[CevepBiageCefm]

This song is one of the highlights of the album for me, getting stuck in my head on a loop. The dark companion could speak to something like depression or nihlism or even substance abuse. I kind of interpreted it as the latter, because the whole verse reminded me of a doomed relationship I was once enmired in, where my partner became bitter and cynical and turned to alcohol. He had friends who were a part of it and one in particular that seemed to want the two of them to drink themselves into oblivion. It was like watching him succumb to the sirens on the rocks. He'd tell me that everything was fucked and that there was no point in trying, because life is a farce. When someone has reached a certain depth of despair, there's no breaching that. And sometimes at that point, some people see no reason not to be cruel or to even laugh at their own cruelty. Cynicism and despair can lead to self-fulfilling prophecy, where people destroy the very thing that they want.

Fearlessness asks us to look beyond that, to be strong enough to hold onto faith and hope, even when you can see the impending storm.

I feel like I've lived through this song several times over and Tori's depiction of what ensues when one or both lovers abandon hope and fall into a vicious cycle of blame and doubt is spot on. It reminds me of what I left behind and how thankful I am to no longer be in that ugly, lonely place.