All That I've Got
The Used is an American alternative rock band from Orem, Utah. Their sound … Read Full Bio ↴The Used is an American alternative rock band from Orem, Utah. Their sound has been classified under many sub-genres of rock. They signed with Reprise Records in late 2001 and rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their debut self-titled album, The Used. Soon after a CD/DVD package named "Maybe Memories" was released containing unheard demos and a "behind the scenes" story of the band/band's past. They followed up with their second album, In Love And Death, in September 2004 and their third album, Lies For The Liars, in May 2007. An EP, Shallow Believer, was released in February 2008 that featured most of the band's B-sides to date. They spent the entire year of 2008 working on their fourth studio album, Artwork, which was released September 1st, 2009. The band has achieved both Gold and Platinum statuses in over 6 countries worldwide. Speaking with Songfacts
in a 2012 interview, The Used bassist Jeph Howard said that "A Box Full of Sharp Objects" is probably his favorite song by the band.

A few years ago, while preparing to send the album art for b-side collection Shallow Believer to his record label, Bert McCracken scrawled the word “Artwork” across its cover in silver ink. The sentiment, which, to Bert and his bandmates in The Used, resonated with both extreme simplicity and indescribable complexity, said everything without really having to say anything. Now, the Utah band has titled their fourth full-length album with that very word: Artwork.

The group started writing the album after finishing the Taste of Chaos International tour in 2007, slowly collecting and jamming out ideas with no concrete intention beyond making the songs as dirty as possible. The Used, whose last album, 2007’s Lies For the Liars, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200, spent the first half of 2008 in LA exploring and refining these ideas, eventually piecing tangential riffs and melodies into a scattering of songs that contained a surprisingly cohesive sensibility. The band members dubbed the music they were writing “gross pop,” their own new genre of hook-laden numbers that pushed the boundaries of the grotesque. Tracking for the album began in June of 2008 with producer Matt Squire and eventually concluded in February of 2009, primarily at LA studios The Lair and NRG. Between a few sporadic tours, the band spent about three months total recording with Squire where they allowed their creativity to dictate when they worked on something.

“I wouldn’t say it was hard to make any of the record but it definitely was time consuming,” Bert says. “We worked on our time table. The band allowed me to create when I was able to create, which was a good thing. I didn’t feel pressure to force things. There was no specific time I had to do anything. If we were in the studio and I’d been working on lyrics for five hours and nothing came out, we would just try again tomorrow.”

In the studio Squire approached the recording process with a laid-back attitude the band both appreciated and needed. The decision to work with a new producer after establishing a longtime relationship with producer John Feldman, who was at the helm of the band’s past three albums (Lies For the Liars, as well as 2004’s In Love and Death and 2002’s The Used, both of which were certified gold), was derived from a simple desire for change. The Used wanted to see what would happen if they entered the studio with someone different, a process guitarist Quinn Allman compares to “breaking up with your girlfriend not because you don’t love her but because you need to try something new.”

“It wasn’t that we absolutely didn’t want to work with Feldman or that we absolutely wanted to work with Squire,” Bert explains. “It was more that the band needed a change. We wanted to try something different and have it sound a lot different. It took a few weeks for us to get a vibe for each, but once we got used to it, it was really easy. Squire brought in this willingness to try anything and an open mind and a good attitude. I feel like he was really in touch with what the band wanted to do and he was really supportive of our ideas.”

The result is a raw collection of twelve songs that not so delicately teeter the line between being aggressively discordant and charmingly hooky. The first single “Blood On My Hands,” which Quinn describes as the song that “sums up everything about The Used,” is confined chaos, brutally thrashing one moment and proffering a pop-driven, sing-along chorus the next. “Empty With You,” a track Bert says is “about feeling empty and lonely but as long as you have someone who can feel lonely with you then everything’s okay,” surges with passion and gripping honesty, while “Cut Yourself” balances the album’s predilection for propulsive rage with its quieter, piano-driven exploration of what it means to have someone to lean on.

“This record is more sincere,” Quinn says. “It’s got a sound more reminiscent of the first record. Lyrically, it completely engulfs you and makes you feel safe but it’s all about feeling alone and empty and knowing there’s always a light. If you’re frustrated that much it means you care that much. The lyrics carry you through the record and you’re right with Bert and where he’s at. The music isn’t showing off. It’s just being what it is. I think the fans will appreciate all that.”

“This record is about coming together,” Bert adds. “Whether it’s through positivity or negativity, it’s about coming together through anything.”

Artwork encapsulates the past eight years of a band that’s played tours and festivals like Warped Tour, Ozzfest, Projek Revolution, Give It a Name, Reading and Leeds and SxSW, and sold over two million albums in the States alone, while simultaneously urging them forward. It’s a collaborative effort that drew The Used closer together during its creation. It’s about love and mortality and the basic human emotions we all experience every day. It’s biting and gritty, and it’s melodic and catchy. It’s a new chapter for a band that’s constantly sought to redefine the bounds of pop music—and have always successfully done so. It’s a reminder, as Bert says, “we’re all artists creating our own art just by living it.”

“I Come Alive” is the first single from The Used's fifth album, Vulnerable. It is the first release on the band's own label, Anger Music Group, an imprint of Hopeless Records. The song was released on January 17, 2012. (I Come Alive Songfacts).

