Some songs just sound like they were written to score moments from an epic story, and “Eurydice” is one of those. According to Greek mythology, Eurydice was the fiancée of Orpheus until she died tragically at their wedding. Orpheus followed her to the underworld and was allowed to return her to the world of the living, as long as he never turned around to look at her on their journey back. His doubt eventually got the best of him, and when he turned to see her face she disappeared back into the underworld forever.
In “Eurydice,” the narrator has also lost someone and blames himself by comparing his situation to that of the mythical Orpheus. The song beautifully conveys feelings of larger-than-life regret and sadness. It races along to a driving beat, giving the impression that the band members can hardly contain themselves before they reach the anthem-like chorus. And can you blame them? With sweeping harmonies set to the repeated lyrics “Eurydice / I never stop losing you,” you can clearly hear the pain and longing in the voices of singers Kip Berman and Jessica Weiss. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart manage to distill a complex emotion into three minutes and 23 seconds of pure catharsis, and the results are absolutely beautiful.