All the Way (Stay) Lyrics
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
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
About
“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 exposing your vulnerabilities.
“All The Way (Stay)” is the second single to be pre-released on Surviving.
The music video for “All the Way (Stay)” was released almost a month before the album’s release.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
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 space in there. There’s sections of the song where you’re basically just listening to the snare drum decay in the room and that’s it, just nothing else happening.
In a way, it makes what happens after that even more heavy. If you remove things, or if you have less things that are supposed to do more, and that’s your mindset when you’re making creative decisions, you just choose things that will mean more. Listen to a Rage Against the Machine album, or listen to Van Halen. That’s just a four-piece band playing, and you don’t miss anything.
