In an interview celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Devotion, Victoria reveals that she wrote this song while the band was sharing a practice space with a metal band – karma for when Victoria and Alex kept their old neighbors up practicing.
“We couldn’t hear what we were doing,” Scally says. Eve...
[Verse 1]
I was sitting on a rock
Just waiting for a key
To sleep inside the house
Of old serenity
So I climbed onto your altar
Begged Please, don't let me falter
We'll put our oaths at stake in
A heaven that all icicles make
[Chorus]
All my devotion
Compelled by an ocean
Of all the years to come
Of all the years to come
Of all the years to come
Of all the years to come
[Verse 2]
So we'll work until the night is quite
What once all our dreams were like
Doing all the housework
Returning all the schoolbooks
For good
Let's go on pretending
That the light
Is never ending
So we'll still have the summers
Let's be good to one another, yay hey
All the Years was written by Alex Scally & Victoria Legrand.
All the Years was produced by Rob Girardi & Adam Cooke.
Beach House released All the Years on Tue Feb 26 2008.