Story Behind The Song
Strings, strings, strings. We added my vocal harmonies in the second chorus later, and then my buddy Scott Barnhill came in & laid some piano down over the verses/outro. The end talk-sing part is inspired by INXS.
Song Description
Originally written, May 2002 - my breakup was still fresh & this was me, full on, trying to get my girlfriend back. I left a copy in her mailbox on what would have been our 7-year anniversary, and never heard from her. Knowing my ex-girlfriend, she probab
| Song Length |
4:51 |
Genre |
Electronic - Electronica, Pop - Dreampop |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Tranquil |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Sadness |
| Similar Artists |
Moby, Inxs |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
EVERYTHING
Sometimes I wonder
Am I doing the best I can?
With no regrets
Accept me for the man I am
And sometimes I blunder
Always play the fool
If this is all I get
How can you be so cruel?
I'll never be the same again
Til you come around
I wanna be with you again
Every time I think I know exactly what to do
I think of you
We all flicker & then we fade
The light's gone out on this parade
Life is sad, life is shit
What you gonna do with it?
There's nothing I can do without you
There's nothing left to dream without you
I'll never be the same again
Til you come around
I wanna feel that way again
Will you come around?
I can't believe this is the end
Look at what I found
I wanna be with you again
When everything was you
And you are everything
I'll write a song for you, but not in ink
When words can mean all different things
Everybody makes mistakes
Don't think it'll be the last I make
When people change, right on a stage
That doesn't change the way I feel about you
Please let me go
I can't keep holding on & on
Please don't go
This feeling's growing, on & on