[Verse 1]
Waste away the days
Waiting on a new age
But time betrays me
And I get older one more year
[Verse 2]
Walk London's windy streets
Go anywhere but home
'Cause I'm looking for the secrets
That only cobblestones hold
Only the cobblestones know
[Chorus 1]
And I've never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come
[Verse 3]
You've got a knife-throwing kind of love
But your silence cuts the deepest
And I know I've made a mess of things
And I'm sorry for all that
Wish we could get the time back
[Chorus 2]
Because I've never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come
[Bridge]
Wait for it
Wait for it
[Verse 4]
Now I'm staring at the sun
As if there's a riddle I'm not in on
'Cause the wolves howl to the Moon
And she never answers back
No, she never answers back
[Chorus 3]
And after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never, never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come, oh
[Outro]
Waste away the days
Waiting on a new age
London was written by Vanessa Carlton.
London was produced by Steve Osborne.
It is literally about the city of London. She explains in this interview why there’s so many songs about cities.
The short answer is that these places all really inspire me, especially Chicago. I always take long walks around that city and it always hits me. I wrote a lot of lyrics for this record...