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Released 3/30/2021.
Duration: 4:22.

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Tracks that reference When All Is Gone:

From Beyond:

• When All Is Gone (Instrumental) by Circlejourney

Lyrics:

I am a child of rain and fire
Born from the blight, bound by a birthright
Buried in the centuries of dust and daylight

I am the daughter of a woman
Who shone brighter than the sun
She gave me her chain, told me to run
Not one day passes where I don't say her a prayer

In every stream, I see my home
In every dream I dream, I roam
Beneath the sky, everything I've known
Is doomed die, while I wander on
When all is gone

In shadow since the world was shattered
The lands are in decay
In the ruins you know better
Than hope anything will stay but

I dared to love, to love another
held tight to all that I held dear
I always knew she'd disappear

Everywhere, every mile
In every shadow, her smile
I still bear every trial in this barren exile

In every stream, I see my home
In every dream I dream, I roam
Beneath the sky, everything I've known
Is doomed die, while I wander on
When all is gone

I go on, I go on, there's more road ahead
Nothing left, nothing left, nothing left for dead
Not until, not until all is done and said
I defy, I defy, till I bleed out red

I go on, I go on, there's more road ahead
Nothing left, nothing left, nothing left for dead
Not until, not until all is done and said
I defy, I defy, till I bleed out red

In every stream, I see my home
In every dream I dream, I roam
Beneath the sky, everything I've known
Is doomed die, while I wander on
When all is gone (Till I bleed out red)

In every stream (I go on, I go on, there's more road ahead)
I see my home (Nothing left, nothing left, nothing left for dead)
In every dream (Not until, not until all is done and said)
I dream, I roam (I defy, I defy, till I bleed out red)
Beneath the sky (I go on, I go on, there's more road ahead)
Everything I've known (Nothing left, nothing left, nothing left for dead)
Is doomed die, while I wander on (Not until, not until all is done and said)

When all is gone

Artist commentary:

Circlejourney: (booklet commentary)

Not to be a total nerd, but this song is about my Dungeons & Dragons character.

Specifically, it is about Ajai, the paladin I play in my main D&D campaign (yes, the one I referenced in Life's a Mind Game). I couldn’t find any music accurately reflecting her aesthetic for her playlist, so I took matters into my own hands and wrote the song I wished I could find.

Sentimental and protective, Ajai clings to the memory of every person she’s loved long after they have left. Despite the bleakness of the horizons she pursues, she continues to be full of compassion.

The richer vocal style playing off the sharp plucked strings is precisely the sound I associate with Ajai.