Waiting Game Lyrics

Lyric discussion by devonmarieallen 

Cover art for Waiting Game lyrics by Banks

I think that this song is about a woman who is sleeping with a married man, or a man who's already in a relationship. "The way you make me feel all sexy but it's causing me shame" - she wants him but is ashamed of it, because what they're doing is wrong. The third line shows that it's just physical between them "I wish I was in love but I don't wanna cause any pain" and that she knows it will cause them both (not to mention his missus) pain. "What if I never even see you cause we're both on a stage" - I think this line is about them in their every day lives, away from the affair. 'On a stage' referring to how they have to 'act' around each other in public. "I don't wanna say your love is a waiting game" - their 'love' is a waiting game because she's waiting for him to leave his wife/girlfriend. "What if the way we started made it something cursed from the start" - This line really reinforces my interpretation, the relationship had a bad start (the cheating) and she's worried it can only go downhill from there. I think the rest of the song pretty much sums up the points I've made above, maybe with slightly different variations.

My Interpretation

I do agree with you but it may be a different situation, that she is in relationship, and she met him, start feel something more to him, and she is confused, he also feel something to her and she is aware of that, they don't have to sleep with each other, but there is some feeling between them, "I don't wanna say your love is a waiting game" telling him that his love is a waiting game that he can lose