You could be waiting for a day that won't come,
And you could be so much more than you've become.
And I have found my feet 257 weeks,
But you could be waiting for a day that won't come...
You could be waiting for your life to begin,
And you could be so much more than you've been.
And I have found my feet 257 weeks,
You could be waiting for your life to begin,
And it's so sad,
You're so good and I'm so bad!
But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had.
And it's such a shame,
That I can't tell you anything!
You won't hear me still you endear me now!...
Hard to see the window facing forward looking back,
Over years spent tracing wondering how you left your track.
Underwater breathing burns your lungs and breaks your back,
And you could be waiting right here for a day that won't come...
And it's so sad,
You're so good and I'm so bad!
But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had!
And it's such a shame,
That I can't tell you anything!
You won't hear me still you endear me now!...
You could be waiting for your life to begin,
And you could be so much more than you've been.
And I have found my feet 257 weeks,
But you could be waiting for your life to begin...
And it's so sad,
You're so good and I'm so bad!
But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had!
And it's such a shame,
That I can't tell you anything!
You won't hear me still you endear me...
And it's so sad,
You're so good and I'm so bad!
But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had!
And it's such a shame,
That I can't tell you anything!
You won't hear me still you endear me now!...
Still you endear me now!...
Still you endear me now!...



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    General Comment:I don't think the song is about relationships. I think it's about life.
    "You could be waiting for a day that wont come. You could be so much more than you've become." - start living your life...now.
    "I have found my feet, 257 weeks." - it took 257 weeks of something to make him realize this.
    "It's so sad, your so good and im so bad." - She's too "good" to take chances or risks in her life, and telling her can't make her realize this. "It's such a shame i can't tell you anything. You can't hear me, still you endear me."
    "you wont see me wasting the best thing i ever had." - life my friend.

    Flag ThemeaningOfPassionon July 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I haven't picked apart each word, but I don't think it's about a relationship. I think it's just that the speaker has some wonderful opportunity (maybe a raise, lottery?) and has a friend who is more deserving. He's not going to worry about who is more deserving, he's just living for the now.
    Flag hlw222on July 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about a past relationship and the fact that it took nearly 5 yaers (257 weeks) to get past it and move on to the next one.
    Flag wmtrfm1on March 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with Kipixin on this one. This song has possibly one of the best lines I've ever heard

    "And it's so sad, your so good and I'm so bad. But you you won't see me wasting the best thing I ever had"
    Flag Snhron March 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think that its about a girl who's too afraid to live and make mistakes, and there's a guy who's not a great role model but is living life to the fullest... "but you wont see me wasting the best thing i've ever had"
    Flag Sportzstar107on December 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i agreed with kipixin, I really don't think this song is about a relashonship. I think it is about enjoying life, living right now! I think hampson is saying that sometimes we live thinking in a day that we don't know if it is even gonna come, so instead of living your life, the moment and present you keep wondering if that day is going to come. So don't let things slip! live right now!
    Flag punker girlon June 27, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:i mostly agree with kippixin. not entirely about the whole talent thing. but definately about how this is not a song about a bad relationship.

    this is the best song though. one of my favorites off of the madding crowd.

    clara
    Flag lost.faithon April 20, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about how long it took nine days to finally make it and its saying how he struggled to make it to where he is now
    Flag alwaysmonday29on March 28, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:I don't really think this is about a relationship at all, but I'm probably wrong. To me it's interpreted as if someone has alot of talent, but they never try to get anywhere in life. They just keep slacking off, and never get anywhere in life. It sounds like he's singing it to a friend or another person, who might possibly want to have all his talent, and he's saying that they have way more talent than him, and that they're problem is they never try.

    "But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had. " Meaning, he's not wasting his talent away.

    And

    "You won't hear me still you endear me now!..."
    The friend idolizes his talent, and he tells them they have plenty of talent too, yet they don't really listen, yet still endear him.

    "Over years spent tracing wondering how you left your track.
    Underwater breathing burns your lungs and breaks your back,
    And you could be waiting right here for a day that won't come..."

    The person just sits around, wondering how they got in such a bad position in life, depressed. When he says the Underwater breathing it reminds me of how it may take hard-work to become famous or get a really good job, but in the end, you won't be sitting around waiting for something to come to you. You got to go to it.

    Well, that's just my opinion. When I hear this song, I think of that. Yeh.

    And desperado, I don't know why they're unknown. ..They're really good.
    Flag Kippixinon March 23, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:This song isn't about a bad relationship to me. It seems more like the story of a guy unenable to get off a girl and who keeps on waiting eternally and when he sings this song he decides to move on."You could be waiting for your life to begin"=>or start your life right now by moving on to something else."And it's so sad,/You're so good and I'm so bad!"=>you dont like me cuz Ive got plenty of failings and and of course you are perfect! too bad for you, you dont know what your missing."But you won't see me wasting the best thing I've ever had!"=>you dont like who I am,well Im not gonna change for you cuz I like myself. So have a nice life being so narrow-minded! Youre missing the best you could have.
    Well that's what this song means to me.And that's why I love it so much. I was exactly in the same situation as that guy, and after listening to this song 3 times I totally moved on to something else, and now I feel sorry for that girl.. so sad!..Nine days is a great band,so how come they're so unknown?
    Flag desperado_88on August 06, 2002   Link

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