pomoc w przetłumaczeniu zdania na język polski

Cześć.O ile pierwsze zdanie jest zrozumiałe, tak drugie to dla mnie zlepek słów.Proszę o pomoc i pozdrawiam.


'I opened my eyes very wide.There I had been for all eternity , as it were, and now at last I was coming to life...'

as it were = jakby

as it were (true) = sort of; in a way = (tak)jakby