Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga is a special release in response to the heaviness and the tragedies of recent weeks. It is meant to conclude emotionally charged classes, and it packs a little more intensity than the average Cool Down.

Lady Gaga is singing to someone in search of comfort. Most of us can probably relate to this search for comfort; for trying to make sense of tragedies that will never make sense. There is longing, pain, grief, and a sense that healing is possible. There is light somewhere on the other side of this difficult moment.

When the world is full of atrocities that we really can't even fully fathom, one of the few things we can do is reach out to one another and sit with grief and pain together.