Lyrics
she saw the pieces of her yesterday
she was wondering how she’d fade away
who loved her and really listened in
whether she had made a difference
he’s a solider (he’s a solider) of misfortune
seven steps to make one forward
how the truth hurts
the lies they crystallise
try to wrap your arms around a memory
maybe you are not where you’re meant to be
lord knows we’re not who we think we are
all night doctors
all night preachers
all night girls to get you through (get you through, get you through)
lost and wasted
hope is fading
i wait here for you
the secret life of our interiors
whey most girls are superior
everyday i’m on the slide for you and
every night is the same i’m waiting
for the world to change
for all the fighting (for all the fighting) to die away
find comfort in your memory
i’m not where i am meant to be
you shine the world stops
and gods are humbled
all night doctors
all night preachers
all night girls to get you through (get you through, get you through)
lost and wasted
hope is fading
i wait here for you (for you, for you)
were you ever my love
were you ever my love
i don’t know (i don’t know, i don’t know)
(i sense)
all night doctors
(were you ever my love)
all night preachers
(were you ever my love)
all night girls to get you through (get you through, get you through)
lost and wasted
(were you ever my love)
hope is fading
(were you ever my love)
i wait here for you (for you, for you)
were you ever my love
were you ever my love
i don’t know
About The Song
wtf does that word mean?:
crystallise [v.] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Band Thoughts:
“Like the song ‘All Night Doctors,’ I enjoyed writing a dialogue, showing a snapshot of someone else’s life. For most people, happiness revolves around what they’ve achieved. But success is really about how they reconcile their aspirations with where they actually land in life. That balance has always intrigued me. I’ve found that depression, stress and worry is almost always rooted in the past and the future. But there’s a lot of riches to be found in the moment.” – Gavin Rossdale
“I wanted to write autobiographical songs and I also like to write the observational songs. Clearly, there are both of these qualities in the song. It is just observing two separate characters, a girl and a boy and how they find their way through the challenges that are presented to them. It is just about human concerns that everybody has. The girl is wondering about what effects the decisions she has made will be. Sometimes you look back at your life and you have to assess what impact you had.
For some reason, my whole life, I have been obsessed about making sure that I give back. Where I grew up was super rough and I grew up around people who were so aggressive and taking. Even when I was a kid, I was so shocked by the people around my neighborhood. I didn’t understand how you could be that conniving. With this girl in the song singing about how she loves him and seeing whether she made a difference, it is one of those human concerns that any regular person might think about.
The male character is the one soldier of misfortune which is most of us. The happy endings are there and the happy days are in there, but a lot of it is struggling and a lot of it is uphill. That is what I was thinking about. The chorus “All Night Doctors” is all the remedies we have in life. We all self-medicate. We all find our separate remedies. That’s what that song is about.” – Gavin Rossdale
Staff Thoughts:
Fan Thoughts:
“Sounds so sweet. The sense of sadness is rather prevalent.” – Laura