Waiting Game Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AmiIchiban 

Cover art for Waiting Game lyrics by Banks

I think this song is about not wanting to be in a long distance relationship.

"I'm thinking it over The way you make me feel all sexy but it's causing me shame I wanna lean on your shoulder I wish I was in love but I don't wanna cause any pain And if I'm feeling like I'm evil, we've got nothing to gain"

She's thinking about this relationship. He always is making her feel good about herself yet she's not giving anything in return and its causing her shame. She wants to be able to be with him and lean on him. She wants to be in love with him but she's afraid that this type of relationship will only cause pain. And by her feeling this way there's no happiness for them both and she feels like this makes her the bad guy.

"What if I never even see you cause we're both on a stage Don't tell me listen to your song because it isn't the same I don't wanna say your love is a waiting game"

She feels like they both are just acting out a false hope of a relationship, one where they cant see each other because of distance. She doesn't want to hear the same "song" and dance about how it'll be ok and how it will work because she feels it isn't the same. At the same time she doesn't want to feel like being in love with him would just be a game of waiting until they can be together physically.

"Baby I'm thinking it over What if the way we started made it something cursed from the start What if it only gets colder Would you still wrap me up and tell me that you think this was smart Cause lately I've been scared of even thinking 'bout where we are"

She's thinking about how since they started growing feelings for each other without having met face to face that the relationship was doomed in the first place. She feels "cold" meaning theres no one there to really be with her to hold her. She goes on to say would you still "wrap me up" meaning comfort her and tell her that its still a good idea. She finishes saying she afraid to think about "where" meaning locations and how its will affect their (we are) relationships development into much more.

My Interpretation

@AmiIchiban I agree with you :)