Lyric Analysis

Full Lyrics I can feel you all around me

Thickening the air I'm breathing Holding on to what I'm feeling

Savouring this heart that's healing

So I cry (Holy)

The light is white (Holy)

And I see you

I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive

And I can feel you all around me Thickening the air I'm breathing Holding on to what I'm feeling

Savouring this heart that's healing

My hands are searching for you My arms are outstretched towards you

I feel you on my fingertips My tongue dances behind my lips for you

This fire rising through my being Burning I'm not used to seeing you

I'm alive, I'm alive

I can feel you all around me Thickening the air I'm breathing Holding on to what I'm feeling

Savouring this heart that's healing

My hands float up above me And you whisper you love me

And I begin to fade Into our secret place

The music makes me sway The angels singing say we are alone with you

I am alone and they are too with you

I'm alive I'm alive

Take my hand I give it to you

Now you own me All I am

You said you would never leave me I believe you

I believe

I can feel you all around me Thickening the air I'm breathing Holding on to what I'm feeling

Savouring this heart that's healed

All Around Me by Flyleaf

Intended Meaning/Theme:The importance/discovery of God or religion and the relationship between God and believers

Alternative Meanings/Themes:Loneliness, mental illness and having another personality (created because of how alone they feel).

Lyric AnalysisAll Around Me by Flyleaf

“This fire rising through my beingBurning I'm not used to seeing you”

“I can feel you all around meThickening the air I'm breathingHolding on to what I'm feelingSavouring this heart that's healing”

The chorus is the most important part of the song since it is describing the entity of God and the fact he is omnipotent. However it is important for our song choice since our theme is that the character is trapped with their other personality so “all around me” has a slightly darker meaning of being surrounded by people who don’t notice them(rather than describing God in particular) as well as their second side to themselves.In these lines, once again it is about getting used to the idea and faith of having a God to believe in. However, “I’m not used to seeing you” could also suggest (for our particular themes) that the character could possibly have another personality and/or be suffering from a mental illness such as schizophrenia.

Lyric AnalysisAll Around Me by Flyleaf

“The light is white (Holy) And I see you”

For these lines, there is an interpretation for our particular “loneliness” theme (other than just talking about God). “The light is white” could represent a big realisation for the main character. Which would link to the next line “and I see you” since in this particular interpretation it’s their second personality that they would finally find or see before them. Clearly the intended interpretation was more of a religious conversion or experience where they first found God, who appeared to them at bad time and luckily which changed their lives for good.

“Now you own meAll I amYou said you would never leave meI believe youI believe”

In this last verse, once again “you said you would never leave me” it is speaking about how God has made them feel less alone and how they believe that God will never make them feel that way again. However, once again we are taking these lyrics and using a different interpretation. “You said you would never leave me” could refer to another personality that they have created in order to feel less alone.

Lyric AnalysisAll Around Me by Flyleaf “And I begin to fade Into our secret place”

In these lines, it supports the idea of creating something new (like a new personality or world) as a form of escapism from reality or their problems. “Into our secret place” suggests that their own creations are personal to them and that means no one else knows about them. “I am alone ” and “my

tongue dances behind my lips for you”

These lines are really important for our themes of isolation. “I am alone” speaks for itself as well as shows that the character admits they are alone (they are not stubborn, they are honest with the world). “My tongue dances behind my lips for you” also suggests that the main character could have a second personality as they would utter speech for their other personality in order to interact with themselves. (The religious intention was that the character would spread the word of God to others and have the ability to talk in order to change the world for good).