All Night Long

An us-against-the-world song, "All Night Long" finds Peter Murphy singing about getting ready for a long journey with someone who comforts his soul. That person could be his wife, Beyhan Faulkes, whom he married in 1982, but it could also be someone or something completely different, as his lyrics are not literal and often written to explore his subconscious longings.

Murphy wrote this song with Paul Statham, a member of his backing band The Hundred Men. That band name comes from a line in this song: No hundred men now Would dare cut into us

The French part that comes in around the 2:30 mark comes from the 1946 Jean Cocteau film La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast). The translation: Beauty A rose that played its role My mirror, my key of gold, my horse, and my glove Are the five secrets of my power If you put this glove on your right hand It will take you where you want to be