ALL OF YOU Whispering Pirate Vendetta [Mid-’90s melodic punk with a working-class hardcore edge. Driving bass, bright distorted guitars, energetic live drums, melodic male lead with grit rather than screaming. Verses move fast and conversationally. Choruses open wide and singable. Gang vocals are friends-around-one-mic, not an army. Brief half-time hardcore bridge, then immediately back into melody. Rough, warm, human production.] [Intro — clean guitar picking over bass, drums enter gradually] Don’t run away just to kill the dark when the dark is still a part of you [Full band kicks in — brisk melodic punk] [Verse 1] You keep looking for a fire escape from a room inside your ribs Calling every shadow evidence that love don’t get to live Pain can wear a prophet’s coat Fear can swear it knows the truth But those voices only know your wounds They don’t know all of you [Pre-Chorus — climbing melody] So if you run don’t ask the dark where your feet should go Ask somebody who can see you when you can’t see past the smoke [Chorus — wide, melodic, gang vocals only on “all of you”] Don’t run away to kill the darkness The darkness is a part of you Don’t throw your heart into the fire just because it’s bruised I love you That’s not gonna stop I love all of you The broke, the brave the scared, the strong and everything you’re walking through I love you That’s not gonna stop I’m still right here I love all of you [Short guitar hook] [Verse 2] I’m not saying this is easy I’m not painting fear as gold I’m not acting like the weight you carry isn’t hard to hold And if I say I’ll do the work then those words belong to me I better know what I am promising and who I’m gonna be Because love is more than wanting and forever costs you truth I don’t want another minute gone that could’ve belonged to you [Pre-Chorus] So if you run don’t ask the dark if the dark was right to flee Ask the hands that still reach for you Ask the eyes still trying to see [Chorus] Don’t run away to kill the darkness The darkness is a part of you Don’t throw your heart into the fire just because it’s bruised I love you That’s not gonna stop I love all of you The broke, the brave the scared, the strong and everything you’re walking through I love you That’s not gonna stop I’m still right here I love all of you [Post-Chorus — bouncing bass, group voices] All of you All of you Not just when it’s easy All of you All of you All of you Not just the parts you let me see [Verse 3 — drums pull back, bass leads] I know “willing” isn’t something you can whisper, then forget It’s showing up tomorrow when tonight ain’t finished yet It means I don’t make a promise that my bones won’t carry through And if I ever say forever I better mean the wounded you So hear me underneath the noise under panic, underneath pride I’m not trying to own your breathing I just don’t want fear deciding your whole life [Instrumental turn — guitar octave melody] [Bridge — HALF-TIME, tougher but controlled] Ask somebody living Ask somebody whole Ask somebody standing outside that burning hole Ask somebody breathing Ask somebody real Ask somebody who loves you what the fear won’t let you feel [Gang vocals enter gradually] Not the ghosts— NOT THE GHOSTS Not the old pain— NOT THE OLD PAIN Not the voice that tells you everything you love will end the same [Drums accelerate back into punk tempo] If you gotta run— RUN TO LIGHT If you gotta fight— FIGHT FOR LIFE If something has to break tonight— BREAK THE LIE But don’t lose yourself just trying to survive [Brief stop] Don’t lose yourself just trying to survive [Final Chorus — full melodic lift, extra harmony] Don’t run away to kill the darkness The darkness is a part of you Don’t throw your heart into the fire just because it’s bruised I love you That’s not gonna stop I love all of you The broke, the brave the scared, the strong the old, the new the black and blue I love you That’s not gonna stop And I don’t need the easy version of you [Gang vocals underneath lead] ALL OF YOU I love all of you ALL OF YOU Whatever we gotta walk through ALL OF YOU I’m still right here ALL OF YOU That’s not gonna disappear [Outro — guitars drop to bass + rim-click, then clean guitar] I’m not trying to recover time that’s gone I’m trying to stop us losing what’s still here [Quiet group vocal] All of you [Final distorted chord]
