Cyndi Lauper watches her boyfriend as he sleeps in the selfless ballad "All Through The Night."
Enchanting synths open the single, creating an affectionate tone. Lauper says she stays awake during the night. She wraps herself in her boyfriend's arms and listens to him breathe. She cherishes the intimacy between them. Sleeping in the same bed is a new step for them. The peacefulness and safety is something she never experienced before. A loving glance is able to convey their strong emotions for each other.
"All through the night/I'll be awake and I'll be with you/All through the night/This precious time when time is new/Oh, all through the night today/Knowing that we feel the same without saying."
In the chorus, she says the past heartbreaks are forgotten and will never be brought up again. They are building a future together. It begins when they get married and will continue until death do they part.
"We have no past we won't reach back/Keep with me forward all through the night/
And once we start the meter clicks/And it goes running all through the night/Until it ends there is no end."
In the second verse, she hears the cries of lonely stray cats. She notes that although the stray cat is tough during the day, it still wants to cuddle up to someone at night. She remembers how she used to feel like the cat. The cats stay close to her apartment building, hoping someone will take them in and give them a nice home. It's likely they will stay outside.
"All through the night/Stray cat is crying so stray cat sings back/All through the night/They have forgotten what by day they lack/Oh under those white street lamps/There is a little chance they may see."
Article comments
1 - Kim
All Through the Night is actually a song about a 'one night stand.'I interpret this by the lyrics, "we have no past, we won't reach back."
I have come to this conclusion over the years and by reading numerous comments by diehard Lauper fans.
2 - Shang tsung
"!!there is no end!!!Ooooooooohhhhhhh"
The most scariest part of "all throught the night", cyn dominate my fears until i get an adult, but when i heard this in taxis, restaurants, bars, my face get red.
3 - daryl d
Pam, I hate you! You honored this song before I was able to! This is such an amazing song and I was so upset, at the time, that there wasn't a commercial video released to it.
This is the type of song you hear in your dreams. It's mysterious, yet inviting. I never thought of this as a song about a "one night stand" until now. It sort of makes sense.
I can't get to sleep, so I'm gonna play the mp3 to this right now.
4 - Shang tsung
Cyndi are a singer very short in size, she´s 1.60 but bigger in talent, with this song she slapped a giant guy
dieharder fan, i,m 1.80