The Staves describe recording this song as “a recentering process that brought us all together (…) we hadn’t written a song like this for quite a while, just guitar, voices, sort of felt like the first album. It was really nice to just sit there and sing together”.
How can I rearrange
And put it on the page
When the enemy's at the door
And there's nothing you can do they've never seen before
And everybody knows
Nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
Could I be the only one still waiting?
I can wait some more
Tell me what happens, will I be okay?
I can see a fire from a mile away
'Cause nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
If I could reach you now
I'd say that I am proud
Of everything you've done
And the wonderful man I know you have become
'Cause maybe you don't know
Nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
Could I be the only one still waiting?
I can wait some more
Tell me what happens, will I be okay?
Tell me that you love me when you're miles away
Nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
Loneliness is on the dawn
Loving is a line
I saw it on the sign
It's a line to drag you in
It's false advertising
And no one wants to say
Nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
Could I be the only one still waiting?
I can wait some more
Tell me what happens, will I be okay?
I can see a fire from a mile away
'Cause nothing's gonna happen with your back against the door
Nothing’s Gonna Happen was written by Camilla Staveley-Taylor & Jessica Staveley-Taylor & Emily Staveley-Taylor.
Nothing’s Gonna Happen was produced by John Congleton.
The Staves released Nothing’s Gonna Happen on Fri Dec 06 2019.