Wait 'til III
Journey Through Love and Loss in 'Wait 'til III' by The Traders
Lyrics
Trapped and bored in my big ass city, as I watch you grow from afar.
Feeling trapped and bored in a large city while observing someone's growth from a distance.
Hard to accept and endure the distance. Can’t be as patient as you are.
Expressing difficulty in accepting and enduring the physical separation, acknowledging impatience.
Leave your phone on, call me back, ‘cause your old man lost all he had.
Pleading for a call back, indicating the speaker's fatherly concern after losing everything.
A fucked up dad.
Describing oneself as a messed-up father.
But a late night movie, close and warm under blankets,
Finding solace in late-night movies and intimacy under blankets.
Yeah, it is all that we are left with:
Reflecting on the limited options left in their relationship.
Homeworks and some shitty cooking,
Listing mundane activities like homework and cooking.
Skateparks and small carousels. Guitars and video games.
Enumerating shared experiences like skateparks, carousels, guitars, and video games as precious memories.
It’s all we’ll remember in the end.
Asserting that these shared moments will be cherished in the end.
Your toys are getting dusty in a dark and empty room, like me still wondering what happened.
Noting the neglect of toys and a sense of confusion and loss.
Hundreds of hours sleeping in a train to get to see you before it’s dark.
Highlighting the effort and sacrifice of traveling long distances to spend time together.
“‘Till next time” seems like an eternity, left alone in this car park.
Expressing the prolonged loneliness after parting and using a car park as a metaphorical space of solitude.
Leave your phone on, call me back ‘cause your old man lost all he had.
Repeating the plea for communication due to the father's personal losses.
A fucked up dad.
Reiterating the self-perceived failure as a father.
But a late night movie
Revisiting the comforting late-night movie scenario.
Close and warm under the blankets
Emphasizing the warmth under blankets as a remaining source of connection.
Yeah, it is all that we are left with.
Stressing the importance of these simple moments in their relationship.
Hard to act like it is nothing when people only care for themselves.
Expressing frustration with people who only care about themselves, making it hard to act like nothing is wrong.
“As long as we have each other”....
Quoting a common phrase about having each other while possibly questioning its validity.
To think I made something as beautiful as you back then.
Reflecting on the beauty of creating the person addressed in the song and acknowledging impending adulthood.
Then my work’s almost done, now that you’ll soon become a man.
Highlighting the nearing completion of the speaker's role in guiding the addressee into manhood.
To think I made something…
Repeating the reflection on creating something beautiful.
It's been a long trip back only to find an empty home.
Expressing the disappointment of returning to an empty home after a long journey.
We won’t be discouraged by this fucking distance.
Declaring resilience against the challenges posed by physical distance.
Don’t let them tell you otherwise. Don’t let them tell you what happened.
Encouraging not to let others dictate the narrative of their story.
It's been a long and quiet death of a painful hope.
Describing a quiet and prolonged death of hope, possibly in relation to the strained relationship.
Time makes no difference.
Stating that time doesn't alter the situation.
Don’t let them tell you otherwise: everything ends with a smile.
Reiterating the message to resist external interpretations and end things with a smile.
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