I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I was standing in the edge
Looking down at myself as a child
And he looked back at me
Crying tears of defeat
From his eyes
He said I know all the lies
That you hide behind every fake smile
Am I gonna be lonely like you
For all my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
I was standing in the edge
Looking down at the drink in my hand
And it looked back at me
Saying how in the hell
Have you been
I've been dryer than dirt
Dragging all of my thoughts through the quick sand
Now I'm quenching my thirst and I'm running like
All my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
All my life
Heaven can take me
But no one can save me from hell again
You'll never erase me
I'm back on the road again
All my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
All my life
All my life
Looking down at myself as a child
And he looked back at me
Crying tears of defeat
From his eyes
He said I know all the lies
That you hide behind every fake smile
Am I gonna be lonely like you
For all my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
I was standing in the edge
Looking down at the drink in my hand
And it looked back at me
Saying how in the hell
Have you been
I've been dryer than dirt
Dragging all of my thoughts through the quick sand
Now I'm quenching my thirst and I'm running like
All my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
All my life
Heaven can take me
But no one can save me from hell again
You'll never erase me
I'm back on the road again
All my life
I've been living in yesterday
All my life
A dollar short and a day too late
All my life
All my life
Lyrics submitted by Philadelphia Eagles
All My Life Lyrics as written by Andrew Wotman Ali Tamposi
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"There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life Ive loved them all"
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