All For You – English Lyrics

• By: Olly Alexander
• Album: Night Call

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the introspective world of Olly Alexander's 'All For You,' a synth-pop exploration of past relationships and personal liberation. Explore how music can help process complex emotions and encourage self-reflection, offering listeners a chance to connect with the song's themes of understanding and moving on.

[English]

(dramatic music)

(upbeat music)

♪ I've been thinking ♪

♪ Was it all a different scene in my head ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ You've got powers ♪

♪ You instructed all the demons instead ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Ooh, everyone sees a man so tall, so perfect, they said ♪

♪ Yeah, you've got ambition ♪

♪ I thought we would grow in time, I wasn't prepared ♪

♪ Now, am I forgiven ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You look like you're so damn scared ♪

♪ I don't really think you care ♪

♪ You know, you know that our time is through ♪

♪ It's over when I leave, you said ♪

♪ We're never gonna meet again ♪

♪ You played your game, it was all for you ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ It's all for you ♪

♪ Is it always just a stand-in for a man that can't heal ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I've got arrows, am I shooting through the sky ♪

♪ For us still ♪

♪ Na, na, na ♪

♪ And I have a spent a year ♪

♪ Wondering if I had all of the blame ♪

♪ Ah, yeah ♪

♪ And love's a bitter fruit ♪

♪ If you choose to remain in your shame ♪

♪ But you couldn't listen, no ♪

♪ You look like you're so damn scared ♪

♪ I don't really think you care ♪

♪ You know, you know that our time is through ♪

♪ It's over when I leave, you said ♪

♪ We're never gonna meet again ♪

♪ You played your game, it was all for you ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ It's all for you ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ It's all for you ♪

♪ Kneeling at your temple, love was accidental ♪

♪ Singing bruises ♪

♪ I was foolish ♪

♪ Thinking I was careful, losing every battle ♪

♪ Singing bruises ♪

♪ I was foolish ♪

♪ No hands, no rush ♪

♪ No touch, no crime ♪

♪ No blood, no love ♪

♪ I'm doing it all for you ♪

♪ No hands, no rush ♪

♪ No touch, no crime ♪

♪ No blood, no love ♪

♪ I'm doing it all for you ♪

♪ You look like you're so damn scared ♪

♪ I don't really think you care ♪

♪ Don't care ♪

♪ You know, you know that our time is through ♪

♪ You know that our time is ♪

♪ It's over when I leave, you said ♪

♪ We're never gonna meet again ♪

♪ You played your game, it was all for you ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ It's all for you ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ I said, so long ♪

♪ It's all for you ♪

(upbeat music)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks, feels, and perceives
power /ˈpaʊər/ B1	noun - the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of images, ideas, or feelings that happen during sleep
scene /siːn/ B2	noun - a part of a play, movie, or written work
powerful /ˈpaʊərfəl/ B2	adjective - having great power or strength
scared /skeərd/ A2	adjective - feeling afraid or frightened
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - an activity that one participates in for entertainment
bruises /ˈbruːzɪz/ B2	noun - injuries appearing as purple or brown marks on the skin caused by bleeding underneath
love /lʌv/ B1	noun - a deep affection or attachment to someone or something
blood /blʌd/ B1	noun - the red liquid flowing through the body’s arteries and veins
care /keər/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest
leave /liːv/ B1	verb - to go away from a place
meet /miːt/ A2
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - an activity that one participates in for entertainment

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been thinking

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase "I've been thinking" uses the present perfect continuous to describe an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or has recently stopped.

• You instructed all the demons instead

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase "You instructed" is in the past simple tense, used to indicate a completed action in the past.

• Now, am I forgiven

  ➔ Present Simple Passive Voice (interrogative form)

  ➔ The phrase "am I forgiven" is a question in the present simple passive voice, used to ask if forgiveness has been granted to the speaker.

• You look like you're so damn scared

  ➔ Simile with "like"

  ➔ The phrase "like you're so damn scared" uses "like" to compare the person's appearance to fear, functioning as a simile.

• No hands, no rush

  ➔ Negation with adverbs of frequency/tempo

  ➔ The phrase "No hands, no rush" uses negation to emphasize that there is no need to hurry or physical contact.

• Thinking I was careful, losing every battle

  ➔ Past Simple and Gerund (progressive action)

  ➔ The phrase "thinking I was careful" is in the past continuous sense implying reflective thought, while "losing every battle" indicates ongoing struggle in the past.