Wishing Well
Jerry Galeries Lyrics
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Another page
What were the things
That made you stay
Give me the faith
To follow the light again
Forever holding
Wishing well
When will I ever learn
Time will tell
Oh, will I ever know
If she was the one
As bright as the sun
Oh, bring her back to me
Won't you wishing well
Another dream
Fading away
What were the things
You tried to say
If only we
Had taken our time
My love
Forever holding
On a dream
Wishing well
When will I ever learn
Time will tell
Oh, will I ever know
If she was the one
As bright as the sun
Oh, bring her back to me
Wishing well
When will I ever get to
Hear the bells
How will I ever know
If we had the chance
To make our amends
Oh, set me free once again
Yeah!
And for the longest time
I knew
That I'd rather forget
My friend
Than to know it could be you
With you
Wishing well
When will I ever learn
Time will tell
Oh, will I ever know
If she was the one
As bright as the sun
Oh, bring her back to me
Wishing well
When will I ever get to
Hear the bells
How will I ever know
If we had the chance
To make our amends
Oh, set me free once again
Won't you?
Wishing well
The lyrics of Jerry Galeries’s song "Wishing Well" are an ode to a lost love and unrealized dreams. The opening lines, “Another day, another page, what were the things that made you stay,” suggest that the singer is trying to make sense of why their relationship ended. The second verse continues with “what were the things you tried to say,” indicating that the communication between the two of them may have broken down, leading to their separation. The chorus then emphasizes the singer’s longing for their past partner as they repeatedly ask, “Wishing well, when will I ever learn?” and “Oh, bring her back to me, won’t you wishing well?”
The third verse expands on the singer’s regrets for how things turned out. They sing “If only we had taken our time, my love, forever holding on a dream,” which suggests that they didn’t fully appreciate or understand what they had until it was gone. In the bridge section, the singer expresses the fear of finding out that their lost love is actually someone they know as they sing “And for the longest time, I knew that I'd rather forget my friend than to know it could be you with you.” The song concludes with a final plea for closure as the singer pleads with the “wishing well” to “set me free once again.”
Line by Line Meaning
Another day
Just another day has started
Another page
Just another page of life to experience
What were the things
That made you stay
Recalling what made someone stay
Give me the faith
To follow the light again
Asking for the strength to have hope and trust again
Forever holding
On a dream
Holding onto a dream indefinitely
Wishing well
When will I ever learn
Questioning when will the singer learn from their mistakes
Time will tell
Oh, will I ever know
Only time can tell if the singer will know the truth
If she was the one
As bright as the sun
Oh, bring her back to me
Won't you wishing well
Asking the wishing well to bring back someone who may have been the one true love
Another dream
Fading away
Another dream is disappearing without coming true
What were the things
You tried to say
Wondering what someone wanted to express but didn't
If only we
Had taken our time
My love
Forever holding
On a dream
Regretting not having taken enough time on a dream
Wishing well
When will I ever get to
Hear the bells
How will I ever know
If we had the chance
To make our amends
Oh, set me free once again
Yeah!
Wanting to hear the sound of church bells and to be free from the past with possible amends
And for the longest time
I knew
That I'd rather forget
My friend
Than to know it could be you
With you
Admitting to ignoring the possibility of friendship to avoid realizing true love
Wishing well
When will I ever learn
Time will tell
Oh, will I ever know
If she was the one
As bright as the sun
Oh, bring her back to me
Repeating the desire to have a lost love back
Wishing well
When will I ever get to
Hear the bells
How will I ever know
If we had the chance
To make our amends
Oh, set me free once again
Won't you?
Repeating the desire to be free and possibly reconcile with someone from the past
Writer(s): Jerry Galeries
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