Review on Vibes web3 music competition week 40

When I listened to @moses08’s cover of “Shadows of Yesterday”, I expected a reflective song. What I heard was more personal. The song sounds heart felt and more story like.

The music begins with soft guitar. It sets a calm and intimate mood. Then his voice comes in steady, gentle, and filled with feeling. He doesn’t try to impress. He simply tells the truth, and that honesty makes it powerful.

A great deal is implied by the cover, it really emphasises the message.

@moses08 has very openly talked about the death of a close friend. Rather than suffering alone, he chose to use his grief to create music. Every word is packed with suffering and affection at the same time.

I think the words of the chorus are still in your head: “I see you in the shadows of yesterday, even when I try to look away.” The memory keeps coming back to you like the song is repeating. Every time it is heard, the impact seems to be even bigger as if the emotion gets heavier with every repetition.

His voice doesn’t rise or push. It stays calm, almost fragile, which makes it believable. You don’t hear performance you hear truth. That makes it easy to connect with.

One of the lines from the verses really hit me: "They told me time would heal, but time just holds your name." It's straightforward. The line disputes the notion that loss gradually diminishes. Rather, it depicts the point where love becomes the only thing that lasts, along with the hurt.

These verses are a work of art written with the past. "We laughed in alleys where the streetlights hummed, now silence fills the spaces where we once ran." The specifics bring the text to life. As a result, you can visualize the picture, and you begin to reminisce your own memories too.

The whole book is full of memories, and those lines are very familiar: "We laughed in alleys where the streetlights hummed, now silence fills the spaces where we once ran." Your brain produces the image. At that time, you remember other things as well.

Afterward the song changes. "I carry your laughter with me, stitched into the seams of my days" is the line. It is one of hope. It portrays that the memories of a person can be painful, but they also make that person live with us. That shift imparts the song with the additional dimension.

The music for this song is very minimalistic only the guitar, the voice, and the soft singing. There was no other instrument played. That decision gave the words a louder voice and also allowed the listeners to stay with the feeling.

By the end, the mood feels different. The sadness is still there, but acceptance begins to appear. The last line “I see you, but I’m learning to stay” lingers after the song ends. It doesn’t close the wound, but it leaves peace behind.

The main feature of @moses08's cover which is unique and outstanding from all the rest is not the high quality or the great technical accomplishment but the truth it conveys. Most of all, it is the fact that it deals with lost ones, but in an indirect way; it doesn't explain, it only touches the listener's life through memories and that is the reason it evokes anyone who has lost a loved one. It is a reminder that memories can be painful, but at the same time, they can heal.

Such music are not for the charts. It is music for the soul. A tribute, a farewell, and a reminder that love really doesn't part.

Link to the video cover

Thanks to the judges of vibes music competition @lordbutterfly, @verbal-d, and @silentscreamer.