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The most unique track on Wish, A Letter to Elise, is also one of the album's most beautiful songs. Heavily inspired by Kafka's "A Letter to Felice," Smith sings about ending a relationship despite desperately wishing he didn't have to. A song built around contrasts, the melancholic lyrics play off the bright guitars, both acoustic and electric, to create a wistful, dream-like sonic tableau. Of particular note here is the band's use of nested melodies and buried hooks.
