About the song
There’s a quiet kind of magic in Willie Nelson’s It Always Will Be. It’s not a song that shouts. It doesn’t rely on soaring choruses or dramatic highs and lows. Instead, it whispers its way into your heart—gentle, steady, and sure. With the kind of timeless grace only Willie can deliver, this song speaks of love that doesn’t fade, even as the years slip by.
From the first few notes, there’s a softness in the melody that feels like an old photograph—warm, familiar, and filled with memories. Nelson’s iconic, weathered voice carries the weight of decades, yet there’s something achingly tender in every word he sings. He isn’t trying to impress or embellish. He’s just telling the truth—his truth—with the honesty of someone who’s lived, loved, and lost.
“It always will be” is a phrase that lingers. It’s about unshakable devotion, the kind that survives time, distance, and change. This isn’t a song about fireworks or fairy-tale endings. It’s about the kind of love that stays, even when everything else falls away. Love that doesn’t need to be loud to be real.
What makes this track stand out is its simplicity. A gentle guitar, a few understated chords, and Willie’s voice—nothing more, nothing less. But in that simplicity lies profound emotion. You can almost picture him sitting on a porch at dusk, guitar in hand, singing to someone who may be gone, but never far.
Willie Nelson reminds us that some things—some feelings—don’t disappear. They may shift, they may soften, but they don’t die. It Always Will Be is more than a love song. It’s a meditation on enduring connection, on the parts of our hearts that remain untouched by time. And that, perhaps, is its quiet power.
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Lyrics
Sometimes I think
That love is somewhere
Livin’ on an island all alone
I can see it in the darkness
I can feel it in the distance
And then it’s gone
And then I know that it is time
For me to go and find my favorite girl
‘Cause when I look into her eyes, I see
All the love there is in all the world
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
It always will be
There are some things I think about
And every time I do, it breaks my heart
And there is nothing I can do
About this loneliness I feel when we’re apart
I stop and curse the darkness and the distance
And then your face I see
And when I look into your eyes, I see
All the love there is inside of me
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
It always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
