I made the mistake of reading the comments before listening.
That "jaded" my listen.
There did seem to be a "disconnect" between the lyric message and the tone of the vocal and the melody.
The melody, btw, is really nice (but, too "positive sounding" for the message).
I wasn't "convinced" by the singer.

Nice backing track/arrangement. Mix is nice - though the vocal is slightly too-up-front (opinion).

The discussion (above) certainly is interesting...

fj