If You Wait Lyrics

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Cover art for If You Wait lyrics by London Grammar

To treasure gold is fun Brother, drop your bag at once. ===> material goods are fun, but you needs to stop carrying around that weight

From the air to the people, A mass to take you on. From a clock to the past A future that I own. ===> confusing loyalties, in a long-term relationship

And to find just one other Seems to be the goal of everyone. From the search to the hurt, I believed I could take you on. We would drink, we would dance And you would watch me whenever you want. ===> everyone is looking for love. Despite the work of the search and the hurt, I believed too, and thought I could “take you on” as a love project

And can you give me, everything Everything, everything 'Cause I can't give you anything===> the relationship is set up so that you keep on giving to me , because you sense I cannot connect to you. You are trying to cover up for my inability to connect with you, with favors and treasures.

And if you wait, if you wait I will trust in time that we will meet again If you wait===> the mantra of the relationship has been “it will get better”, the despair of which which she captures in the forlorn voice cracks of the line “if you wait”. The relationship is over now, but I still have a hopeless hope that we will meet and understand things later.

If letters spell out words, son You chose to put them in order, didn't you From the meaning, the moment you tried to take me on From the air to the room a bed that I own ====> you wrote me that letter and also tried to make me your project, diving into my world and bed

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