What It's All About

Unsurprisingly, "What It's All About" was a song inspired by a breakup, but not the kind one might expect. Jimmy relates that a number of listeners have asked, "Why doesn't it matter that you love her, does this mean that nothing matters anymore because everything is broken, not even the love you once held?" He laughs softly at this idea, knowing that poetry and art can be taken many ways by the listener. He comments that interpreting for oneself is perhaps the best we can do, and giving one's own thoughts on the origin of any piece may be counter-productive to its impact. With this track, he relents, offering his own story.
The breakup was with someone loved then, and still loved now. It is a story of how things can fall down around you completely, but life still goes on. You can still go on. The lyrics, importantly, do not say 'it doesn't matter THAT you love her' - but 'IF' you love her. So if you love her, it doesn't matter that your golden crown is in tatters, that the kingdom you built for her in your dreams has been shattered. You love her. This is all that matters. You will endure, and if you truly love each other, a breakup will not end your association. A new kingdom will arise, one day, your crown reforged. There are two constants in this world, change, and real love. So it doesn't matter that you lose everything, if you love her. This is how I felt at the time, that everything was destroyed, my entire world. But in time I learned that it wasn't true, because I truly, genuinely loved her. And so her happiness, and in turn my own, came into focus beyond the temporary nature of our romantic tryst. That's the meaning of the song. More or less. But also, take from it what you will, the song isn't really mine once someone else listens to it, not completely. It is theirs, and everyone else's who hears it. So too is its meaning. Except love. It's definitely about love, and that can't be changed."
Previously, lo-fi and acoustic versions of What It's All About have featured on 'Tough Love', an independent Australian movie presented by The Big Movie Company.

Words and Music: Jimmy Sky
Vocals, Guitar: Jimmy Sky
Bass, Keys: Govinda Doyle
Drums: Govinda Doyle
Percussion: Jimmy Sky

Recorded at Studio 55
Produced, engineered and mixed by Govinda Doyle at Studio 55
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis Studios

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