Waiting for the Rapture

Yearning for Redemption: Unveiling the Mystical Essence in Oasis' 'Waiting for the Rapture'
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Lyrics

I still don't know what I was waiting for

The speaker reflects on not knowing what they were waiting for.

A big love to fall down from the sky

Expresses anticipation for a profound love to unexpectedly come into their life.

She took my hand and picked me up off the floor

Describes someone lifting the speaker from a low point and offering support.

She put an apple in my eye

Symbolic gesture of kindness or love, using "putting an apple in my eye."


I said I'm tired

Expresses weariness or fatigue.

Come get me off the merry-go-round

Requests assistance to break free from a monotonous or tiresome situation.

I'm wired

Suggests a heightened state of alertness or excitement.

Come feed me and then bring me down

Asks for sustenance and a subsequent calming experience.


She come up to me

Describes an encounter with someone, possibly romantic.

I can't remember what she said

The speaker can't recall the details of the conversation due to being entranced.

'Cause I was in a trance and I forgot it all

Explains the speaker's trance-like state, leading to forgetfulness.

I bet you don't know about all that

Challenges the listener's knowledge, implying there's more to the story.

Revolution in her head

Suggests a revolutionary or transformative quality in the person mentioned.

She make a lover seem so magical

Portrays the person as making love feel enchanting or extraordinary.


She said I'm tired

Reiterates a sense of weariness or fatigue.

Come get me off the merry-go-round

Repeats the desire for help to break free from a tiresome situation.

I'm wired

Reaffirms a heightened state of alertness or excitement.

Well heaven must of sent you

Suggests a divine or extraordinary intervention in the speaker's life.

To save me for the rapture, yeah

Expresses the belief that the person was sent to save the speaker for a significant event, possibly the rapture.


I'm tired

Reiterates a sense of weariness or fatigue.

Come get me off the merry-go-round

Repeats the desire for help to break free from a tiresome situation.

I'm wired

Reaffirms a heightened state of alertness or excitement.

Come feed me and then bring me down

Requests sustenance and a subsequent calming experience, echoing earlier lines.

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