Novai's Someday: The Heart Still Remembers
- Oct 18
- 2 min read
There’s a truth that only the wounded understand — love doesn’t end when someone walks away; it just changes shape, hides in the corners of your soul, and hums like a ghost until the right song wakes it up again. Novai’s “Someday”, released through MTS Records, is that song. It’s the kind of track that sneaks up on you, dressed in tenderness and time, whispering about the ache that comes after goodbye. And before you know it, you’re not just listening — you’re remembering.
“Baby if you wanna leave, I won’t hold you.” That first line? It’s not a lyric, it’s a confession. A line like that doesn’t come from fantasy; it’s carved from the scar tissue of real love — the kind that teaches you grace the hard way. Michael Stover’s penmanship is steeped in honesty. He’s not writing for radio trends or TikTok clicks; he’s writing from the quiet, sleepless corners of the human heart. And Novai, with her voice dipped in honey and regret, brings it to life like someone who’s been there, survived it, and learned to sing about it without bitterness.
Musically, “Someday” floats between eras. There’s a whisper of late-’80s adult contemporary warmth — that Richard Marx sincerity, that Bonnie Tyler drama, that Whitney Houston conviction — but with the restraint and clarity of modern pop production. The instrumentation is uncluttered, the arrangement patient. The song doesn’t rush to impress; it trusts the listener to feel. A soft piano pulse opens the door, a gentle build of strings and harmonies follows, and then comes that chorus — “Someday our love’s gonna find us / When all of this hurt is behind us.” It’s a promise whispered to the wind, but it lands like prayer.
What makes “Someday” so powerful is what it refuses to do. It doesn’t beg, it doesn’t blame, it doesn’t dramatize heartbreak. Instead, it radiates hope. It believes that time — that relentless, unforgiving thing — can also be a healer. In a world obsessed with instant gratification and emotional shortcuts, this song is slow medicine. It asks you to sit still, to remember, to believe that love might just circle back when the soul is ready to receive it again.
Novai’s vocal delivery is all nuance. She belts; she breathes emotion. Her phrasing bends around the lyric like a ribbon — soft, lingering, impossibly human. When she hits the bridge — “If you’re lost and you’re lonely, I’ll hold out my hand” — you feel the quiet strength of someone who’s still waiting, not out of desperation, but out of devotion. There’s something beautifully defiant about that kind of faith in love, especially now.
By the time the final “Someday” fades, you realize you’ve just experienced a small resurrection — not of a relationship, but of belief itself. This isn’t a breakup song; it’s a redemption song, one written in lowercase, sung in truth, and wrapped in melody.
Novai has created a moment that belongs to every heart that ever loved without conditions. “Someday” isn’t about yesterday’s pain — it’s about tomorrow’s possibility. And in that fragile space between loss and return, this song stands like a lighthouse.
--Lonnie Nabors
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