Hem - Half Acre.

While I'm a firm believer that bands sell out a bit when they allow their music to be used in commercials, it was in fact a commercial that introduced me to an absolutely amazing band.

Liberty Mutual is responsible for the commercial featuring Hem's "Half Acre," a slow and cautious ballad that asks, "Do you carry every sadness with you/every hour your heart was broken?" In the commercial, the random good deed of one individual gets passed on to another, who is looking on, until we've seen an entire day where people are kind to each other, taking care of one another as though it's become a way of life. Such things are so terribly rare these days that it's nice to remember the goodness in the world, the little kindnesses. No song would have fit that television moment better than this one.

More than anything, "Half Acre" is a song about hope in the darkest of times. It's about that moment when everything that can possibly go wrong has done so, and you're downtrodden, but you manage to see the tiniest ray of light peering through the clouds.