Starting off on a thunderous note, ‘Everyone Bleeds’ by Alwyn Morrison looks at the dark, painful side of life, as something that nobody escapes, irrespective of where you come from.
The instrumentation is thumping, roaring as it relays the ultimate truth of life – pain is inevitable and you simply need to make the choice to rise back up each time life brings you to your knees. Gritty, raw guitars define the fierce vulnerability of the track, and the pounding drums maintain the emotionality of the song and keeps it consistent. The genre leans towards a 2000s punk-rock, emo-rock sound, making you think of My Chemical Romance or Green Day, owing to similar viscerality of the discographies.
Morrison’s vocals do not try to be subtle with what it aims to convey, as it brings forth catharsis and also a brilliant level of restraint to maintain the moments of intensity as dynamic and not stagnant. The lyrics paint the picture of the one thing that ties all of humanity together – the downs of life. One often tends to look at another and think of their life as better than theirs, but each and every life comes with their own set of problems, no matter how well-off they may seem.
The song through its raw, boisterous musicality aims to convey this truth and at the same time also points out another truth that at the end of the day there is always a ray of sunshine and that we need to open the windows of our hearts to that ray.