All That Remains
April 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Notes:
I consider this song one of my favorites, and I was waiting for the moment to publish it. And it's one of the tracks, working on which was much easier than most of them – I wrote it super fast and didn't spend too much time generating it in Suno, even though it was hard to choose between several good variations. Well... I mean the English version... I had to spend much more time on the Russian version (Why ain't I surprised?!)... However, there are still some issues. But we can all close our eyes to me having two left hands and the fact that pasting pieces from different versions of songs is obviously not my thing, and just enjoy/express disgust? No? Well, okay (sob, sob)... Alright, it's fine...
By writing this song, I showed that the male lead character, who was a little crazy (if I say it softly) throughout the book, especially in the middle of the story, stopped running from his past and stopped denying everything that gave him a strong psychological trauma. He used to prefer to pretend that it didn't happen to him and tried so hard to suppress his feelings related to that trauma, but now the man tries to accept it and learn to live with what can't be fixed. He doesn't say everything is forgotten, everyone is forgiven, and everything is in the past. He is in the process. He just started it, and now it's a matter of time. Nevertheless, now the lead male character wants to learn to live with his nightmare from the past and face it bravely...
[Verse]
Standing here still alive
Not denying what I kept deep inside
The worst side came out, my crimes revealed
Lived in a world that tried to defeat
I craved revenge and fear in their eyes
My mind was twisted, my body sent me signs
My demons terrorized me when
I didn't wanna know what happened back then
[Chorus]
I'm not a time lord who can set the clock back
But now I'm strong enough to fight the dark
The scars hide the proof, my fears and pain
I'm learning to live with all that remains
Would my colors have turned black and white
If I had never gotten out to greet the light?
The heart knows the truth, my lies and shame
I'm not afraid to live with all that remains
[Verse 2]
I was running from myself, surviving, pretending
Crying in the silence, "Help, I'm begging!"
The bullies fooled me, the villains terrified
I spent years in hell with no one by my side
A coward in the daytime, the devil at night
With so many crimes, the ones I used to hide
The secrets, the feelings, not hiding, I choose
I rose from the ashes, for those I don't want to lose
[Chorus]
I'm not a time lord who can set the clock back
But now I'm strong enough to fight the dark
The scars hide the proof, my fears and pain
I'm learning to live with all that remains
Would my colors have turned black and white
If I had never gotten out to greet the light?
The heart knows the truth, my lies and shame
I'm not afraid to live with all that remains
[Bridge]
Oh, oh, oh (all that remains)
Oh, oh, oh (hey, hey)
All that remains!
Oh, oh, oh (all that remains)
Oh, oh, oh (hey, hey)
All that (oh), all that (oh), all that
All that, all that remains!
[Chorus]
I'm not a time lord who can set the clock back
But now I'm strong enough to fight the dark
The scars hide the proof, my fears and pain
I'm learning to live with all that remains (oh-oh)
Would my colors have turned black and white
If I had never gotten out to greet the light?
The heart knows the truth, my lies and shame
I'm not afraid to live with all that remains (oh-oh)
[Outro]
The scars hide the proof, my fears and pain (oh-oh)
I'm learning to live with all that remains (oh-oh)
The heart knows the truth, my lies and shame (oh-oh)
I'm not afraid to live with all that remains