Needing/Getting Lyrics

Lyric discussion by HandsomePete 

Cover art for Needing/Getting lyrics by OK Go

This song really speaks for itself. Seems to be a simple story of a man's pilgrimage to love, only to take the wrong turn and end up in the friend zone.

"I've been waiting for months, waiting for years, waiting for you to change. Aw, but there ain't much that's dumber, there ain't much that's dumber than pinning your hopes on a change in another. "

Guy loves this girl, wants to be more than friends, and hopes every day that she'll look at him the same way he does, but she never will.

And I, yeah I still need you, but what good's that gonna do? Needing is one thing, and getting- getting's another.

He's torn apart by not being with her; he needs to be with her or he feels like he's missing a piece of his life, but he's never going to get her.

So I been sitting around, wasting my time, wondering what you been doing. Aw, and it ain't real forgiving, it ain't real forgiving sitting here picturing someone else living. And I, yeah I still need you, but what good's that gonna do? Needing is one thing, and getting- getting's another.

Guy's sitting at home, thinking of how happy she is doing something without him, and imagining how happy he know she'd be if they were together. Again, he needs it, but he just won't get it.

I've been hoping for months, hoping for years, hoping I might forget. Aw but it don't get much dumber, it don't get much dumber than trying to forget a girl when you love her. And I, yeah I still need you, but what good's that gonna do? Needing is one thing, and getting- getting's another.

My favorite part, a lot of people can relate to this. Now, he's trying to just forget her and move on with his life; but he knows it's not that simple, and that it's going to be one of the hardest things he's ever done, because he will keep thinking about how much he loves her.

When? When? Why not now? Why not me? Why not me?

Stereotypical final thoughts that constantly go through his head that he really knows the answer to; she doesn't love him.

I may be wrong, sometimes I relate songs to what I'm going through at the moment, bu I'm pretty sure I'm right. Great song, my favorite track off Of the Blue Colour of the Sky