From the First Note

We Came As Romans were rocked when their clean vocalist Kyle Pavone passed away from an accidental overdose on August 25, 2018. This song finds the band paying tribute to their fallen comrade.

I won't forget the memories, I know You'll always be a part of me, and Every way you changed me still shines through Guitarist and lyricist Joshua Moore had written the music for the song in his bedroom a month or so before Pavone's death. He'd held onto it as it was a track he really believed in. A year later, he added the lyrics in which he reminisces on the time they've had together as a band with Kyle. Moore explained to Kerrang: "Our lives and this band will forever be changed and affected by us having had the privilege of being friends and bandmates with him. When you're going through this journey of loss, you feel the whole wide range of emotions."

The song makes reference to and samples the lead single of We Came as Romans' debut album, To Plant a Seed. All the words you sang We sing them back for you From the first note And all the words you sang Moore recalled to Kerrang: "It's what started our entire career. We were just kids, playing shows to 70 people, getting paid $70 a night. That song and that record propelled us into this world we're in now. In that song, Kyle sang the words, 'My future started with the first note I ever played. The first note that was ever sang,' which was our way of saying it was meant to be, because we always wanted to be in a band, connecting with people through music." Moore added that the band took Pavone's vocal stem from "To Plant a Seed" and put it into the song, so their late singer's voice is in there. He said: "Even though he's not here with us now, we're still all in it together, pushing forward."