Arlo Parks's "Beams," is a soul-baring work that slowly unzips the soft havoc of emotional agony and self-rediscovery. Renowned for her skill of inspiring openness on the page, Parks once more revels in raw honesty, this time wrestling with a heavy weight of feeling cast off and the scars we cannot see. The song crystallizes the oppressive anxiety that personal anguish is not only isolating but an albatross for those left behind.
With remarkable sensitivity, Parks describes this emotion, comparing pain held onto for years to a stone, something used and useful but also worn smooth over time, you can feel the weight of it. It's a feeling many will know, the silent fear that your struggles outweigh, that you are a product of previous hurts.
The song takes care not to make the numbness and survival instincts, fight, flight, or freeze, feel crushing. It lingers with the listener, offering a space for contemplation rather than escape. There is a quiet bravery in the way Parks lets these emotions stand there unjudged, allowing them space to breathe.
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