About the creation of this song, Dan Mangan has said, “Considering I’ve never really set out to do so before, I wanted to write a classic love song and this is as close as I got. I think the crux of it – the song is about finding someone who makes you feel less crazy, or at least someone who finds y...
[Verse 1]
I can’t tell you what it means
When you are here, I am at ease
I don’t blame you when you’re gone
For the sadness in my song
That weight is mine alone, that shadow is my own
The coast is never clear
I’ll wait for morning though, you will arrive
So we can watch that shadow disappear
[Chorus]
If you try to be with me, I will try to get by
Some say I’m a fool for waiting
They don’t know, this fool doesn’t mind
They tell me “Give it up”
But I won’t ever give it up
[Verse 2]
Because when the night does fade
I’m alive in the strangest way
Those first few cracks of dawn
Are a taste of what’s to come
And yes I hum and haw about nothing at all
I get lost in fear
But no thief or act of god could take this grin I’ve got
I know you will be here
[Chorus]
And if you try to be with me, I will try to get by
Some say I’m a fool for waiting
They don’t know, this fool doesn’t mind
They tell me “Give it up”
But I won’t ever give it up
[Bridge]
Ah, they tell me
"So what she’s in your head?
She’s gonna leave again?
What’s gonna happen then?
She’s just enabling"
And there is truth to that
But I ain’t holding back
If you try, try, try
[Chorus]
Try to be with me, I will try to get by
Some say I’m a fool for waiting
They don’t know, this fool doesn’t mind
If you try to be with me, I will try to get by
Some say I’m a fool for waiting
They don’t know, this fool doesn’t mind
They tell me “Give it up”
But I won’t ever give it up
Oh, and they tell me “Give it up”
But I won’t ever give it up
Fool For Waiting was written by Zachary Gray & John Walsh & Gordon Grdina & Dan Mangan.
Dan Mangan released Fool For Waiting on Tue Feb 13 2018.