Story Behind The Song

EVERYBODY GOES - "I wrote this around the "hook" piano line. I don't play piano very often, but whenever I sit down at one, that little line is what I play. My lack of expertise on the piano resulted in a starkness of melody, and that became a big part of what makes the song haunting. I debated about how this song could be perceived as completely hopeless and depressing, as I usually have a light at the end of the tunnel in my songs. But the hopelessness is valid and should have its own voice. We all feel it at some point. It is what it is, and I didn't want to give this track a Hollywood ending."

Lyrics

EVERYBODY GOES
words & music by jen foster 2003

I?m lost when memories are all I have to breathe
I?m lost when endings are always just beginning
Where did you go?
All that I know Is I loved you way too much

Everybody goes, everybody leaves you
There?s no one you can own and no one you could pay
Everyone?s alone and there?s nothing to believe in
And nothing you can do and nothing you can say

You?re gone like oceans of love all blown out to sea
You?re gone like everyone who?s ever come to me
Now here I am, without you I can?t
See myself go on

Everybody goes, everybody leaves you
There?s no one you can own and no one you could pay
Everyone?s alone and there?s no one to believe in
And nothing you can do and nothing you can say

Give me a moment to prepare myself
Give me a moment to put on a better face
Give me a moment to collect myself
As you walk away

Everybody goes, everybody goes
Everybody goes away
Everybody goes, everybody leaves you
There?s no one you can own and no one you could pay
Everyone?s alone and there?s no one to believe in
And nothing you can do and nothing you can say