I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Through the darkness
I can see your light
And you will always shine
And I can feel your heart in mine
Your face I've memorized
I've idolized just you
I look up to everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
I've loved you for so long
And after all is said and done
You're still you
After all, you're still you
You walk past me
I can feel your pain
Time changes everything
One truth always stays the same
You're still you
After all, you're still you
I look up to everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
And I believe in you
Although you never asked me to
I will remember you and what life put you through
And in this cruel land
The only world I've found without hope
You're still you
After all, you're still you
I can see your light
And you will always shine
And I can feel your heart in mine
Your face I've memorized
I've idolized just you
I look up to everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
I've loved you for so long
And after all is said and done
You're still you
After all, you're still you
You walk past me
I can feel your pain
Time changes everything
One truth always stays the same
You're still you
After all, you're still you
I look up to everything you are
In my eyes you do no wrong
And I believe in you
Although you never asked me to
I will remember you and what life put you through
And in this cruel land
The only world I've found without hope
You're still you
After all, you're still you
Lyrics submitted by Donia, edited by SharonLeeNW
You're Still You Lyrics as written by Linda Thompson Ennio Morricone
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Fintage House Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this song is about loving sumone no matter what happens....like if you break up and go ur separate ways, u'll always love that other person...itz really pretty i luv it and i luv josh's voice, itz just amazing =D
I feel that this song is about once best friends that experienced everything together till something tragic happened (one friend became more popular than the other, whatnot). The singer still feels passionately about the other party, believing in and supporting everything the other does, still feeling their pain, loving and looking up to everything about them. It's a truly inspirational song. Looking over the lyrics one last time, it could also be about a star, someone people look up to even if the star didn't ask them to.
this is such a beautiful song which i first heard from my gal carol..well,i'd say this would be a song for us,my dear..love u so much,coz ure still you!
He originally sang this song on Ally McBeal. In this episode, he wanted to take a friend to the prom and she agreed. He was going to sing this song to her. A week beforehand, though, she decides to go with a popular guy instead. Ally decides to go with him (in one scene telling a girl that she was his mistress, and not his mother ^_^), and she encourages him to sing to her anyway. He does, and everybody loves it! It's because of watching that show that I found out about him. Thank you David E. Kelly!
missleeniemak, u must be a mindreader. what u described is exactly what happened between my best friend and i. only the thing is, i don't see the truth in "you're still you." at least in my case, that's not how things are. she's not herself anymore. my ex-best friend is a complete stranger to me. we were BFFs for 7 years, but now i barely know her. so this song makes me cry because "you're still you" isn't quite accurate.
before Groban sang this song in Ally McBeal, this is actually based on a filmscore by Morricone from the movie Malena(starring Monica Belluci). To know the meaning of this song, I encourage you to watch the movie first.
You’re still you – When he says you’re still you he’s meaning in the sense of everything that makes a person who they are. Through out the song he talks about feeling her pain and how time changed that, about admiring everything about her and have such love for her that she was practically perfect to the point where she could do no wrong in his eyes. I’m not clear if this song is about a girl that has passed away or just about life’s hard pains and lessons of relationships but in the end the main point of the song is that she is still her. After all the happiness and struggles, the ups and downs, that person that she is and everything that makes her that girl that he loves hasn’t changed. “After all you’re still you” is the simplest and easiest way to say who you are and everything I love and admire about you is still who you are.
Makes me cry whenever I hear it.
Makes me cry whenever I hear it.
As a counselor, I use this song with people who are involved in inner child work. The person that was you as a small child is still there feeling its feelings - delighted, lonely, afraid, loving. This song is such a wonderful way to deepen the connection with that part of yourself. One way is to picture yourself as a small child in some situation that is familiar and sing it to him/her with sincerity in your heart. If this does not feel comfortable, then I don't make the person do it, but it has helped a lot of people. I use it myself in the same way, and it is beautiful. We all need to feel connected to something meaningful and understandable.