All Love Lyrics
We started out as friends in the Lower East
Did a couple drugs at the house parties
Late nights in taxi cabs
Wish I could have 'em back
'Cause there's a lot of things that I never said
Now you're with somebody else in a different bed
You're happy, I could see
And that's so hard for me
[Pre-Chorus]
When you walk in the bar with someone, holding hands
Introduce me to her, say I'm just an old friend
And you ask how I've been
I say I'm doing fine, but I'm lying
[Chorus]
I take another shot, need the novocaine
Wish it would numb my heart way it numbs my brain
But it's all love
I don't feel it, but it's all love
The way you kiss on her neck with that look in your eyes
Do it right in front of me, kinda makes me wanna die
But it's all love
I hate the feeling, but it's all love
Should we forget about the past? Is that how you cope?
Should we drink a little more of that rum and Coke?
I don't know how to be
When she looks a bit like me
[Pre-Chorus]
When you walk in the bar with someone, holding hands
Introduce me to her, say I'm just an old friend
And you ask how I've been
I say I'm doing fine, but I'm fuckin' lying
[Chorus]
I take another shot, need the novocaine
Wish it would numb my heart way it numbs my brain
But it's all love
I don't feel it, but it's all love
The way you kiss on her neck with that look in your eyes
Do it right in front of me, kinda makes me wanna die
But it's all love
Hate the feeling, but it's all love
[Interlude]
It's all love
All love
So I take another shot, novocaine
Wish it would numb my heart, numb my brain
But it's all love
The way you kiss on her neck with that look in your eyes
Do it right in front of me, kinda makes me wanna die
But it's all love
I hate the feeling, but it's all love
Oh no, no, no, no, no
It's all love, baby
You know it's all love (It's all love)
(It's all love)
(It's all love)
It's all love
It's all love
About
In “All Love,” FLETCHER sings about seeing her ex again for the first time in a while. They are now in a new relationship and she wants to be happy for them, but it still stings.
FLETCHER revealed to Billboard that because the situation in the song really happened one night, she wanted to be as honest as possible. That is why she deliberately kept the lyrics simple and unambiguous, to make it more impactful.
She wrote the song with Jenn Decilveo the morning after that night at the bar to get rid of that “crazy feeling in my stomach.”
The music video for the song was released two months later. It shows how FLETCHER reacts when she sees her ex cozy up with another girl in a club. In the end, she makes peace with it and introduces herself to the woman.
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During a Track by Track with Billboard in August 2019, FLETCHER said:
Ugh, this song wrenches my heart. This song is about the feeling you have in your stomach after you walk into a bar, and you see your ex for the first time in a while, and they introduce you to somebody new that they’re with, and you have to pretend like you’re so happy for them and everything’s really good. But in the back of my brain I’m like, “Where the hell is the tequila?” It’s about pretending to be happy for someone, and you really are, or at least you want to be. But it stings worse than that straight tequila shot. I left the bar the night that happened and had this crazy feeling in my stomach. I went into the studio the next day, and I wrote this with this amazing writer, Jenn Decilveo.
The lyrics were just the things I was saying in the room: “It’s that feeling of walking into a bar, with someone holding hands, and you introduce me to her and say I’m just an old friend.” I was just like … that’s what I like to do. I just say stuff and put a melody to it. That’s the most impactful, because it doesn’t get clouded by all of this metaphorical meaning, you know? Just say what you mean!
Yes! FLETCHER performed “All Love” at the Bud Light Dive Bar tour during San Francisco 2019 Pride:
She also performed the track on Power Hit Radio and live on tour.
