All My Life
Wilson-McKinley Lyrics

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For the mist that veils my eyes
For the winter, the cold and the ice
For the life we've left behind
Now fading into the night
For the love and my peace of mind
For my mother and my silent bride
For the summer and the water into wine
I am waiting

Slowly fading
All my life
Cold water and the dreams of life
Draining out of the well of time
And you are false and you are blind
My dreamtime
Hold me now my lonely child
For I am cold and left behind
And you are strong and you are wild
My only
For the leaves and clearing sky
For the days that are sailing by
For the girl who came inside
I am drifting on the stream of my life
All my life

All my life
All my life

Overall Meaning

The song All My Life is an ultimate love song. The lyrics represent the confession of love for someone special, that the singer has waited for all his life. The opening lines themselves tell about the longing the singer has had for this person, and that he has been waiting for their arrival all his life. He describes the feeling of completeness as he has found his love, and now that he has started living his life with that special someone, everything seems to fall into place.

Further in the lyrics, the singer expresses his feelings of awe and admiration towards that person, and how he is afraid to look at them because of their astounding beauty. He deeply admires that person, and his heart is now like an open book for that person to read. The last lines ask that person to hold him and their love, and nothing else matters more than that love. It is a song that perfectly encapsulates the emotions of love and how it feels to be with that one special person you've been waiting for.

Line by Line Meaning

All my life
Throughout my entire existence

I've been waiting for you
I have eagerly anticipated your arrival

My wonderful one, I've begun
My exceptional significant other, I have started a new chapter in my life

Living all my life
Existing with purpose and fulfillment

All my love
All of the affection I possess

Has been waiting for you
Has been patiently yearning for your reciprocation

My life is sublime, now that I'm
My existence is exceptional, now that I'm

Living all my love
Expressing my adoration

You seem so lovely, so far above me
You appear exceedingly beautiful, way beyond my level

I'm almost afraid to look
I'm almost too anxious to gaze at you

But I adore you; I pledge before you
But I cherish you; I vow to you