The third Soothing Song Sundays is dedicated to the song “Compass” by Zella Day.

Day’s song “Compass” can be interpreted more ways than one. From any angle that one chooses to look at the song, you continue to get her vibes of passionate longing and yearning, for her lover is not with her physically or mentally whatsoever.

One way the song can be interpreted is that her love is physically far away in distance, and that the two have no control over it. She is feeling as if they are on other sides of the earth and their bond is slowly slipping. However, both parties are trying to make it through the stressful and unfortunate long-distance relationship. Her love may not be with her physically, but both are trying to make it work. And maybe, just maybe, their love will stay strong enough to stay bonded until they rekindle and make it over this temporary bumpy journey.

Day sings, “Compass points your home / Calling out from the east / Compass points you anywhere / Closer to me / If we make it out alive, from the depths of the seas / Compass points you anywhere / Closer to me.”

Another way Day’s song “Compass” can be interpreted is that her love is mentally drifting. Maybe her partner is cheating, losing interest, or maybe the two of them split. In Day’s lyrics, one can clearly see how she is trying extremely hard to make the relationship work, but maybe the other party isn’t trying as hard as she.

The song goes, “Where you are, I will be / Miles high, in the deep / Where you are, I will be/ Anywhere, in between.”

Nevertheless, she isn’t going to throw the towel in just yet. Her love might have been cheating on her and she is heartbroken, or her love is just simply losing interest in this relationship they once invested so much in.  On the other side, Day could be singing about how her love for her partner is still strong, and she’d be willing to give it another try as she looks back at the memories they once had and holds onto it with everything that she can.

Day writes, “Cover me in honey suckle memories.”

She sings, “I will take the pieces, put them back together /
Even when the grass isn’t green enough.”

However one interprets the song, “Compass” is an ultimately beautiful love song in which she sings outstandingly as she strums her guitar to the authentic chords like she has been doing since the young age of nine.

Growing up in the small town of Pinetop, Arizona, Day, age 20, was constantly surrounded by music. Her parents owned a local coffee shop where musicians would come and go as they please, playing the coffee house away.

Day has been signed to a publishing deal since 2012, as her mix of indie-folk pop music has taken her around the world, performing at festivals and concert venues along with doing what she loves to do best, sing.

Day’s debut album, Kicker, can be purchased on iTunes or streamed on Spotify now. Make sure to check her out!