Along with Boyzone, Keating has sold over 40 million records worldwide, and in Australia he is best known as a judge on The X Factor. Keating has worked as a charity campaigner most notably for the Marie Keating Foundation, a foundation that raises awareness for breast cancer. It is named after his mother, who died of the disease. Ronan Keatings fortune is around £12 million pounds.
In This Life
Ronan Keating Lyrics
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There was an emptiness in me
I was imprisoned by the power of gold
With one honest touch you set me free
[Chorus]
Let the world stop turning
Let the sun stop burning
If it all falls apart I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered had come true
In this life, I was love by you
For every mountain I have climbed
And every raging river crossed
You were the treasure that I longed to find
Without your love I would be lost
[Chorus]
In this life, I was loved by you
The song "In This Life" by Ronan Keating is one that celebrates true love and its ability to fill a void in our lives. The lyrics open up with the acknowledgment that the singer has been blessed with many things in his life, but there was still a sense of emptiness inside him. Here, he speaks of how material things can often imprison us, leaving one feeling empty and in search of something more profound. However, he found that with one honest touch, he was freed from this emptiness. This honest touch, one can assume, is the embrace of love. Love, in its purest form, is capable of transcendence and can fill the void that material things cannot. The use of the metaphor of 'imprisonment' helps to illustrate how one can often feel trapped emotionally, and the power of real love has the ability to liberate us.
The chorus talks about the realization that love is worth going through all the challenges and trials that life may bring. The singer acknowledges that even if the world stops turning or if the sun stops burning, if everything falls apart, he will know that the only dream that mattered has come true. This line implies that love is the most crucial thing in life, and everything else is secondary. The implication here is that the power of true love can be felt in the heart, and this realization makes everything else in life that much sweeter. The final verse speaks to how the singer had found everything he could have ever wanted in life, but the one thing he had always sought, the treasure he had longed for, was love. Without this treasure, he would be lost. The line implies that without love, everything else in his life would be meaningless.
Line by Line Meaning
For all I've been blessed with in this life
Despite being blessed with material possessions and achievements in life, there was still an unfulfilled void in me
There was an emptiness in me
I felt incomplete and unfulfilled despite my worldly successes
I was imprisoned by the power of gold
My obsession with money and material wealth had trapped me emotionally and spiritually
With one honest touch you set me free
Your genuine love and affection liberated me from my materialistic confinement
Let the world stop turning
I do not need anything else in the world but your love
Let the sun stop burning
The world would be meaningless without your love
Let them tell me love's not worth going through
Even if others discourage me and say that love is not worth it, I know that our love is true
If it all falls apart I will know deep in my heart
Even if everything else falls apart, I would still have the satisfaction of knowing that I was loved by you
The only dream that mattered had come true
My ultimate dream was to find true love, and that dream has come true with you
In this life, I was loved by you
Your love has given my life meaning and purpose, and I am eternally grateful for it
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Written by: ALLEN SHAMBLIN, MIKE REID
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