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All the Time Lyrics

[Verse 2]
Everyone's been wearing your perfume
Everything is reminding me of you

I don't know what I'm doing in New York
But all I know is you ain't walking through the door

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm seein' you undressed in my room
But it's just a memory, a fantasy
Are you in your house? Are you going out?
Are you going crazy like me?
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

[Chorus]
I try to forget about you, baby
And I die when I think of you with someone else and
I don't know why, I don't know why you're dancing in my mind
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night
I try to forget about you, baby
And I die when I think of you with someone else and
I don't know why, I don't know why you're dancing in my mind
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night (Yeah)

[Bridge]
And I wonder if you think about me, too
Where we used to go, what we used to do

And I wonder if you're crying out inside, oh yeah
(From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night)
(From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night)
Oh whoa
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night
[Chorus]
I try to forget about you, baby (I try)
And I die when I think of you with someone else and
I don't know why (I don't know why)
I don't know why you're dancing in my mind (Yeah)
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night
I try to forget about you, baby (Baby, baby)
And I die when I think of you with someone else and
I don't know why, I don't know why you're dancing in my mind
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night
All the time
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night
All the time
From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

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How did the song come about?
Verified Commentary
Zara Larsson
Genius Answer

Actually, I didn’t write the song from the start. You will see Noonie and Lotus wrote it from the beginning. And I jumped aboard and finished it. So, the idea was already there. It’s pretty straight forward if you listen to the song. It’s about like a love where you have a crush on someone. Maybe you guys have broken up, and you still wish that you were together with this person. And I think it’s quite relatable. When you have someone on your mind, you can’t get them out of your head. They’re just there from the breaking of the day to the middle of the night, all the time. When I heard it, I just know it’s one of those songs after one listen. I did so many recordings of it though. ‘Cause I recorded it pretty straight away. And then I’m a perfectionist so I wasn’t happy with that. And then I think I recorded it like a third time. And then maybe that version made the cut for me. But, I know I definitely recorded it more than twice.

Is the song inspired by personal experience?
Verified Commentary
Zara Larsson
Genius Answer

I do think my ex probably thinks it’s about him. It’s not though. It’s not really about anyone. So yeah, this song wasn’t actually from a place where I was in at the moment. But I do take inspiration from being in that situation at one point in time, because I think that sometimes I just put myself in situations because it’s fun and it’s creative. It doesn’t have to be something that I go through right now.But like a year ago or two years ago where I was in that position, that would always be with me. So I think it’s good to have a few heartbreaks. It’s good to have a few friends who go through drama and then you can kind of suck in that inspiration.

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Release Date
June 21, 2019
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