Everything Is Changing
Song Meaning
JJ Heller questions her own compliance rather than assuming it was ever in doubt in "Everything Is Changing" — "I'm trying to follow, I'm trying my best to do what you said, but what about tomorrow, are you sure I'm not in over my head?" The obedience is real, but so is the uncertainty about whether it's actually working.
"It's been awhile since you last gave me something to go on" names a specific complaint — not doubt about God's existence, but frustration at the silence in the meantime. "I thought I was doing what you wanted, it isn't as easy as it seemed" admits that following correctly hasn't made the path any clearer.
"It seemed like I did everything right, now I see that it's all wrong, do you want me to move on, can you tell me where I belong?" closes the song on unresolved questions rather than a recovered sense of direction, treating confusion honestly as still the present condition rather than something already worked through.
I'm trying to follow
I'm trying my best to do what you said
But what about tomorrow
Are you sure I'm not in over my head
Everything is changing all around me
Is this the ending of a dream
I thought I was doing what you wanted
It isn't as easy as it seemed
I'm losing my vision
I'm fighting the doubting with all that I am
It's been awhile since you last gave me something
To go on
Tell me it's not the end
It seemed like I did everything right
Now I see that it's all wrong
Do you want me to move on
Can you tell me where I belong