| Josh Ritter – Wait For Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Who doesn't get a little impatient with Love now and then? Who hasn't begged or baited her hasty return? Who doesn't get a little bored with the constancy of Time? She HOLDS us ALL the time, of course. She's Miss Right Now. How to stay sane while we wait? Here's an in-depth interpretation and some ideas, including a cameo by Italian lyric poet Francesco Petrarch: http://girlinthegloaming.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/a-time-to-wait/ Send your thoughts! |
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| Josh Ritter – Wait For Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Hi! I recently wrote a blog post contrasting both the versions of Wait for Love on Historical Conquests. I see them as each a snapshot of the varied circumstances of our waiting. You're right: sometimes you just have to wait, even if you're anxious or wistful or impatient or doubtful. Even when you feel like the last unhitched person on earth. I read this song as a meditation on Time's passage and constancy in the face of Love's fickleness. And I used a poem by Petrarch to show that humans have been working through these emotions for centuries. http://girlinthegloaming.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/a-time-to-wait/ Would love your thoughts! |
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| Josh Ritter – Wait For Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Hi controlfreak -- Yep, I see it as a meditation on patience, and the passage of Time. In fact, my close analysis of the words takes the interpretation that the "someone" on his mind may indeed be Time itself. She holds him, and all of us, of course, all the time. We can't escape her, so perhaps we should embrace her. I wrote this piece contrasting both the very different versions of Wait for Love on Historical Conquests. And I took some inspiration and insight from the lyric poet Petrarch, who wrangled with these themes time and again: http://girlinthegloaming.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/a-time-to-wait/ Would love your thoughts! |
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