Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait (Lyrics)

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"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, recorded, and produced by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. Cole wrote the song in mid-1996 and released it as second single from her second studio album, This Fire (1996), on October 14, 1997. The single release was successful, reaching No. 11 in the United States and No. 5 in Canada. VH1 ranked "I Don't Want to Wait" as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s at No. 81.[1] The song later served as the opening theme for the American teen drama television series Dawson's Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003.

LYRICS:

So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the peace in every eye
She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
In the war of '44
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
And the war he saw lives inside him still
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
The years pass by, and now, he has granddaughters
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be...
Oh, so you look at me from across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe me, I know the feeling
It sucks you into the jaws of anger
Oh, so breathe a little more deeply
All we have is this very moment
And I don't want to do what his father, and his father, and his father did
I want to be here now
So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the peace in every eye
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be...
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
Then see the love in every eye

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[seansmithronsen]

Who's still here in 2024 still listening to the 90's lyrics 😊 ❤

[bunkerhillguy]

2024 and crying 😢😢😢😢 after finally learning the lyrics and their true meaning. It’s about Paula’s Grandfather and Grandmother and family who dealt with him going to War in 1944.

[ganjazz]

The line "And the war he saw lives inside him still, it's so hard to be gentle and warm." is heartbreaking.

[MelMel-ujmi]

Who's still here in 2023 still listening to the 90's lyrics ❤

[yply.o.]

This song is so deep I never knew. Dawsons creek always made it seem so cheery

[vivalila]

Oh my gosh. The world was a lot less complicated then…. The music also lives on. Amazing and nostalgic.

[tangbein]

Here's a salute to all the little brothers who didn't get to see their favorite show because their big sisters had to watch dawsons creek.

[nomerlitojacobe]

Im listening now... Reminiscing everything. Im Early 40's now.

[ESrjon]

I never actually listened to the lyrics growing up, and now my kids are listening to this song and asking me what it means. I can't believe I never truely listened.

[JamesKerwin-kp]

Her voice was simply magnificent here. An instrument on its own!

[freakzjakolers]

Stop asking who’s still listening to this masterpiece, because i will comeback everytime i need to hear this song❤🎉

[tommysaputra]

Im from Indonesia... still listening for 2024...and first listen this single at 1999 from Dawsons Creek Series session by session

[bunkerhillguy]

Every telephone ring…
She thought it was God calling her….
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Translation:
It was Paula’s Grandmother who was afraid that the telephone call she would have received would be a notification that her husband had died… hence God calling her. These are such a profound meaningful line that truly brought me to tears 😢 when I realized that’s the song was truly about. War, pain and PTSD.

[helenalove]

I was in 4th grade when this song released and I loved it and it also became dawson's creek theme song.. Love to reminisce the 90's memories ☺

[methamor]

I want to go back to year 90's. 😞

[Mammon]

This is the whole 90s theme song, really. We heard it all the time.

[CWM]

Me. A friend just sent it and we sang and did interactive dance back in the day to it while at work. Now, it brings a tear to your eyes.

[olivierakilitoa]

Cette chanson me rappelle tellement mon adolescence

[AnjeongAnchongADayinMyLife]

Thank You for this and Standing Still 2024 cheers old but Gold ❤

[franciscorangel]

When I was a kid in Mexico growing up watching dawsons and saved by the bell wanting to come to us.
Wow years have passed quickly.
😢😢 happy memories