This song is about embracing a committed, lifelong relationship (or partnership) with realistic honesty rather than grand illusions or promises—it celebrates the courage to take that initial, deliberate step into "always" (a shared future) based on mutual presence, trust, and choice, not perfection or guarantees.
The narrator reflects on past experiences and lessons learned, choosing to move forward with someone not by ignoring life's uncertainties or pretending everything will be easy, but by committing to showing up consistently, walking side by side through the unplanned and difficult moments with open eyes and steady resolve.
Ultimately, it's a grounded, hopeful anthem of love as an ongoing decision: not a fairy-tale ending, but a real, day-by-day direction chosen together, where the power lies in the quiet determination to build something enduring from the ground up.

First Step Into Always

Winnipeg composer, retired from the farm, still chasing meaning in melody. My work lives where TV cues meet YouTube soundscapes, with a few albums in between. Built in Mixcraft Pro, fuelled by late-night coffee, stubborn curiosity, and a Stoic’s sense of timing. Also writing on politics, history, and philosophy, because sound isn’t my only instrument.

First Step Into Always

Wayne Mathison