Always Lyrics
I've been here before a few times
And I'm quite aware we're dying
And your hands, they shake with goodbyes
And I'll take you back if you'd have me
[Pre-Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
So here I am, I'm trying
So here I am, are you ready?
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Come on, let me hold you, touch you, feel you, always
Kiss you, taste you, all night, always
[Verse 2: Tom DeLonge]
And I'll miss your laugh, your smile
I'll admit I'm wrong if you tell me
I'm so sick of fights, I hate them
Let's start this again, for real
[Pre-Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
So here I am, I'm trying
So here I am, are you ready?
So here I am, I'm trying
So here I am, are you ready?
Come on, let me hold you, touch you, feel you, always
Kiss you, taste you, all night, always
Come on, let me hold you, touch you, feel you, always
Kiss you, taste you, all night, always
[Bridge: Tom DeLonge]
I've been here before a few times
And I'm quite aware we're dying
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
Come on, let me hold you, touch you, feel you, always
Kiss you, taste you, all night, always
Come on, let me hold you, touch you, feel you, always
Kiss you, taste you, all night, always
[Outro: Mark Hoppus]
Always
Always
About
The fourth single from their 5th (self-titled) album, “Always” is a track centered around the longing for an old relationship, with the taste and smell once so synonymous with happiness causing desperation.
The band categorize it as a love song, and claim that it’s influenced heavily by the 1980s sound.
It’s got kind of an ’80s thing. It’s not a dance song, but if you were to dance to it, you’d look like you were right out of ’85
The music video is a trippy mix of 3 separate screens, stacked on top of each other, all showing a part of a solid narrative at slightly different times, giving it a cartoonish quality. It tells the story of 3 guys dating the same girl.
The song barely charted worldwide, and was much more popular as a music video, racking up millions of views on YouTube.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
From the album’s liner notes:
Mark
This is a total 80’s song. At the outro, there are four bass guitars being played. A Fender Bass VI, a Fender Precision bass doing two different things, and a Roland Synth Bass, that sounds like a keyboard. One of the things I love best about this song is Travis’s percussion, using the cabasa as an accent before the snare hit.
Travis
Always I was thinking Missing Persons, so we recorded everything super dry and 80s feeling. The cymbals are on top of each other, with cool keyboards in the outro. There’s a really fast tambourine in the choruses. I think anyone can love this song. It was a simple song.
- 1.Carousel
- 2.M+M’s
- 3.Dammit
- 4.Josie
- 7.Adam’s Song
- 8.Man Overboard (Tom Lord-Alge Remix) (Missing Lyrics)
- 10.First Date
- 12.Feeling This
- 13.I Miss You
- 14.Down
- 15.Always
- 16.Not Now
- 20.I Miss You (live in Minneapolis) (Missing Lyrics)
