We Both Can Fall by Michellar is a silent call of reconciliation in the form of the sweetly vulnerable ache that can only be caused by true struggle. With vocalist Gracie Lou joining in, this song is a result of a personal cogitance on the part of the San Francisco artist about the power of creative passion to transform the terrain of long-term relationships- some of which can be very expensive.
The instrumentation makes the impression of a conscious intimacy. Violins, steel pedal guitar and piano are playing together but quietly, not too much weight on the emotional side of the story. It is a paced melody, intentional, almost like each note is put through a needle of the one who is trying to find their way back to something valuable that has been jeopardized by change.
Vocal delivery is what makes this release especially touching, and that is the weariness and the warmness of Michellar, the fatigue of war and the hope that there is still a chance to overcome it. This is not idealised heartbreak, it is just the sound of a person going through the complicated life of how personal development might put pressure on the most important relationships. Her interaction with Tobias in writing the lyrics and the music has come up with something very personal, but at the same time something that one can relate to any time.
This international aspect of the recording the vocals recorded in San Francisco and the mastering in Staffordshire reflects the main idea of the song to find a connection with someone even when there is a distance between them, be it physical or emotional. Inspired by the emotional sensibility which Kelly Clarkson brings to her work, Michellar has created something which seems to be rooted in the earth, not on stage, real, not rhinestoned.
We Both Can Fall does not give easy solutions or wishful endings. Rather, it recognises that there are bad relationships in the grey area between struggling and knowing that it is no longer possible to hold on to it. To the audience going through their own very complex transitions, Michellar does not provide answers, but does provide a feeling of solidarity--and in some cases that is just what one might need.
