Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Mo… Read Full Bio ↴Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom." After taking up guitar and piano at age nine, he played in several underground punk rock bands through the 1980s before turning to electronic dance music. In 1989, he moved to New York City and became a prolific figure as a DJ, producer, and remixer. His 1991 single "Go" was his mainstream breakthrough, especially in Europe, where it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 1992 and 1997, he scored eight top 10 hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart including "Move (You Make Me Feel So Good)", "Feeling So Real", and "James Bond Theme (Moby Re-Version)". Throughout the decade, he also produced music under various pseudonyms, released the critically acclaimed Everything Is Wrong (1995), and composed music for films. His punk-oriented album Animal Rights (1996) alienated much of his fan base.

Moby found commercial and critical success with his fifth album Play (1999), which, after receiving little recognition, became an unexpected global hit in 2000 after each track was licensed to films, television shows, and commercials. It remains his highest selling album with 12 million copies sold. Its seventh single, "South Side", featuring Gwen Stefani, remains his only one to appear on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 14. Moby followed Play with albums of varied styles including electronic, dance, rock, and downtempo music, starting with 18 (2002), Hotel (2005), and Last Night (2008). His later albums saw him explore ambient music, including the almost four-hour release Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (2016). Moby continues to record and release albums; his twenty-first studio album, Resound NYC, was released in May 2023.

In addition to his music career, Moby is known for his veganism and support for animal rights and humanitarian aid. He was the owner of TeaNY, a vegan cafe in Manhattan, and Little Pine, a vegan restaurant in Los Angeles, and organized the vegan music and food festival Circle V. He is the author of four books, including a collection of his photography and two memoirs: Porcelain: A Memoir (2016) and Then It Fell Apart (2019).

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Discography
Moby (1992)
Ambient (1993)
Everything Is Wrong (1995)
Animal Rights (1996)
Play (1999)
18 (2002)
Hotel (2005)
Last Night (2008)
Wait for Me (2009)
Destroyed (2011)
Innocents (2013)
Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (2016)
These Systems Are Failing (2016)
More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse (2017)
Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt (2018)
Long Ambients 2 (2019)
All Visible Objects (2020)
Live Ambient Improvised Recordings Vol. 1 (2020)
Reprise (2021)
Ambient 23 (2023)
Resound NYC (2023)

Wait For Me
Moby Lyrics

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I'm gonna ask you to look away
I love my hands, but it hurts to pray
Life I have isn't what I've seen
The sky is not blue and the field's not green

Wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me

Wait for me
Mhmm wait, wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me

I'm gonna ask you to look away
A broken life will never stay
Tried to hard and I always lay
Days are gray
And nights are black

Wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me
Wait for me

Wait for me
Wait for me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Moby's "Wait for Me" are both melancholic and powerful. The opening lines of the song, "I'm gonna ask you to look away, I love my hands, but it hurts to pray" reveal the artist's internal struggle with his faith, something that he has cherished but finds difficult to hold onto in such an imperfect world. The line, "Life I have isn't what I've seen, the sky is not blue and the field's not green," is an expression of disillusionment with the world around him. He is starting to realize that the world is full of pain, disappointment, and suffering which he did not expect earlier when he had seen it from a different perspective.

The chorus of the song "Wait for Me," is a plea for a constant and reliable presence in the artist's life. The artist has gone through many disappointments, and his experiences have left him feeling isolated, disconnected from the world. He needs a connection, something constant that can hold him up in times of despair. The choice of the word "wait" shows that the person is not trying to run away or ignore the problems, but to hold on and wait for a solution. The last verse, "A broken life will never stay; Tried too hard, and I always lay; Days are gray, and nights are black" puts forth the picture of someone who is trying to put his broken life back together but is facing many failures in doing so.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm gonna ask you to look away
I don't want anyone to witness the difficult time I'm going through

I love my hands, but it hurts to pray
I'm in pain and it's hard for me to turn to religion for comfort

Life I have isn't what I've seen
My reality doesn't match my expectations

The sky is not blue and the field's not green
Things aren't as idyllic and picturesque as they seem

Wait for me
I'm asking for someone to wait for me while I navigate my struggles

Mhmm wait, wait for me
I need more time to get through this, so I'm asking for more patience

A broken life will never stay
My life feels like it's falling apart and won't just fix itself

Tried to hard and I always lay
I've put in a lot of effort, but I still feel stuck

Days are gray
Everything feels dull and bleak

And nights are black
Even my thoughts are dark and depressing

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOIAH SHERMAN, DANIEL BLUE

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