Tally Hall - All Of My Friends (The Pingry EP)

Artist: Tally Hall
Album: The Pingry EP
Song: All Of My Friends
Source: CD (FLAC RIP)

Note: any static and popping noises are present on the original CD, most uploads are so compressed (sourced from 96KBPS MP3 Files from Mediafire) that the static noise isn't present.

[TallyHallArchive]

Note: any static and popping noises are present on the original CD, most uploads are so compressed (sourced from 96KBPS MP3 Files from Mediafire) that the static noise isn't present.

[leynamaves]

the lyrical changes from this to rob's "I'm Gonna Win" really have me feeling some type of way

[pheo]

This feels like.... A reprise from a musical

[danpierce]

I really dont feel like this is any less dark than "im gonna win" the difference is that Joe thinks he has people to help him, but they dont exsist. Rob is just saying "to hell with it, ill do it myself"

[pidgeonshidgeon]

Now consider: All of my Friends, Tally Hall's I'm Gonna Win, and Rob Canton's I'm Gonna Win respectively as songs for a TV show character's descent into villainy

[murderouscroww]

the shift from all of my friends to i'm gonna win makes me really sad especially considering that i'm gonna win came out after the band broke

[sylvie_loves_frogs]

me after listening to i'm gonna win first: what the hell happened here

[b_megamaths]

A lot of people talk about how "I'm Gonna Win" is like a grittier version of this, but honestly I see that one as a brighter one - this one has the perception of someone who's convinced themselves that everything is fine when it really isn't. I'm Gonna Win gives more of a feeling of "I'm a mess, but I'll put in the effort to improve, " or maybe "things are a mess but we ball anyways"

[MrTophatter]

I love how the ending devolved into just smashing all the keys

[miraclewillow]

I like the bit with the melody of Ruler of Everything very quickly popping in

[AcefArts]

"Oh hey a tally hall song I havent listened to yet."

*confused screaming*

[elisab]

This song really captures how people with mental illness feel. “We’d assist if we really did exist”. For me I cling onto imaginary people when I’m upset, I know they aren’t real but they bring comfort. And that can either make it better or worse

[Stormfly]

I was listening to "I'm Gonna Win" basically all day yesterday and the day before. I found this song today in an animatic, and it just feels so strange and uncanny. It makes me feel feelings I don't know how to properly describe

[rexv]

heard people talking about this in the comments for "I'm Gonna Win", didn't think they were this similar

[mezzovii]

how can a song that ive never heard of in my entire life be so nostalgic?

[zootzbootz]

Honestly this song hits harder the more I think about it.
Just. The whole concept of emotional repression and neglecting your own mental health and just carrying on like everything is fine.

"It's all in my head, theres no room to be blue"

It reminds me of a mindset a lot of those suffering from depression have and is constantly perpetrated by others around us who don't fully understand it- which is essentially the whole "your life is just fine so why are you sad when you have no reason to be? "

And the way it becomes increasingly more desperate sounding and discordant as the song goes on. Like a downward mental spiral.

As for the "friends" referenced, my personal interpretation is that the "friends" are actually real people, although toxic and constantly pushing the whole "it's all in your head" narrative. Until eventually he breaks this "friendship" off after realizing but the words still linger on, , basically that is to say it isn't necessarily the "friends" that are just all in his head but rather their words that have been so impactful in a negative way.
Hopefully this made sense but yeah just a personal interpretation 😭

edit: sorry to be that person but I looked back at this comment after like a year and realized how many likes it's gotten?? huh 😭😭 atp it isn't really /that/ many but dang /pos

[prismjinn]

My life is a constant entrapment of tunnels
Which tangle and wind and beguile
And regardless of where I may tumble or funnel
I wonder what’s really worthwhile

Sometimes it can seem like a nightmarish dream
And I’m falling with nothing to hold
Sometimes I get flustered and beaten and blistered
Abandoned outside in the cold

But all of my friends
Help me go
And all of my friends
Let me know
That it's all in my head
There's no room to be blue
Everything will be fine
I'll be making it through

It’s hard to be charming and smart and disarming
It’s hard to keep up with the rest
It’s hard to fulfill everyone’s expectations
It’s hard to pretend you’re the best
But all, all of my friends
Help me go
And all of my friends
Let me know
That it's all in my head
There's no room to be blue
Everything will be fine
I'll be making it through
How do you feel?
You’ve been concealing your worries from the world
But you can reveal them to me

We might assist, if we'd really exist
But you're all in my head
There's no room left for you
Everything will be fine
I'll be making it through

[actamophen]

there are so many different fandoms in this comment section and its quite interesting (and by that i mean like two but that's still pretty interesting)
anyways did anyone else come here from that dirk animatic

[Kuriboh]

I think that the song is about a man who has been recommended a therapist who helps him confront his depression. His friends (in my opinion) are real and have good intentions, but can't help, as they are not professionals, but help cheer him up if they can.

[Cesarthecool]

What's the meaning anyways?


Maybe he's depression and his friends are trying to help but not well?
That's what I've heard, but not sure.