Everything Must Change by SKBS is a sentimental ballad about how time passes and things change in its own way. The melody reminiscences about youth, love, and becoming mature in small, inexorable steps. There is a true warmth in the way the artist seems to remember things in the past—even simple things, for example, listening to albums or giving one’s first kiss. These are not necessarily sentimental things; they are portrayed in a deeper way about change and how fast things change.

THE SKBS gives an image about how things may go from innocence to complication. The words show how fantasies regarding children and how we wish things would go are not always in the direction anticipated. Allusions to moving in, having children, and working long hours are indicative of the unspoken difficulties that are embarked upon by most. The tone is still truthful and exposing, yet accepting of how things are in a way.

One of the strongest concepts in the song is the recurring line about things having to change in order for things to remain the same. It talks about how even when individuals are attempting to cling to happiness or normalcy, change is unavoidable. The song is not trying to say it has all of the answers, and that is what makes it ring true. THE SKBS does not claim to know all the reasons things need to change, but still insists on resilience and hope.

In the end, the artist is contemplating peace and serenity following a journey of great length. The transformation from pain and uncertainty to acceptance and tranquility is moving. The SKBS is able to take a simple meditation and make it about all of us. The lyrics speak to anyone who has ever turned around and asked how it is that their life turned out the way it did, and still managed to find beauty in the process.