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Do I Wait Lyrics
Do I want to say the things I say
When I know that they are wrong
Do I wait here forever for you
Would you ask me to
I've been waiting here all night
If you're not going to show
We're not gonna fight
I could stay
Forever if I tried
Surrounded by things
Like a shadow in the light
Do I try and stay still for you
And the clowns who park here
Fill the emptiness of the room
Do you watch me from the corner of your eye
Do we say goodbye
I waited in the wings
For you to appear
But you're never coming back
You're never gonna feel
Like we did
I waited all night
I tried to let you go
Like a shadow in the light...the light
Do I wait
Do I wait for you
Do I wait
Do I wait for you
Do I wait here forever for you?
Did you ask me to?
When I know that they are wrong
Do I wait here forever for you
Would you ask me to
If you're not going to show
We're not gonna fight
I could stay
Forever if I tried
Surrounded by things
Like a shadow in the light
And the clowns who park here
Fill the emptiness of the room
Do you watch me from the corner of your eye
Do we say goodbye
For you to appear
But you're never coming back
You're never gonna feel
Like we did
I waited all night
I tried to let you go
Like a shadow in the light...the light
Do I wait for you
Do I wait
Do I wait for you
Did you ask me to?
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This is Ryan Adams at his best. I might not make any friends with this comment, but I personally like his newer music so much better than Heartbreaker and Gold.
About struggling with the end of a relationship...wanting to get it back, but knowing no matter how long you wait and wish otherwise, it is over. So much emotion in the simple lines, "But you're never coming back" and "Do we say goodbye?"
I agree with lovetwaits, as Ryan Adams grows older his songwriting and singing have become richer, fuller, deeper. Heartbreakingly beautiful, like so many of this artist's songs.
I think this is a song about unrequited love. Do I wait here forever for you? Would you ask me to? It sounds as if they are apart and he loves her and wants her to be with him. He wants her to show that she feels the same way about him, but the song develops to where there is a sense of inevitability that they won’t make it. Heartbreaking and beautiful.