Week 764: “Mansion” by Nina Nesbitt

Beautiful Song Of The Week

http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nina-Nesbitt-Mansion-Official-Lyric-Video.mp3

Most December holidays are about putting others before yourself; finding the perfect gift for someone, making charitable donations, all that good stuff. And rightfully so.

But at New Year’s the mind’s spotlight generally turns back inwards. Once the gifts have been given and turkey has settled, we start asking ourselves those uncomfortable questions: did I accomplish anything this year? Am I any further ahead than I was a year ago? Where do I want to be a year from now?

Sometimes these questions lead us to consider things about ourselves that we’d rather not consider. Realizing there are certain things in our lives that are keeping us stuck, we sometimes make outlandish resolutions that – while they give the illusion of progress – inevitably break down and land us more firmly in our stuck-ness than we were before.

So let’s make Scottish singer Nina Nesbitt’s “Mansion” our New Year’s anthem for 2025.

What makes this a beautiful song:

1. The lyrics are aimed at someone who’s in a relationship where they aren’t appreciated or treated well, but the message could apply to plenty of other situations worth escaping in 2025.

2. At 2.24 the song seems to be building towards a second chorus, but instead it pulls back and cuts the reverb on the vocals. Suddenly Nesbitt is right next to you, insisting that you’re more than you think you are, and the song builds to its actual climax.

3. The final “you are” is less certain and more pleading than the others, and for some reason utterly heartbreaking.

Recommended listening activity:

Planning a renovation, whether literal or figurative.

Buy it here.

The post Week 764: “Mansion” by Nina Nesbitt appeared first on Beautiful Song Of The Week.