Waiting In Vain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Heartstrong 

Cover art for Waiting In Vain lyrics by Annie Lennox

Ah Serendipity. GREAT soundtrack. I went through a phase where this song was on repeat constantly. Very pure lyrics.

I used to think it was about a woman who loved a man for a long long time, but for whatever reason, that love wasn't being reciprocated... I don't know whether she was loving from a distance? Loving while he was with another? Or maybe even loving while he was loving another? But something in the song told me he was dropping little pieces of ideas at her feet, ideas that were giving her the impression he is interested... but nothing was coming out of it, hence why she felt she is waiting in vain.

Now, when I hear it, I see a much simpler notion. She wants her turn at love. She's been waiting for a while, sees change in seasons, but not in herself and love. Perhaps she wonders if there's a flicker of something, a possible relationship, but secondguesses herself ("Am I crazy? Am I crazy? No, I wanna know...").