All Souls inspired music | Less Than All of Me — Dark Romantic Cinematic Rock

Some parts of us are easier to hide than to accept... Until someone sees them anyway. “Less Than All of Me” is inspired by A Discovery of Witches, the first novel in the All Souls series by Deborah Harkness. Diana Bishop has spent years keeping part of herself at a distance — choosing scholarship, reason and control over the power she was born with. But when an ancient manuscript appears in Oxford’s Bodleian Library, the life she has carefully built begins to change. Her path crosses with Matthew Clairmont, a vampire whose own history carries secrets, danger and centuries of restraint. What begins with suspicion slowly becomes trust. And trust becomes something neither of them can keep at a safe distance. For Diana, loving someone means confronting the parts of herself she has spent years making smaller. For Matthew, it means allowing another person close enough to see what he has learned to contain. This song is about the fear of being fully known — and the moment when love stops asking us to become less. Because sometimes the hardest thing is not changing for someone else. It is finally allowing ourselves to become whole. This video features music and visuals generated with AI tools. LYRICS [Verse 1] I built a life without it And told myself I could I left the past behind me The way I thought I should Then an old book opened And something answered back I closed it, but I couldn't stop What it had stirred in me [Pre-Chorus] For years I kept it quiet I thought that made me free Then you looked past the life I'd made At what I would not see [Chorus] I don't know what is waking I don't know where it leads I only know I can't go back To being less than all of me You see the things I buried And you don't turn away I'd rather face what I might be Than lose another part of me [Verse 2] You should have been a warning A line I would not cross The rules were there between us We both knew what they cost But you don't ask me to be less Or doubt the things you see And somehow being close to you Makes hiding harder for me [Pre-Chorus] The more I try to fight it The clearer it becomes I can't keep living half a life And still pretend I'm whole [Chorus] I don't know what is waking I don't know where it leads I only know I can't go back To being less than all of me You see the things I buried And you don't turn away I'd rather face what I might be Than lose another part of me [Bridge] I thought that hiding kept me safe I thought that made me strong But every choice that kept me small Has held me back too long I don't need all the answers I don't need to know the way I can face the part I buried I don't have to hide away [Final Chorus] I don't know what is waking I don't know where it leads But I know I won't go back To being less than all of me You see the things I buried And I can face them too I'm still afraid of what comes next But fear won't choose for me [Outro] Some doors close behind us Some never close again ──────────────────── Music: Suno AI Lyrics & Creative Direction: Manie Visuals: AI-assisted artwork Video Editing: DaVinci Resolve #AllSouls #ADiscoveryOfWitches #DeborahHarkness