MICHELLE BRANCH - EVERYWHERE
Turn It Inside Out So I Can See
The Part Of You That's Drifting Over Me
And When I Wake You
You're Never There
And When I Sleep You're
You're Everywhere
You're Everywhere
Just Tell Me How I Got This Far
Just Tell Me Why You're Here And Who You Are
'Cause Everytime I Look You're Never There
And Everytime I Sleep You're Always There
'Cause You're Everywhere To Me
And When I Close My Eyes It's You I See
You're Everything I Know That Makes Me Believe I'm Not Alone
I'm Not Alone
I Recognized The Way You Make Me Feel
I Start To Think That You Might Not Be Real
I Sense It Now The Water's Getting Deep
I Try To Wash The Pain Away From Me
Away From Me
'Cause You're Everywhere To Me
And When I Close My Eyes It's You I See
You're Everything I Know That Makes Me Believe I'm Not Alone
I'm Not Alone
Oh
When I Touch Your Hand
It's Then I Understand
It's Now That We Begin
You Always Light My Way Whenever Comes A Day
No Matter Where I Go I Always Feel You So
'Cause You're Everywhere To Me
And When I Close My Eyes It's You I See
You're Everything I Know That Makes Me Believe I'm Not Alone
'Cause You're Everywhere To Me
And When I Close My Eyes It's You I See
You're Everything I Know That Makes Me Believe I'm Not Alone
And You're Everyone I See
So Tell Me
Do You See Me
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Michelle Branch, John Shanks
Producer(s): Michelle Branch, John Shanks
"Everywhere" Was Michelle Branch's First Single; She Wrote The Song In Her Sedona, Arizona, Bedroom When She Was About 15 Years Old, Not Long After Getting A Guitar For Her 14th Birthday.
In The Song, Her Special Someone Is With Her (Metaphorically) Everywhere, So Even When They're Apart, She Can Feel His Presence. It's Almost Like He's A Ghost, As Branch Sings About "The Part Of You That's Drifting Over Me." She's Been Asked About The Deeper Meaning In The Song But Insists It Has None, Saying The Lyric Is Simply "Teenage Rhyme."
Still To This Day, People Ask What It's About And Try To Find A Deeper Meaning Than A High School Crush, And I'm Flattered That So Many People Have Different Applications For It."
This Is Branch's Most Popular Song, But It Took Her A While To Warm Up To It. For Years, She Slagged It Off, Saying In A 2005 Interview That She "Despised" The Song. "I Was Really Young When I Wrote It," She Said. "For A Lot Of People That's Their First Impression Of Me, So I'm Kind Of Stuck In This Song That I Wrote That Doesn't Really Mean Anything To Me And I'm Kind Of Embarrassed About. It Just Doesn't Mean That Much To Me."
In Its Original Form This Song Was Much More Subdued And Branch's Label, Maverick Records, Had No Intention Of Funding The Recording. But When Michelle Played It For John Shanks, The Producer Maverick Paired Her With, He Heard Potential In The Song And Had Her Record It Anyway, Tweaking The Melody And Giving It A Huge Chorus. When The Label Heard This New Version, They Were Thrilled And Made It The First Single. Shanks, Who Had Previously Worked With Melissa Etheridge And Bonnie Raitt, Earned A Writing Credit For His Contribution.
"Everywhere" Is A Great Example Of Branch's Unique Vocal Styling Where She Stretches Out The Last Word Of Each Line.
Branch Was 18 When "Everywhere" Was Released. She Made An Album Herself The Previous Year That She Sold At Shows, But Had Just A Small Following. Maverick Records, Faced With The Challenge Of Promoting A Song By An Unknown Artist, Tried An Unconventional Marketing Strategy. Instead Of Begging Radio Stations To Play It, They Paid Aol - An Early Online Portal - To Feature It On Their Music Channel, Where It Was Very Well Received. This Led To Play On Mtv's Total Request Live And The Song Took Off From There.
In The Video, Branch Portrays What She Describes As A "Stalker," Taking Pictures Of A Guy Through His Window And Posting Them On A Mood Board. Wherever She Goes, This Dude Appears, And At The End Of The Song He Shows Up At Her Apartment. Branch Chose The Actor Because She Thought He Was Hot, But On Set Was Too Nervous To Talk To Him.
This Shows Up In The 2001 Movie American Pie 2.
The Religious Interpretation Of This Song - That God Is Everywhere - Got The Attention Of A Christian Tv Network, Which Offered To Play The Video, But Only If Branch Shot A Promo Saying She Accepted The Lord Jesus Christ As Her Savior.