Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, gu… Read Full Bio ↴Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Øyen Vister.

The band began as a project between Ulf and Jo in Oslo, Norway in the winter of 2000-01. Starting out as an instrumental and sampled vocal project, they were signed for a track on a compilation by Beatservice Records in Winter 2001. On hearing the finished track, label manager Vidar Hanssen signed the unnamed band for a full album.

During early Summer 2001, Ulf and Jo recorded most of the album and Anja improvised the vocals. After their vocals, Jo layered the guitars, but it would be a year before the album would be completed and released.

In Spring 2002, the band was known as Flunk and they released their first single, a cover of New Order's Blue Monday in April. The track was well received in the UK and was included on numerous compilations in North America and Europe. Later in April, their debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released which garnered great reviews in Norway. With the success of their album, BBC invited them to do a recording session for the Radio 1 show The Blue Room in London. Shortly after Notting Hill Art's Club would become the location to their live debut. In the United States, they became signed to Guidance Recordings.

By Summer 2002, raving reviews were being returned by British electronica magazines and in July they played Norway's finest rock festival. In October For Sleepyheads Only was released in the US through Guidance Recordings. By November they played the London Jazz Festival.

Throughout 2003 their debut, For Sleepyheads Only was still being echoed across the globe in staggered releases with special editions released to Russia and Greece. Beatservice Records then went on to release Treat Me Like You Do (For Sleepyheads Only Remixed) in June. While their debut continued to make it's way around, the band wasted no time and began work on their second album for the majority of the year, which was recorded in Paris in October.

Their sophomore album, Morning Star was finished in March 2004 and saw a Norwegian release in May while the rest of the world received it in June. In 2005, Play America was released on Beatservice Records which included bonus tracks from the US version of Morning Star along with remixes.

A third effort, Personal Stereo was released in 2007, with the accompanying remix album Democracy following soon after.

I've Been Waiting All My Life to Leave You
Flunk Lyrics

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When I see you
I've been wasting all my time to tell you
Oh, when I meet you
I've been waiting all my life to leave you

But when I'm down again
And I'm all alone.
And when my head spins round

And I'm feeling small.

And when I'm down again
And I'm all alone.
And when my head spins round
And I'm feeling small.

Won't you believe me
If I told you that I tried all I could?
Would you deceive me
If I chose to leave it all up to you?

But when I'm down again
And I'm all alone.
And when my head spins round
And I'm feeling small.

And when I'm down again
And I'm all alone.
And when my head spins round
And I'm feeling small, oh

When I see you
Would I dare to leave it all behind?

It could be have and hold
If you'd see
It could be all I'd need
If you'd be here

If you'd be here
If you'd be here, oh

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Flunk's "I've Been Waiting All My Life to Leave You" describe an intense internal struggle that the singer is experiencing. They are torn between their desire to leave a person that they have been waiting to leave for their entire life and their fear of being alone. The singer is expressing their ambivalence towards the person they are speaking to; they have been waiting their entire life to leave them, yet they are still drawn to them despite their desire to escape.

The first two lines of the song suggest that the singer feels as though they have been wasting their time by not telling the person that they want to leave. They have been waiting to meet this person, but they have also been waiting their whole life to leave them. The singer seems to feel a sense of urgency and frustration, as if they have been trying to find the right time to express these conflicting emotions.

The repetition in the chorus emphasizes the singer's feelings of loneliness and isolation. They feel lost and small when they are alone, but they also feel trapped by their connection to the person they are speaking to. They are asking the other person to believe that they have tried everything they can to make things work, but they are still struggling to find a way out.

Overall, the lyrics of "I've Been Waiting All My Life to Leave You" convey a complex mix of emotions surrounding the singer's desire to escape a toxic relationship. They are torn between their fear of being alone and their need to break free from a person who has been holding them back in life.

Line by Line Meaning

When I see you
Every time I see you,

I've been wasting all my time to tell you
I have been using all my time to express my feelings to you,

Oh, when I meet you
Every time I encounter you,

I've been waiting all my life to leave you
I have been anticipating for my whole life to end this relationship,

But when I'm down again
However, whenever I feel depressed,

And I'm all alone.
And I am by myself,

And when my head spins round
And when I am dizzy and uncertain about things,

And I'm feeling small.
And I feel insignificant,

Won't you believe me
Would you please accept and trust what I say,

If I told you that I tried all I could?
If I informed you that I did all that was within my power?

Would you deceive me
Would you lie to me,