Filip Dahl comes through with “If You Saw Me Now”, the rock ballad, which is entirely dedicated to the theme of mental health. This song turned out to be an autobiographical representation of fear, anxiety, and despair, which so many people suffer and can barely speak of. To Filip, writing this song was also a way of addressing his own emotional issues, and he encourages other people who will listen to this music.
It’s a ballad, more specifically it’s a gentle mid-tempo one accompanied by the steady pulse of a snare drum; yet it culminates in the distorted guitar shout. Filip with his untamed masculine vocal style brings the mood of the lyrics to life; every word sounds so genuine. The guitars in the song rise and meld with the vocals this adds to the overdrive of the song, the drums and key boards also give the track more punch it has a large beat to it. The music seems to have quiet and loud, rest and action, one with an accent on lyricism and the other on power and intensity.
I referred to the lyrics in “If You Saw Me Now” as the soul of the song, they elaborate this concept through discussion of times that are dark seeming as they can never end and yet, they should not be abandoned. It also seeks to convince the target group to continue struggling and look for hope when the going gets hard.
In general, the song can be considered to be having the timelessness of the music of the hard rock, folk-rock and 1970s and 1980s classic rock. This song has been made into a message of strength and hope.
