A coma might feel better than this attempting to discover where to begin

You're weighed down you're full of something of sickness and desertion

You're weighed down you're full of something you're underneath it all

So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high
There's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die

Hope in better place is all I need with moments of innocence and mystery
oh it's the little things you miss like waking up all alone
oh it's the little things you miss when you're underneath it all

So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high there's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die

All your friends seem like enemies when you're broken down and empty ooh ooh all your friends seem like enemies when you're broken down and empty

So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high there's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die



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Track duration: 04:56

"Waiting..." as written by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    My Interpretation:The song is about a breakup.

    A coma might feel better than this attempting to discover where to begin

    ^^
    He's saying that the breakup is so painful for him, it would be easier just to sleep though it, as if you were in a coma. Although you have to go through some serious physical trauma to reach the state of a coma, at least you'd be asleep, and even something as traumatic as being in a coma would still feel better because then he'd be unaware of his own sadness.

    You're weighed down you're full of something of sickness and desertion

    ^^
    Basically, you just feel so bad. You feel like you were left and rejected and deserted, and it makes you so sad that it just takes over your whole body. You're filled with pain.

    You're weighed down you're full of something you're underneath it all

    ^^
    I think "underneath it all" is another way of him saying, "you're going through the worst of it, you're under the dark cloud of pain and sadness, you're in the thick of the hurt, etc"

    So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high
    There's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die

    ^^
    This part was very clear to me actually. It's about not committing suicide no matter how much you want to die. Don't rush death by killing yourself, in the end, we're all going to be gone anyway. Don't let the sadness push you out the door, so to speak. Hold your head up high, say bye to love, and don't let it push you to giving up on life completely. (Easier said than done, BTW)

    Hope in better place is all I need with moments of innocence and mystery
    oh it's the little things you miss like waking up all alone
    oh it's the little things you miss when you're underneath it all

    ^^
    He's remembering the good times, remembering all the things about the relationship that he wants to have again and is hurting so much without. When you're in the deep sadness of a breakup, you don't think of the fights... you think of all the little things that person did, the little things are usually unique to each person / relationship and it's impossible to replicate them in a new relationship. That's why you miss the little things the most.

    So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high there's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die

    All your friends seem like enemies when you're broken down and empty ooh ooh all your friends seem like enemies when you're broken down and empty

    ^^
    This is about shutting down in the darkness of depression. When you're going through a breakup that hard, you shut yourself out from the rest of the world. Your friends seem like enemies because they don't understand. And it's like they are enemies because you avoid them and retreat into your own mind and don't want to have to explain how you feel to them.

    So say goodbye to love and hold your head up high there's no need to rush we're all just waiting, waiting to die

    -------------------------
    The song is about the most painful kind of breakup. It's not about a breakup of a casual couple or a teenage lust or a fling or anything like that. It's about the breakup of a very serious relationship. That's the only thing that can make people feel the way that's described in the song.
    Flag Relatingon August 17, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:to me, this song reminds me of a breakup. a relationship is kind of like this blanket that protects you and keeps you safe and warm. when it's gone and you're alone everything sucks and it seems like all your friends are happily in love or enjoying being single.
    Flag kayceejayreeon October 17, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:A coma might feel better than this
    Attempting to discover where to begin
    You're weighed down, you're full of something
    Of sickness and desertion
    You're weighed down, you're full of something
    You're underneath it all

    ^^he is in a lot of pain because some type of sickness has taken the person over.

    [ Chorus ]
    So say goodbye to love
    And hold your head up high
    There's no need to rush
    We're all just waiting
    Waiting to die

    ^^the person is clearly really sick and knows they are going to die, Dallas is reassuring them by telling them that in a way, everyone is just waiting to die.

