Rachael Lampa Album: Rachael Lampa Track: All This Time
All This Time Lyrics
RACHAEL LAMPA/TOMMY SIMS/IAN FITCHUK
CHORUS: IT'S TAKEN ME ALL THIS TIME TO SEE THE SUN IT'S TAKEN ME ALL THESE ROADS TO LEARN HOW TO RUN YOU'VE GIVEN ME RAIN TO WASH AWAY THE STUFF I THOUGHT I KNEW AND ALL THAT'S LEFT OF ME IS YOU
V.1: I'VE BEEN SWEEPING AROUND THIS ROOM WITH A FINE TOOTH BROOM STILL DON'T HAVE A CLUE I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE BUT NOTHINGS COMIN THROUGH I'VE BEEN FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES FULL OF GOLDEN RULES A WEALTH OF TINY TRUTHS TRIPPING OVER THE SAME OLD THINGS, I THOUGHT I'D LONG SINCE MOVED
PC1: I BELIEVE IN THE HELPING HAND, MY FELLOW MAN AND THE FAIL-SAFE "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR PLAN" THE PROMISE, THE CREED, THE OTHER CHEEK, SO HELP ME I NEED TO GET TO YOU
REPEAT CHORUS
V.2: YOU'VE BEEN PAVING THE WAY, MAKING IT STRAIGHT THE PATH HAS BEEN CLEARED I'VE BEEN A LITTLE HESITANT, BUT YOU STILL FIND ME HERE YOU'VE BEEN FLOODING MY THOUGHTS NOW I'M BREAKING THE LOCKS MAKING MY WAY THROUGH I CAN SEE TO THE OTHER SIDE AND I'M SO GLAD IT'S YOU
PC2: I BELIEVE IN THE ONE ABOUT REACHING OUT, LIVING LOUD, AND ALL MY DOUBTS I BELIEVE IN WHAT I CAN'T DO AND I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IN YOU
IT'S TAKEN ME ALL THIS TIME TO SEE THE SUN IT'S TAKEN ME ALL THIS TIME TO LEARN HOW TO RUN AFTER THE RAIN HAS WASHED AWAY THE RUST AND RESIDUE ALL THAT'S LEFT OF ME IS YOU
BRIDGE: I BELIEVE I CAN OVERCOME THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT UNDONE I BELIEVE I HAVE A PLACE TO GO, SOMEHOW I KNOW, I WILL GET TO YOU
SYNOPSIS
It's about the journey that someone takes as they realize there is a difference between knowing what you should believe and then actually truly believing it. It talks about feeling buried beneath questions that you thought had already been answered through fundamentals that you've heard all your life. In the Chorus, it finally comes around to accepting that the significance of religious knowledge is dead unless you have truly taken the step of encountering God with your whole heart and letting Him be alive in you.
