Why Songs Will Always Mean More Than You Think They Do

With the example of what losing a friend really means

Finneas O’Connell in the video of his song

Have you heard of Finneas O’Connell? Maybe you haven’t heard of him yet, but you’ve most likely heard of his sister. He collaborates music with the now very well-known artist Billie Eilish. In interviews they have mentioned being both best friends and siblings. But now I want to focus on just Finneas. He wrote a song that I call a great meaning masterpiece (you’ll find a link to the song on YouTube at the bottom of this post), and I want to talk for a moment about why I call it that.

Why is this song important?

He lost a friend. And he wrote a song about it.

Why is this anything unusual? People make friends and lose them all the time. Close connections and acquaintances come and go in life. Everyone has these kinds of experiences. It’s a part of life. So, what’s special about this song then?

In interviews you’ll find him talking about the meaning of the song, and saying it’s, quite literally, about losing a friend.

Here are a couple of videos of an artist explaining the literal meaning to a supposedly very literal song.

And when I first heard the song, I listened to those literal lyrics and thought, yes, he lost a friend.

But then I listened to the song again. I listened to it until I knew every line by heart. Then I connected with it. And then I knew it wasn’t just about losing a…