    Hope in a better place is all I need
    With moments of innocence and mystery
    Oh, it's the little things you miss
    Like waking up all alone
    Oh, it's the little things you miss
    When you're underneath it all

    ^^he has no hope left for this sick person, the illness is consuming them

    All your friends seem like enemies
    When you're broken down and empty
    Oooh oooh
    All your friends seem like enemies
    When you're broken down and empty
    Ooooh oooh

    ^^no one can help this person and they don't want to talk to their friends about the sickness because they cant trust anyone


    **my interpretation probably sounds stupid, sorry if its not what you were looking for
    Flag emilyruthon February 25, 2011   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:This song is amazing, It's my 2nd fav song of his. I've felt like this, actually we all have <3

    'A coma might feel better than this
    Attempting to discover where to begin
    You're weighed down, you're full of something
    Of sickness and desertion
    You're weighed down, you're full of something
    You're underneath it all'

    That whole closing your eyes and wishing never to wake, sleeping through the pain.
    When you've lost yourself, you are truly lost, It's a scary place to be.
    You feel like the world is crushing you and you are so sick with the negative. (classic depression)

    'So say goodbye to love
    And hold your head up high
    There's no need to rush
    We're all just waiting
    Waiting to die'

    The song gets a little brighter here but then depressing again. Telling everybody that we all feel so it's normal to feel like shit sometimes.
    What's the point of rushing through life. when you are in this frame of mind ,living life is pointless, we're all heading for the same destination (death) and then we're just 'dust in the wind' (Kansas song, love it).

    'Hope in a better place is all I need
    With moments of innocence and mystery
    Oh, it's the little things you miss
    Like waking up all alone
    Oh, it's the little things you miss
    When you're underneath it all'

    Oh to be a child again, not having to worry about what we worry about. somehow life ends up corrupting you and then you're your enemy. You turn against yourself.
    You take the tiny things for granted, then when the depression sets in all you want are the tiny things.

    'All your friends seem like enemies
    When you're broken down and empty
    Oooh oooh
    All your friends seem like enemies
    When you're broken down and empty
    Ooooh oooh'

    God this gets me, the whole nobody can love you until you love yourself business.
    You feel worthless so why would they think you're worth anything. So sad.

    I don't know if anyone agrees but when i hear this song it's not so much sad more like HEY thats life. thanks for reading <3 <3
    Flag rochey1on March 28, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:I agree very much with what Cecchinslovakia said about this song.


    I see the song as being Dallas' reflection of a time when his life was crumbling around him and he found himself in a more hopeless state than he ever had been in before. He feels as if he is overwhelmed, helpless, and lost. Rather than running from these feelings of defeat, he seems to accept them and recognize the low he is currently stuck at in his life. The lines "So say goodbye to love" and "All your friends seem like enemies When you're broken down and empty" makes me think that he has been dependent on a soul mate of sorts when he was in a fragile stage like the one he is in now but possibly a recent shortcoming with a girl has made him cynical and doubtful that anyone else, whether a friend or a lover, can help. While I don't know Green's view on heaven or God, I view the line "Hope in a better place is all I need" as a realization that everything on earth that he has tried to use as happiness alludes him in his current time of hurt and that a God or spritual connection is the only thing left that can heal him.

    I feel as if I relate verrry well to these lyrics and that's just my opinion of the song. Agree or disagree, I'd like to know what you think as well.
    Flag TheFourRightChordson February 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This is what I'm going through at this very moment.. An incredibly powerful song.. If you're not religious that's fine, but i believe he is in such a depressive state that he relies on a higher being that will eventually mend his broken heart. He is completely broken, and at a loss for any help from his friends, who tell him to get over it with little sympathy or empathy. But believe me, I know where he is coming from; When every song and every place you visit reminds you of a significant other who you lost. It kills inside, this song is so easy to relate to on so many levels.. Amazing music, coupled with amazing lyrics
    Flag Cecchinslovakiaon January 08, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:I would say its about becoming sexually impotent.

    "All your friends seem like enemies when you're broken down and empty"
    "Its the little things you miss, like waking up all alone"
    "So say goodbye to love, and hold your head up high..."
    Flag BrokenDownAndEmptyon October 30, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:it hits the spot <3
    Flag automaticlovrron April 19, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I thought this might be about spiritual enlightenment; the need for it and the beginning of it. In the same way that some feel similarly about Coldplay's 'Speed of Sound'.
    Flag kaaton April 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:GrindcorexLove, I know exactly what you mean, noones said what it means to me (not that i expected anyone to).
    the weighed down person is someone that the 1st person likes. but in this case the 1st person isn't saying goodbye to love.
    Flag probablypikeon January 31, 2009   Link

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