I Don't Wanna Wait
Cole Paula Lyrics

So open up your morning light
Start your day with a positive outlook

And say a little prayer for I
Ask for guidance and protection

You know that if we are to stay alive
We need to be hopeful

And see the peace in every eye
Strive for a world without conflict

She had two babies
The artist is a mother

One was six months one was three
Her children are very young

In the war of '44
The setting is during World War II

Every telephone ring
Every time the phone rang, she feared the worst

Every heartbeat stinging
She was always anxious and afraid

When she thought it was God calling her
She thought she might receive news of her husband's death

Oh, would her son grow to know his father
She worries about her son never knowing his father

I don't want to wait
The singer is impatient

For our lives to be over
She wants to make the most of every moment

I want to know right now
The singer is anxious for answers

What will it be
She wants to know her future

Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
She wants to know if she will succeed or fail

He showed up all wet
A soldier returns home in bad shape

On the rainy front step
It's a dramatic scene with rain setting the mood

Wearing shrapnel in his skin
He's wounded from the war

And the war he saw
The soldier has seen the horrors of war

Lives inside him still
The war has left an emotional toll on him

It's so hard to be gentle and warm
The soldier is struggling to readjust to civilian life

The years passed by and now
Time has passed

He has a granddaughter
The soldier has started a new generation

Oh, so you look at me
The singer addresses someone in the present moment

From across the room
They are distanced physically or emotionally

You're wearing your anguish again
The person is showing their pain

Believe me I know the feeling
The singer empathizes with the person

It sucks you into the jaws of anger
The pain can cause anger and resentment

Oh, so breathe a little more deeply my love
The singer calms and advises the person

All we have is this very moment
Live in the present moment and cherish it

And I don't want to do what
The singer wants to break the cycle of past mistakes

His father and his father and his father did
The singer wants to break the patterns of generational trauma

I want to be here now
The singer wants to live in the moment

And see the love in every eye
The singer aspires to see love and compassion in everyone