STRAY BLUE, in Wake Up & Smile – Acoustic Version, brings together words that are intensely personal but universally effective, of a theme of hope and endurance. It talks, indirectly, of a heartstruck being torn apart but discovering the endurance through little day-to-day movements such as waking up and smiling. STRAY BLUE talks of remorseful moments and grief, but never runs out of a line of hope that runs through each of them.

STRAY BLUE exposes the imperfection of life earlier rather than later, striking a truthful and honest chord. Due to this openness, that theme of endurance becomes second nature, not uncomfortably so. Those lines that say love gets a good start but gets messy are a document of a very human train of events. It’s not another piece of shaming the other; learning that every so often love goes off track and humaaaaans drift apart. STRAY BLUE embodies that disorientation and unutterable woe of seeing that nothing can ever be put back together the way that it was.

Even when they are singing of going away and flying off to some other place, the words are more of reflection than ofrage. It is not so of flight that the decision of going away appears, but of seeking peace, even healing. It is rightful of them to know that that is a part of man, so that thus the words are more familiar. It is a reality that most of us endure when we know that we are going to be leaving a painful place behind, but nonetheless we concern ourselves.

Why the track is so beautiful is that STRAY BLUE finds equilibrium between hope and despair. It is not a track of standing up and smiling, but a small small hint of that. Even after all was lost, there is a point to get up. It doesn’t feel like something that is being imposed or overly positive. It feels more like a reassuring reminder from oneself not to lose hope, that is why listening to the track is reassuring.

It goes on to proclaim that even years later, emotion and memory remain for STRAY BLUE. Missing the other becomes a greater confession, proclaiming that forgetting is not moving on. What matters is that we can come clean that we miss a person but we can resume living our lives. It is a testimony of strength because we can endure losing, love, without these doing away with hope.

Those words which speak of flying thoughts with another are particularly emotional. It gives STRAY BLUE the illusion that not only are the memories mobile, but they can be near a person even when physically distant. This gentle, almost spiritual picture imbues the song with warmth and sidesteps the sadness from taking over completely.

In the second half, where words are steered towards the outside world and other people are steered awake to grin if not merly happy, the voice rings sincere. It is nearer teaching from one’s own experience than conveying superfluous advice. It substantiates the ideal of hope with facts.

All-in-all Wake Up & Smile – Acoustic Version lyrics quantify strength not for doing nothing about pain but for surviving through that and even being able to put a smile on. STRAY BLUE vocalizes from a place of genuineness, earnest words, and unobtrusive optimism that makes the song so reassuring even for talking of heartbreak. It tells everyone that even craving for the past, that that is more than fine, okay, but still, we can recover. It’s that balance of thinking back but remaining stable that makes the song different from others and for that hope be so rightfully earned.