Echoing the sentiment and emotion of many a classic rock record, Mick J. Clark’s jovial yet poignant soft rock tune “The Life Is Unforgiving” is as much an introspection into society itself as it is a tune for perseverance amidst it all. Clark’s continually endearing vocal performance adds a certain depth and emotional vigour to the song. But it’s in the writing that you really find the heart of it all, a chorus line that has you acknowledging the hardship of enduring the day to day but also reconciling with the notion that if we put our hearts and soul into it, we can be the architects of our own change and change around us.
I continually find myself enamoured and a little bit more hopeful each time I delve into Clark’s catalogue. “This Life Is Unforgiving” is no different, a poignant and purposeful tune about making it work even when you know things are as cut-throat as the world is today.