All That I've Got
The Used Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me
Off guard, red-handed, now I'm far from lonely
Asleep I still see you lying next to me
So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I

I need something else
Would someone please just give me
Hit me, knock me out and let me go back to sleep
I can laugh all I want, inside I still am empty
So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I

I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
(All that I've got)

I guess, I remember every glance you shot me
Unharmed, I'm losing weight and some body heat
I squoze so hard I stopped your heart from beating
So deep that I didn't even scream, fuck me, I

I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
(All that I've got, all that I've got)

And it's all that I've got
Yeah, it's all that I've got
It's all that I've got
It's all that I've got
It's all that I've got

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me
So deep that I didn't even scream, fuck me

I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got
I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got





And it's all that I've got
Yeah, it's all that I've got

Overall Meaning

The song "All That I've Got" by The Used is about coping with the painful aftermath of a relationship that ended suddenly and traumatically. The lyrics describe the singer's confusion and desire to escape from their emotional pain. The metaphor of a wound that didn't even bleed and catch the singer off guard reflects the shock they experienced when the relationship ended, and their inability to process or express their feelings.


The singer sings about feeling empty even when they are trying to laugh and pretend they are okay. This suggests that the pain they are feeling is deep and profound, and cannot be easily masked. The chorus repeats the lines "I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not / I'm far from lonely, and it's all that I've got," which suggests that the singer is trying to convince themselves that they are okay, and that they don't need anyone else to be happy.


The bridge of the song describes a violent moment in the relationship, possibly an argument or physical altercation. The singer admits to squeezing their partner so hard that they stopped their heart from beating. This moment may represent the moment when the relationship was irreparably damaged, and the singer's inability to let go of the pain and anger they feel.


Overall, "All That I've Got" is a song that captures the intense emotions and confusion that can accompany the end of a relationship. The lyrics suggest that even when we try to convince ourselves that we are okay, our emotions can be too deep to ignore.


Line by Line Meaning

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me
The emotional pain was so intense that it didn't even manifest physically


Off guard, red-handed
Caught unexpectedly and without any defense


Now I'm far from lonely
Despite the pain and emptiness inside, I don't feel alone anymore


Asleep I still see you lying next to me
Even in sleep, I can't escape the memories of you


I need something else
I can't handle the pain and emptiness anymore, and I need something to fill the void


Would someone please just give me
I'm asking for external help because I can't do it on my own


Hit me, knock me out
I want to be numb and unconscious to the pain


And let me go back to sleep
I want to escape the reality of my pain and go back to a state of numbness


I can laugh
I can put on a facade of happiness and pretend that everything is okay


All I want inside I still am empty
Despite the laughter, inside I'm still deeply empty


I'll be just fine
I'll pretend that I'm okay and put on a facade


Pretending I'm not
Acting like everything is fine when it's not


I guess, I remember every glance you shot me
I can remember every moment we shared, even the smallest ones


Unharmed, I'm losing weight and some body heat
The emotional pain is taking a physical toll on me


I squoze so hard
I held on too tightly and caused damage


I stopped your heart from beating
I hurt you so much that it broke your heart


And it's all that I've got
The pain and emptiness is all I have left, and I have to deal with it on my own




Lyrics © THE BEST MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: Branden Steineckert, Jeph Howard, Quinn Allman, Robert Mccracken

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

TRACKS
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@noneofthet4880

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me
Off guard, red-handed
Now I'm far from lonely
Asleep I still see you lying next to me
So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I

I need something else
Would someone please just give me
Hit me, knock me out
And let me go back to sleep
I can laugh
All I want inside I still am empty
So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me I

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

I guess, I remember every glance you shot me
Unharmed, I'm losing weight and some body heat
I squoze so hard
I stopped your heart from beating
So deep that I didn't even scream fuck me, I

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

And it's all that I've got
Yeah, it's all that I've got
It's all that I've got
It's all that I've got
It's all that I've got!

So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me
So deep that I didn't even scream fuck me

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

I'll be just fine
Pretending I'm not
I'm far from lonely
And it's all that I've got

And it's all that I've got
Yeah, it's all that I've got



All comments from YouTube:

@gylandibbs

This was my go-to crying song in grade 5, I thought the lyrics were “I’ll be just fine pretending I’m nine” and I was like “Bro, I’m 9, this guy gets me.”

@PeachReverie

🤣🤣🤣

@womanzuzu9688

That's hilarious

@FabulousKilljoy

That’s amazing 😂

@kaylaoverby9489

This is great 😂

@aarongrady7354

Haha hahahahahahaha

236 More Replies...

@jennygoofus6968

I really don't know why emo gets so much hate. All it is is musicians that relate to a lot of mental illnesses and writing songs about it. This type of music has probably saved more lives than any other genre.

@TrumanBest

Well I guess a lot of people don't like it because some think the emo lifestyle almost sort of praises the self pity and the feelings of depression. As if its kind of an example of how to life, rather than trying to life with it. And without really trying to deal with the problem, it sort of embraces it in a way which I also think could be harmfull to teens that go through a lot in their lifes. Especially if you think about how vulnerable and influenceable you are at such a young age. I used to be interested in emo stuff as well, but I'm actually glad I'm over it.

@jujufeirrieo2836

Studies show that teens feel better listening to more angsty and yelling type songs then pretending to be happy while singing along to happy sunshiny songs.

@TrumanBest

@@jujufeirrieo2836 That's true! I absolutely agree with that. It's never a good thing to ignore sad or depressed feelings. I just said that some people can also take it too far by completely drown in their sadness and self pity without trying to cope with it. Especially at a younger age it's hard not to get carried away and not let those emotions take control. But no, of course never ignore them

More Comments

More Versions