RYLANDRETURNS
with a freshnew sound
If I say what’s on my mindCan I trust you to be honest with meI must confess that I lose myselfEvery time you kiss me I know I go too farWhen I fall I fall so hard I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everythingI wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everything for you, for youI wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose me I know I can’t go backAnd I can’t bite my tongue with youI could try but it’s no useI keep I keep overthinkingThat just leads to over drinking Feelings for you start to sink inLet that sink in I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everything
I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everything for you, for youI wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose me I know I go too farWhen I fall I fall so hardYeah I know I go too farBut don’t break don’t break my heart I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everything I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose meCause every time I dive in deepI give I give everything for you, for you I wanna love youBut don’t wanna lose me
Written by Ryland James, GeoffreyWarburton, Mike Wise, David Charles Fisher
"I was writing a lot for the firsttime in a while after he left. Rawemotions were pouring out into thesongs in a way Id never been able tocapture before"
"I wrote “I Give Everything” inSeptember of 2020 at a time when Iwas going through a lot oftumultuous emotions internally. I’dfallen in love for the first time just afew months prior with my boyfriendRyan, and he’d had to move acrossthe province at a really inopportunetime due to the pandemic. I knewwe’d be able to make long-distancework, but I was still very distraught athaving to be apart. I felt so robbed ofthe fantasy so many of us have ofspending every waking secondtogether with our first love. I hadenvisioned things going so differentlyfor us."
"I imagined what it would be like to spendour first fall together after a summer of somany happy new emotions andexperiences - things like going for longwalks in our heavy sweaters, seeing theleaves change colours, getting cozy withsome hot tea on the porch, just all thereally cliche things I’d heard and seenothers experienced that I really wanted tofeel for myself. The first few weeks he was gone werethe worst. These feelings inside me wereclawing their way to the surface that I hadno idea could exist. I was heartbroken,jealous, and angry at the universe thatsomething so good could be taken awayfrom me so quickly. I hated that I’d have towait months for us to be together again.Our connection was unlike anything I’dever experienced before. No one could make me feel the way he could."I was writing a lot for the first time in awhile after he left. Raw emotions werepouring out into the songs in a way I’dnever been able to capture before. “I GiveEverything” was one of them. I went intoMike Wise’s home studio in Toronto withDCF and Geoff Warburton and we startedon a concept. Mike had a great beat andchord progression going so we workedwith the feeling that evoked. Someone started talking about the feelingyou get when you’re in a relationship andwant to give your all but also don’t want tolose yourself in the process. It was perfect.I’d been experiencing that exact pattern ofemotion in my own relationship with Ryanfor almost the entire time we’d beentogether.
I’d constantly catch myself worryingabout losing myself in our relationship,but I wanted it so badly at the sametime. I wanted to give in entirely. It waslike a drug that never lost its effect - toogood to be true type territory. That’swhat the song is all about. It’s about thatpush-pull dynamic I had with myself. Iwanted to give everything I had toinvesting in “us”, but I had so much tofocus on outside of the relationship thatwas important too. I didn’t want to loseanything that was meaningful to me. I now realize that losing myself in ourrelationship was a good thing in the longrun. I learned so much about myself byletting it happen the way it did. It’s beenthe greatest personal growth experienceof my life, and now “I Give Everything”gets to live a life of its own in the worldbecause of it. It’s opened so many doorsfor me. I’ve gotten to try things I didn’tthink I ever would before. The video gaveme the opportunity to experiment withdifferent colours, outfits, movements,and even bold makeup which I NEVERthought I would do in the past. I’ve foundpieces of myself that only flourishedbecause of my relationship to Ryan andletting this song be what it is. I can feel itbeing the foundation for so much moregenuine self-expression and artisticevolution to come.
"Things that seemedimportant to me beforetook a backseat to us,and I knew it."
- Ryland

Ryland James - I Give Everything

Ryland James - I Give Everything

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