Songs We Wish We’d Written – Leave

Leave by Glen Hansard - The thing that connects me to music is the emotion and passion in the singer's voice. If that's not there, it's really hard to get into it, no matter how "visionary" your friend that works at Starbucks might claim that it is. Glen just brings that to most all of his work, whether with the Frames or the Swell Season. (In fact, I've found that many Irish artists have that way about them.) This is a great simple song without a whole lot of structure. Glen's ability to deliver it with just a voice and a guitar should serve as a lesson to the Ke$has and Justin Beibers of the world.