3:20
Begin To Hope, 2006
Written by Regina Spektor
A brilliant song of love and loss and resilience. The chorus refers to "November Rain," itself a song about broken hearts and letting go. After a long, surreal verse about driving a hearse through a crowd, worms in a catacomb, and malevolent ancient bees, the song reverts to a more straightforward rumination on putting all your love and hopes in someone and hoping not to get hurt. "And walking arm in arm / You hope it don't get harmed / But even if it does / You'll just do it all again." It's in songs like these that I think, in lyrics and voice, Spektor is an heir to Joni Mitchell's crown.