# "All my life" lyrics in a song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558 "2008-11-07T00:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/21 "2008-11-07T17:16:11Z")
I was going to suggest Foreigner … “In my life … there’s been heartache and pain … I don’t know if I can face it again …” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/22 "2008-11-07T17:46:09Z")
Rockin Chair by Oasis? I`m older than I`d wish to be This town hold no more for me All my life I try to find another way I don`t care for your attitude You bring me down I think you`re rude All my life I try to make a better day ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/23 "2008-11-07T17:50:15Z")
_All My Life_, **Uriah Heep** , from their best album, “Demons and Wizards”. Excerpt: > [@](#): > > ## I had a little look for a minute today and I told her there was something I wanted to say. Just sitting there glowing, with her red light on, so I gotta move fast and it shouldn’t take long. Maybe she will? Maybe she won’t? You get yourself together cause she doesn’t say don’t. I never ever thought I was looking for a wife but I think I can love her for the rest of my life. Later on, “all my life” is repeated. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/24 "2008-11-08T03:42:22Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Is it rock? pop? hip-hop? rap? That could help us narrow it down. - As I said in the original post, I don’t listen to much rap or hip-hop, so I doubt it’s either of those. Rock, indie, emo or pop punk are probably where it’s going to end up. “Lazy Eye” is probably the suggestion that seems the most like it, though it’s not it. - I’d bet it’s something that came out within the last five years, but definitely within the last ten. - The singer is a youngish guy, probably less than 30. - “All my life” part of a longer statement, though I can’t figure out what comes after that, or if there are any words in line before those. Does it make any sense if I say that there’s a lot of emphasis on the word “life” compared to what came earlier, like it’s the peak of the line? Of course, listening to these other songs is sort of fading it… Thanks Everyone, I’m listening to your suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/25 "2008-11-08T03:56:51Z")
Hmmm, my guess was from more than 10 years ago, but it does sound right. Here’s a [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1N0QrG1hM) for you to check out. The line first appears at the 0:39 mark. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/26 "2008-11-08T06:09:55Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” contains the phrase: > > _And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord > Ive been waiting for this moment for **all my life** , oh lord…_ Hah, the song that flipped into my head at the mention of “all my life” was “Jesus He Knows Me” by Genesis: _And Jesus he knows me And he knows I’m right Ive been talking to Jesus **all my life** Oh yes he knows me And he knows I’m right Well he’s been telling me Everything’s gonna be alright_ ---
**Author:** ![gustebeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@gustebeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gustebeast)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558/27 "2016-08-22T16:14:06Z")
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I just had the exact same ear worm and it was Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second by indie artist Starfucker. Happens to me all the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-my-life-lyrics-in-a-song/471558.md?page=1)