"The first time she heard Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "I See a Darkness" was a momentous occasion and a turning point for her songwriting. "It was like a shock to the system," she told an interviewer. 'It was almost as if I shouldn't have been listening to it, as if I was invading his emotions.'"
The "is a hope" part reminds me of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's song "I See A Darkness. "Is a hope that somehow you, you can save me from this darkness." Laura Marling has said that she is inspired by that song in this interview here. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/laura-marling--sweet-taste-of-success-for-a-shy-songstress-2218048.html
"The first time she heard Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "I See a Darkness" was a momentous occasion and a turning point for her songwriting. "It was like a shock to the system," she told an interviewer. 'It was almost as if I shouldn't have been listening to it, as if I was invading his emotions.'"
Maybe this song is in a way inspired by that.