Michael McArthur - Ever Green, Ever Rain (2019)

It’s understood that the grass is always greener on the other side, but this tough-love cliché fails to acknowledge what makes the grass so vibrant in the first place. Singer-songwriter Michael McArthur delves into the not-so-sunny reality of metaphorical flora with “Ever Green, Ever Rain” .

Backed by no-frills acoustic orchestration, the melancholy cut from McArthur serves as a poetic lecture on the grappling aspects of love that go so often unsung. While many romantic tunes fit into two ends of the spectrum — either blind infatuation or heartbreak — “Ever Green, Ever Rain” visits the grey area, acknowledging the impossibility of a lush forest without the downpour that makes it flourish.