and reach for the phone, hoping for a sign, maybe just a tone, she’s sleeping beside me, so close, so still, but what I really feel only hearts like mine ever will, sometimes she whispers softly, do you love only me, and I say yeah it’s true but the truth is you…”
The opus expands into a tale of loving two women as Elias Dream shares the lyrics, “Still I’m caught in between, two worlds pulling, tearing at the seams, I’m holding her hand but I’m dreaming of you… while all of the truth stays hidden from view…”
We are immediately drawn into the emotional intensity of the song composition It poignantly explores the uncomfortable space between commitment and desire. We particularly appreciate how the lyrics place us inside the protagonist’s private world.
The subject also opens up a wider conversation about male sexuality, attraction and monogamy. Some people experience attraction to more than one person, and cultural expectations often encourage men to conceal these feelings. In that sense it feels very zeitgeist and relatable, but most of all, progressive.
What we love is that Elias Dream doesn’t simply turn this into a trite tale of forbidden romance, or make either woman the villain. Instead, he explores the psychological weight of keeping the truth hidden. It’s intelligent songwriting. We can imagine the track landing in a film such as Closer, Blue Valentine, The Bridges of Madison County, Eyes Wide Shut, Revolutionary Road and In the Mood for Love. It could also lock in a sync placement in Normal People, The Affair, Scenes from a Marriage, Tell Me Lies and The White Lotus.
Elias Dream is a storytelling-oriented independent artist from Germany whose musical universe brings together rap, melodic vocals, rock and cinematic production. We appreciate the distinctive warmth of the Hammond B3 organ, which he performs himself, adding a raw and organic energy to the modern arrangement.
Needless to say, we are in awe, and have added The Love I Hide to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream Elias Dream‘s exquisite, growing discography.