Demo of the Week: “Sun’s Gonna Come Up”
Writers: Doug Waterman, Travis Meadows
Vibe: Raw, organic: the lowest low meets the turning point
Key lyrics: “The sun’s gonna come up / Lord knows it has to / I don’t want to spend another night like I just went through / I’m a man who worries too much / Over plans and money and love / Oughta know by now there’s a God who don’t believe in luck / And just learn to trust the sun’s gonna come up”
Could be a good fit for: David Nail, Tyler Farr, Ashley Monroe, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert
X factor: Similar to songs like “Riser” (also a Meadows co-write) it has that simultaneous sense of despair and a self-convincing that there’s hope.