How can I find something
That two can take
Without stumbling as we
Walk into our future's wake
I'm like a broken record
That you can play
Repeating as if it matters
Everything I want to say
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now
Forget that time
It's nothing we touch and see
All this is fine
Even as it crashes down on me
I'm looking around
There's nothing that I could want
More than to tell you
There's no more than we've already got
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now
Forget that our time is almost up I'll be all right



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Track duration: 04:32

"As Long As It Matters" as written by Phillip/wilson Rhodes

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    General Comment:im one of those people who felt inluv when they heard this song,toinkz.
    this is my favorite song i ever.hehehe.

    ngekz,tama kaya yung pagkaka intindi ko sa song na ito.?

    hello everyone! alvin rey gabac at your service.
    Flag alvinreygabacon January 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:al hail to this song,reminds me when i met a beautiful lady when im in 3rd year highscool.
    the name of this girl is lerian ethyl garcia.

    for me the song means he is trying to save the relationship because he is afraid to lose the girl.and trying to forget the girl but he failed..
    he is trying to find someone but There's nothing that he could want.

    whoa.!just like my situation.after a year that we lose our relationship.and i realized that i want him.
    hehehe.peace!poh.haha.bahala na.!

    -alvin rey
    Flag alvinreygabacon January 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment: At a concert I saw the gins and Robin revealed that hi and Jesse wrote this over the phone while Robin was eating cereal and watching Saturday Morning cartoons ( Hes a nerd lol)
    Flag spdrpigon December 11, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song depicts about a relationship that is about to collapse
    because one is about to lose the other, pretty sums up everything
    that the guy is afraid to lose this girl. that's why he's trying to save the
    relationship. but unfortunately they're not meant to be. but even though he still wants to be with her. and wants to save the moment
    until the rest of time.broken record depicts that he's saying this words to her tries to remind her that he's not gonna allow losing her. But in the end still loses her.
    Flag guitaranalyzer55on April 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:for me it's a song that wants to reveal something to someone but can't do it because there's no point of doing it because time is running out for him lest he might even hurt that someone if he did confess it...

    the first stanza depicts something (or he) is in rush but still want to be cautious for his actions. Maybe, he realized that time is limiting him to find that "something that two can take".

    in the second, upon realizing that time is limited for him, he tried to tell(but not directly) the other person what he felt. the "broken record" has repeatedly conveyed its message but it never gets to the listener. that's why...

    that's why it's alright (he'll be alright). It's alright that the other person never learned about his feelings. what matters is that he is with the right person (at the right time).

    in the sense that time is limiting you do what you want, he just wanted to forget time or ignore it. What's important is something "we touch and see" and that is the person who is very important to him and he couldn't want anything more just to be with this person especially in the time when he is about to pass away...

    and at the last moment... he wants to make the time very special with the person he loves. No worrying about time... "Forget that our time is almost up" and if the time did is up... He'll be alright because the last moment has been a happy one.
    Flag cyserion August 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:for me it's a song that wants to reveal something to someone but can't do it because there's no point of doing it because time is running out for him lest he might even hurt that someone if he did confess it...

    the first stanza depicts something (or he) is in rush but still want to be cautious for his actions. Maybe, he realized that time is limiting him to find that "something that two can take".

    in the second, upon realizing that time is limited for him, he tried to tell(but not directly) the other person what he felt. the "broken record" has repeatedly conveyed its message but it never gets to the listener. that's why...

    that's why it's alright (he'll be alright). It's alright that the other person never learned about his feelings. what matters is that he is with the right person (at the right time).

    in the sense that time is limiting you do what you want, he just wanted to forget time or ignore it. What's important is something "we touch and see" and that is the person who is very important to him and he couldn't want anything more just to be with this person especially in the time when he is about to pass away...

    and at the last moment... he wants to make the time very special with the person he loves. No worrying about time... "Forget that our time is almost up" and if the time did is up... He'll be alright because the last moment has been a happy one.
    Flag cyserion August 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:for me it's a song that wants to reveal something to someone but can't do it because there's no point of doing it because time is running out for him lest he might even hurt that someone if he did confess it...

    the first stanza depicts something (or he) is in rush but still want to be cautious for his actions. Maybe, he realized that time is limiting him to find that "something that two can take".

    in the second, upon realizing that time is limited for him, he tried to tell(but not directly) the other person what he felt. the "broken record" has repeatedly conveyed its message but it never gets to the listener. that's why...

    that's why it's alright (he'll be alright). It's alright that the other person never learned about his feelings. what matters is that he is with the right person (at the right time).

    in the sense that time is limiting you do what you want, he just wanted to forget time or ignore it. What's important is something "we touch and see" and that is the person who is very important to him and he couldn't want anything more just to be with this person especially in the time when he is about to pass away...

    and at the last moment... he wants to make the time very special with the person he loves. No worrying about time... "Forget that our time is almost up" and if the time did is up... He'll be alright because the last moment has been a happy one.
    Flag cyserion August 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I've always thought of this as being from the point of view of someone that's dying, and the thing that "matters" is his/her life up to that point, especially in the eyes of the person he/she's with, whether it be a parental figure, a friend or someone he/she is in love with.

    ...Or maybe I'm just trying to make this song deeper than it already is. :)
    Flag Leafsdudeon July 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This is a good song that I never heard until I picked up their best-of compilation.

    It's easy to explain the "as long as you're here with me now" part

    ..but what about the "as long as it matters" ? that's the title, after all. What is it that "matters"? What about the "mattering" does he take solace in? Who does is "matter" to - the guy or the girl??
    Flag emilimo701on December 25, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the traditional depressing sound of GB. as long as it matters tells about a guy and a girl who have sex, but don't have a relationship. he wants her to make a commitment, but she's not into that. he's greatly hurt that they can't be together, but he settles for sex. hense that he'll be alright 'as long as your here with me now.'
    Flag MajorLodgeVictoryon September 06, 2006   Link

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