All For You – English Lyrics

• By: Years & Years
• Album: Night Call

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the reflective world of Years & Years' 'All For You,' a synth-pop track that explores themes of past relationships and personal growth. Perfect for learners, this song offers a blend of emotional depth and catchy melodies, making it an engaging way to improve your English comprehension and vocabulary related to love, loss, and self-discovery.

[English]

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

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
think /θɪŋk/ A2	verb - to have a particular opinion or belief
care /kɛr/ A2	verb - to feel concern or interest
forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ B1	verb - to stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone for an offense
scared /skɛrd/ B1	adjective - feeling frightened or worried
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - a form of play or sport
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence
arrows /ˈɛroʊz/ B2	noun - a weapon consisting of a long, thin shaft with a pointed tip
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ B2	adjective - having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet
temple /ˈtɛmpəl/ B2	noun - a building devoted to worship
battle /ˈbætəl/ B2	noun - a sustained fight between large organized armed forces
wonder /ˈwʌndər/ B1	verb - to feel curiosity or doubt
accidental /ˌæksɪˈdɛntl/ B2	adjective - happening by chance, not planned

Key Grammar Structures

• I've been thinking

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  ➔ Expresses an action that started in the past and is still ongoing or has recently finished.

• You instructed all the demons instead

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Used to describe actions completed at a specific time in the past.

• Looking like you're so damn scared

  ➔ Present Continuous with clauses of resemblance or appearance

  ➔ Uses the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing observation or appearance.

• It's over when I leave, you said

  ➔ Conditional Clause with 'when'

  ➔ Uses 'when' to introduce a time-dependent condition in a sentence.

• You played your game, it was all for you

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Describes actions that were completed in the past.

• No hands, no rush

  ➔ Present Simple Tense (with negation)

  ➔ Uses the present simple tense and negation to express general or habitual states.

• Singing bruises

  ➔ Gerund as a noun phrase

  ➔ Uses the gerund form to function as a noun, describing an ongoing action or concept.