While We Wait Lyrics

Lyric discussion by swederland 

Cover art for While We Wait lyrics by Jack Johnson

Well, to me this song is about my situation. Just got things going with this girl but she had just gotten out of a 4-5 year relationship. This have been really good for the first 2-3 weeks but we just had a talk cause she isn't ready to get back in a relationship. So to me the song is about getting a glimpse of something so right, but having it taken from you. "feels like when you have it, then it's gone". and so right now im just waiting for a friend to arrive from the past. hoping that there is still some sun left (our feelings for eachother) when she finally does arrive. I don't know, this song seemed pretty straight forward to me, mostly cause of my situation.

I personally like to think this song is hinting about something to come. The return of a friend from the past. Possibly Nibiru? The retrun of the Anunaki, an alien race from the past said to have created Homo-Sapiens as we know 'em. Of course we've changed much in thousands of years. If you look into ancient religions and compare to modern ones you will see eerie similarities. They all tell basically the same story. If the planet Nibiru is to return we would see it in the sky as it approaches, another sun-like object perhaps? A friend from the...