From the recording Gone Like A Whisper
Lyrics
The Whole of Me
By Kristopher Daniel Pinnell
[Intro]
We plan to aim
Where it’s all of me
And not one is to blame
[Verse 1]
My name now
Not spelled the same
Not the one I was born with
The all of me
Who I wanted to be
So I set myself free
My sister disagreed
[Chorus]
They chose two letters
I took them out
And made my name better
Took two letters out
Put one back in
As independent
As Huckleberry Finn
Not to be cut in half
Or stretched too thin
Turned a boy’s sadness
Into a grown man’s grin
[Verse 2]
Call me now
The whole of me
Not the hole that ached within
The full me
Not the wannabe
Not cut in half
By what they wanted from me
You want to see my wrath
I wrote my path
[Chorus]
They chose two letters
I took them out
And made my name better
Took two letters out
Put one back in
As independent
As Huckleberry Finn
Not to be cut in half
Or stretched too thin
Turned a boy’s sadness
Into a grown man’s grin
[Verse 3]
When I changed my name
Numerology was the game
And with that change
My whole life rearranged
The all of me
Who I wanted to be
Not maybe
What my parents thought
I ought to be
Limited and bought
I think not.
[Chorus]
They chose two letters
I took them out
And made my name better
Took two letters out
Put one back in
As independent
As Huckleberry Finn
Not to be cut in half
Or stretched too thin
Turned a boy’s sadness
Into a grown man’s grin
[verse 4]
What happened to me
Is all of me
It is my name
Can’t you see
Please let it be
My name as it should be
Because you and I
Deserve not half
But all of me
The all of me
I was meant to be
Two letters gone
One returned
[Outro]
No longer the boy
Who ran while he burned
Now I stand tall
No need for redo
Becoming myself
Was the one thing
I had to do
[Chorus]
They chose two letters
I took them out
And made my name better
Took two letters out
Put one back in
As independent
As Huckleberry Finn
Not to be cut in half
Or stretched too thin
Turned a boy’s sadness
Into a grown man’s grin