It Won't Be Long
Anticipating Change: Alison Moyet's Reflections
Lyrics
One of these days
Anticipation of a future event or change
I'm waiting on a day
Waiting for a specific day
When nobody comes to trample my meadow
Desire for peace and solitude without interference
Biding my time
Being patient, waiting for the right moment
There's gonna be a time
Expectation of a significant period to arrive
Might take a while
Acknowledgment that change may take some time
But changes are coming
Belief that changes in life are imminent
And it won't be long
Expressing confidence that the awaited change is near
When everything you said
Implying that promises or statements will lose significance
Won't sit around and pile up with the traffic in my head
Desire for mental clarity and freedom from thoughts
And when I wake up
Imagining a future without a specific person
I won't see you on the bathroom floor
Visualizing a morning without a specific presence
In the tangle of clothes we left lying there
Recalling a shared intimate moment with clothes left behind
It won't be long
Reiterating the belief that change is imminent
One of these nights
Envisioning a night spent with company without early departure
With company I find
Expressing a commitment to stay until morning
I won't be inclined to leave before sunrise
Emphasizing the importance of physical connection
When my eyes, my mouth, my hands, my head
Listing body parts as indicators of a unique connection
Don't tell me that nobody else will do
Rejecting the notion that someone else can replace the connection
And it won't be long
Reiterating the expectation of impending change
When everything you said
(Repetition of line 9)
Won't sit around and pile up with the traffic in my head
(Repetition of line 10)
And when I wake up
(Repetition of line 11)
I won't see you on the bedroom floor
(Repetition of line 12)
In the tangle of rope we left lying there
Recalling a shared intimate moment with rope left behind
It won't be long
(Repetition of line 14)
It won't be long
-'Till it's all gone
Anticipating the complete disappearance of a situation or feeling
And it won't be long
(Repetition of line 22)
When everything you said
(Repetition of line 9)
Won't sit around and pile up with the traffic in my head
(Repetition of line 10)
And when I wake up
(Repetition of line 11)
I won't see you by the bedroom door
(Repetition of line 26)
In the wallpaper stained by the cup that I threw at your head
Describing a scene of conflict with a thrown cup
It won't be long
(Repetition of line 14)
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