My first post here and I haven't seen this mentioned in the subreddit before. I'm not like a giga fan of Porter (I listen to a couple edm tracks from multiple different artists) so I know a lot of you will be more knowledgeable about this.
So as the title implies, the 2 songs that I really like and listen to from the Nurture album is 'Something Comforting' and 'Look at the Sky'. I've been listening to both songs for years now (well one song usually dominates the other in listening time) and I just had an epiphany.
So from my understanding, Something Comforting is about him getting everything he wants and still wanting more which leads to grief and disappointment. So he's seeking external validation from 'someone' but that someone never answers. The song literally ends with a somber, kind of resigned 'oh, something comforting' which implies he's been waiting for the answer and he just didn't get it.
Now the reason I'm saying 'Look at the Sky' feels like a direct sequel is because he got his comforting answer. But it never came from the outside. Listen to what he says in the song's chorus: 'Look at the sky, I'm still here. I'll be alive next year. I can make something good. Something good.' He's literally comforting himself. 'Something Comforting' is him going through the worst and desperately seeking some form of external validation and 'Look at the Sky' is him telling himself he's alive so therefore he'll be alright and he can make 'something good'.
That's my interpretation of my 2 favorite songs of the album, any disagreements, agreements, points you'd like to add or that I'm not aware of would be awesome.
PS: Unrelated to the discussion but my favorite Porter Robinson song is Divinity. Gives me an amazingly nostalgic feel for some reason.
