“Everything Is You” is the leadoff track on Empress Of’s 2015 album Me. In an interview with Yours Truly, the singer explained how the track evolved from a piano demo into the finished version.
Should I be afraid?
You don't seem to be
All I want to be is you
You don't seem to be
All I want to be is you
Can I make it clear
You are everything, everything is you
You are everything, everything is you
Don't tell me who I am
You know the circles I run in
Don't try to be this man
Let me stay, let me stay if I want to
Feeding from your hand
Like an ordinary body part
Try to be this man
Let me stay, let me stay if I want to
Should I be afraid?
Everything I do is because of you
Everything I do is because of you
Am I standing still?
I can feel my feet moving without me
I can feel my feet moving without me
Don't tell me who I am
You know the circles I run in
Don't try to be this man
Let me stay, let me stay if I want to
Feeding from your hand
Like an ordinary body part
Try to be this man
Let me stay, let me stay if I want to
You are everything, everything is you you you-uuu
You are everything, everything is you you you-uuu
You are everything, everything is you you you-uuu
Everything Is You was written by Empress Of.
Everything Is You was produced by Empress Of.
Empress Of released Everything Is You on Fri Sep 11 2015.
I wanted the first song on the record to be about the beginning of the end of this relationship that I was in, and then I wanted the end of the record to be about me where I was when I finished the record, learning how to love myself, so the first song on the record is called “Everything is You” and...