Everything Went Numb

Everything Went Numb is the first track of Streetlight Manifesto's first full length album, "Everything Goes Numb", which was released in 2003. It was also the opening track of the band's demo. The song tells a story about a poor protagonist who attempted a robbery but was unfortunately caught, causing panicky internal bickering within himself.

As stated in the "Songwriting Notes" section of the demo, the song was first created in 1998. Circumstances led to its temporary dismissal until Tomas Kalnoky, the guitarist, singer and lyricist (amongst many other things), stumbled upon "the tales of sin city (sic)" (whether this means the Frank Miller comic series or Las Vegas is unknown). The influence led Kalnoky "head first into old territory...smoky bars, trench coats, busted mugs, stuff like that"; such shadiness was a major theme of his work on Catch 22's "Keasbey Nights".

Kalnoky claims he primarily wrote the lyrics during an extended car ride. He also planned to make a music video for the song, since it featured such a tangible storyline, but no video was ever made. The band would not make an official music video until their 2007 release of "We Will Fall Together," the first track on "Somewhere in the Between".

The song lasts three minutes and twenty-nine seconds. While it is occasionally played on several independent radio stations, it never broke into the mainstream.

There are also rumors that Kalnoky originally wrote the song for his other band, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, with the song originally titled "It All Goes Numb". Several lyric sites have "It All Goes Numb" listed under BOTAR, in addition to the songs from their EP, "A Call to Arms".

While playing live, they will sometimes start the song by playing an arrangement of "The Ants Go Marching One By One".