Hello Morning, a song from 2013

A rare occurrence for my YouTube channel is for a video to get over 1000 views. While my 'Dark Souls III - Dragonslayer Armour with Eygon of Carim summon [NG]' video has received 8.7k views since I uploaded it 9 years ago, this little ditty of a folk song I wrote while I was relief teaching in my hometown of Gisborne/Tūranganui-a-Kiwa on the East Coast of the North Island in Aotearoa, comes in second with 1.7k views. 
 
A bit of a surprise, really, considering the song is in two odd time signatures, usually only found in Classical Music or Progressive Rock songs. The verses feature and 11/8 rhythmic figure based around E and a slide into C#m9, that descends down through A, Amaj7, and F#m as the verse progresses through the lyrics. The chorus is a simple 7/8 using basic A, E, and B chords. Although this entire structure works, more or less, like binary composition (A, B), with 4 reiterations, the lyrical contents of the verses help to progress the song forward. 

Starting with the title 'Hello Morning' the lyrics describe a protagonist rising at dawn, embracing the sunlight and bringing flowers to the windowsill for the sun to bring its light into their world. This embracing of the world continues on, first with the partner and reassuring them that 'Love will never let you down', then to a cobblestone path, the metaphor for life's journey; and finally, the day has passed and the protagonist looks up at the stars, to consider them as friends while bringing 'telescopes and observant eyes' to gaze and let the light of the stars into their world. 

This last verse is, in all its simpleness, is what I like the most about the song. A journey from dawn to dusk and meeting the darkness with the light that is offered, and accepting it as a friend. In other words, whatever troubles are in your life, there is always light somewhere that can be found and love embraced. 

It is a simple song, with odd time signatures rooted in a rhythmic feel, proving songs don't have to just be in 4/4 all the time, or in standard song structures; that they can have odd twists to their foundations and structures, and still be appealing to many listeners.