All I've Ever Known

"All I've Ever Known" is the eighth song in "Hadestown".

Lyrics
I was alone so long I didn't even know that I was lonely Out in the cold so long I didn't even know that I was cold Turned my collar to the wind This is how it's always been

All I've ever known is how to hold my own All I've ever known is how to hold my own But now I wanna hold you, too

You take me in your arms And suddenly there's sunlight all around me Everything bright and warm And shining like it never did before And for a moment I forget Just how dark and cold it gets

All I've ever known is how to hold my own All I've ever known is how to hold my own But now I wanna hold you Now I wanna hold you Hold you close I don't ever wanna have to let you go

Now I wanna hold you, hold you tight I don't wanna go back to the lonely life

I don't know how or why Or who am I that I should get to hold you? But when I saw you all alone against The skies like I'd known you all along

I knew you before we met And I don't even know you yet All I know is your someone I have always known

All I know is you're someone I have always known And I don't even know you Now I wanna hold you Hold you close I don't ever wanna have to let you go

Suddenly the sunlight Bright and warm

Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms

Say that you'll hold me forever Say that the wind won't change on us Say that we'll stay with each other And it will always be like this

I'm gonna hold you forever The wind will never change on us Long as we stay with each other

Then it will always be like this