“All the Way (Stay)” is an upbeat power-pop song about feeling comfortable in one’s skin while venturing out in the world.
In October 2018, the band spoke about the song in an interview with Rolling Stone:
‘All The Way (Stay)’ extolls the virtues of letting people discover the real you while expos...
[Verse 1]
Going out, we hope to lose ourselves
Then get found in unlikely places
A little presumption's all you need
To end up empty
Who really says they hope they'll meet the one
For the first time at a bar drinking early?
Easy enough to say "Hey man, I'm done"
And never hear them say
[Chorus]
Oh, honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We go all the way
But how am I supposed to know, oh, no
When to let the feelings show?
Honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We take it all the way
And no one really knows, oh, no
When to let the feelings show, oh-ho, oh-ho
Oh-oh, oh-oh
[Verse 2]
We get discouraged by the pointlessness
And we're pretty quick to judge things pointless
There's what I want and what I need
And the latter takes a while to see
It doesn't matter how often, how old
It starts with an awkward beginning
I believe that what I've learned has worth
And what I choose to do means something
[Chorus]
So honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We go all the way
But how am I supposed to know, oh, no
When to let the feelings show?
Honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We take it all the way
'Cause no one really knows, oh, no
When to let the feelings show, oh-ho, oh-ho
[Bridge]
Crowds and the noise receding
Down to just you and me, yeah
We could do anything you want
[Chorus]
So honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We go all the way
But how am I supposed to know, oh, no
When to let the feelings show?
Honey, if you stay, hey, hey
We take it all the way
Whoever really knows, oh, no
When to let the feelings show? Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
[Outro]
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
When to let the feelings show, oh-oh, oh-oh
All the Way (Stay) was written by Jim Adkins & Tom Linton & Rick Burch & Zach Lind.
All the Way (Stay) was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen & Jimmy Eat World.
Jimmy Eat World released All the Way (Stay) on Mon Sep 23 2019.
In an interview with Spin, Jim Adkins spoke about the stripped-down nature of “All The Way (Stay)” and recognizing when to stop tinkering with a track:
Once you define the lines you want to color within it’s pretty easy to adjust your creative decisions around that […] There’s a lot of negative spa...