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If words could make it real
I'd tell you how I feel
Instead I'm waiting here on my knees love
I know how it feels to breathe
With you beside me.
I think about it always

Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for

A lifetime for a day
would be an even trade
no price I wouldn't pay for your heart love
I know how it feels to breathe
With you beside me
I think about it always

Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for

Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
I'm waiting for
Waiting for

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by jasonwe0v8

10y ago

This song is about studying calculus.

Jennifer Nettles is inviting a friend over to study for her calculus exam the following day, and she thinks about it always. (Side note: doesn't it sound like she sings "I think about it all the way"? Just sayin')

When is she doing it? TONIGHT! She's been waiting for it.

"A lifetime for a day ... would be an even trade" Here, Jennifer is telling us that all the hard work she put it would be justified if she received an A on the exam; if she just did good that one day.

"I know how it feels to breathe ... with you beside me" Jennifer chose her study partner carefully. She always wanted to sit next to each other in class so they could share answers during tests. So part of the reason she wants her girlfriend over to study is because she's used to hearing her breathe the answers to her in class.

This is the most accurate interpretation of this song, and (at the time I'm writing this), is the only interpretation.

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