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Everyone's Waiting Lyrics
I know all the lines to say
the part I’m expected to play
but in the reflection I am worlds away
as I put my costume on
eyelashes one by one
been doing this so long I can tie the knot
behind my back
And everyone’s waiting
but it’s getting harder to hear what my heart is saying
cos everyone’s waiting
Just swallow and breathe, she says
Remember this ain’t for you it’s for them
And all of those painful lessons you’ve had to learn
you gotta use them now or never
Cos everyone’s waiting
but it’s getting harder to hear
what my heart keeps saying
Turn it off, I wanna turn it all off
When everyone’s waiting
it makes it harder to hear what my heart keeps saying
Turn it off, I wanna turn it all off
but everyone’s waiting
I hear that answers appear when you just stand still
but make it all, how do you make it all stop
when everyone’s waiting?
the part I’m expected to play
but in the reflection I am worlds away
eyelashes one by one
been doing this so long I can tie the knot
behind my back
but it’s getting harder to hear what my heart is saying
cos everyone’s waiting
Remember this ain’t for you it’s for them
And all of those painful lessons you’ve had to learn
you gotta use them now or never
but it’s getting harder to hear
what my heart keeps saying
Turn it off, I wanna turn it all off
it makes it harder to hear what my heart keeps saying
Turn it off, I wanna turn it all off
I hear that answers appear when you just stand still
but make it all, how do you make it all stop
when everyone’s waiting?
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Maybe it's about the pressure people put on you to be that certain someone or do that certain something - or perhaps, even be with that certain someone in a relationship.
When you talk so much about reaching a dream - and you procrastinate, become indecisive and all the little crossroads that come with life, sometimes you can lose sight of what it is that you wanted in the first place. People are almost waiting for you to figure it out, you feel like a failure sometimes that you haven't sorted yourself out BUT at the end of the day, why should we have to put that on ourselves, can't we just roll with it and see how things pan out. It's about our decisions, our relationships, our dreams, why do we feel we have to compare ourselves to others or maybe prove ourselves to people. Can't we just be. Calm, quiet and just be.
@deelowbrow Great interpretation, would like to link this to Passenger's Whispers. Sound like the two have a similar message
@deelowbrow Great interpretation, would like to link this to Passenger's Whispers. Sound like the two have a similar message
I love this song so much, probably my favourite on the new album! <3
I think this is just about wondering if the life you are living is where you really aught to be and if it is worth but feeling that you cant explore anything else because everyone expects it from you.
I think it's about her quitting the music industry, she knows what she should do, what she should sing, but she somehow can't get it out and she feels pressure to write and sing, but she can't because there is such a high expectation. a great song.
I think this song is about a bride's introspective view of her wedding day and the feelings she experiences just prior to walking down the aisle. At the very least you could apply this concept to the lyrics or understand it to be used as a metaphor
A beautiful lyrical song about all the turmoil that depression brings; being so numb you just function on auto pilot: being able to tie a knot behind your back. Your mind seems to take over and it doesn't matter how hard your heart yells and tries to keep you on track it never seems to win the battle; and you begin to live for everyone else and not for your own life.
Perhaps it’s a funeral. I see this as a woman who is keeping her family from falling apart during a tough time. Putting on a strong face until she is out of the spotlight. Then she can be her true self.