Whatever its true origin story may be, and only Editors know, Honesty feels like a distillation of all the turbulence they underwent while recording of their fourth record. The push and pull of doubt and ambition actively working against each other, and woven with plaintive tones. Whereas a lot of other songs by the band contain bursts of daylight between the sheets of black rain they invoke, this one has dejection resolutely embedded at sinew level. I've wondered if there's an overt lyrical nod towards Andy Burrows, with whom Tom had written and recorded the Smith and Burrows album as partial therapy during one of Editors' darkest episodes, buried in Honesty's lyrics? Specifically the lines "The radio said we're in for a fall, The TV says nothing at all", which remind me of the song "America" by Razorlight. It's possibly just a coincidence, I know. As a side note, have you ever seen who directed the promo video for Honesty? Favourite Colour: Black. Never more appropriate.