Always Love
Written by Matthew Caws, Ira Elliott, and Daniel Lorca, ©2005
Found on Here & Now.

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me..
Always love... Hate will get you every time
Always love... Don't wait till the finish line

Slow demands come 'round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out

Always love... Hate will get you every time
Always love... Even when you wanna fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it'd be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you get dealt you...

Always love... Hate will get you every time
Always love... Hate will get you

I've been held back by something
Yeah, you said to me quietly on the stairs,
I've been held back by something
Yeah, you said to me quietly on the stairs
You said...
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones

To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love... hate will get you every time
Always love... hate will get you…

I've been held back by something
Yeah, you said to me quietly on the stairs,
I've been held back by something
Yeah, you said to me quietly on the stairs
You said . . .
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones
Hey, you good ones
I...

Gerry Beckley: “Always Love” was written by Matthew Caws, the lead singer and writer in Nada Surf. “Always Love” was quite a big independent hit. To be honest, the only thing in question about this song was we wondered if it had been too big of a hit. It had been used on Laguna Beach and a few other high visibility places on television. But we really loved the song.

This album wasn’t going to be a project where we picked a ton of outside material; we wanted it to really be mostly self penned stuff. But we felt that there was gonna be room for some carefully selected songs. “Always Love” was a very strong song. In Nada Surf’s version it was quite a bit heavy. I thought the song was strong enough on its own that it didn’t have to have the power chords. If we brought it back and substituted some of that with vocal harmonies and acoustic guitars that it would be equally as strong and probably a bit more signature America.


Last Revised: 7 April 2007