A. HerrMann's "Only Good News" starts with a simple wish, to find a newspaper that only conveys the good things. From there, a warm, hopeful vision of love, kindness, togetherness, and the possibility of a world where people don't live divided begins to form. The song asks what might happen if we remembered and celebrated the things that bring us together instead of dwelling on everything that can separate us.
"Only Good News" is driven by the desire to keep stories of lasting love. It imagines pages of kindness that never end, good winning out, and human connection coming before conflict. The song also clearly longs for an end to the forces that keep people apart. It sees beyond the divisions of faith, the desire to keep score, and it sees a place where none is hunted, where all can stand with one another in mutual care. Its power comes from the directness of the hope it speaks.
With "Only Good News", A. HerrMann paints a picture of the world that many people would love to be able to open their doors to every morning. It is a song for the love that is still here, the kindness still possible, and the connections that remain when division is laid down. The song invites us to imagine a world where good news is not exceptional, but just part of everyday life by focusing on what can be saved, not what can be destroyed.
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