Story Behind The Song
Based on a relationship between friends that sprung from convenience and proximity (and real friendship on an intellectual level), rather than a primal (sexual) attraction. It was a safe affair for a co-ed pair, but it couldn't go any further, even though
Song Description
Subject feels she is caught between being herself and trying to live up to an ideal her lover has of "Mrs. Right", it could also represent feelings of inadequacy on her part, ie she isn't good enough for him,.."the branch of a dying tree" she's the only o
| Song Length |
5:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Moving |
Subject |
Unrequited Love, Lost Love |
| Similar Artists |
Tori Amos, Heart |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
it was
2 days to wait
a lonely stretch of road
a straitaway
guilty
the weight
was carried like a flag
on parade
it was
2 days of waiting
i didn't even think to pray
all i could see
was me in second place
too late
and i was
a branch of the dying tree
caught between them
i can't compete with the appleseed
it was
2 days to wait
i didn't even see the light change
silence remains
regretting every word
i've never said
it was
2 days of waiting
worshipping the queen of pain
all i could see
was me in second place