Austin, Texas-based duo The Wind and The Wave are Dwight Baker and Patricia… Read Full Bio ↴Austin, Texas-based duo The Wind and The Wave are Dwight Baker and Patricia Lynn. (Dwight is “The Wind” and Patty is “The Wave.”) The two met in 2009 when Dwight, a touring musician turned songwriter and producer, who’s worked with such artists as Bob Schneider and Brandi Carlile, was urged by his wife to actually leave his studio (“I’m kind of a hermit,” he says) and go see a friend’s band. Patty’s previous band was opening the show.

The album "From the Wreckage" glows with a rootsy golden tone that encompasses everything from indie-folk, to alt-country, to blues-rock to Southern psychedelia. The raucous first single “With Your Two Hands” sounds like it could have been written during an impromptu back-porch jam session.

Don't You
The Wind and the Wave Lyrics

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Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful life we're in?
I'd love to be asleep and awake without medicine
Lover, have you felt the summer swim in your eyes?
I've been trying all night to keep you inside my mind

I was hoping I could take you for tea
Just one more time
I was hoping, that you'd love me

And I could go inside

Oh, but now you got in the worst way
'Cause I know you're not mine
When I walk past you, every day

Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful love we're in?
A love to be out and within without media sin
Lover, have you felt the summer swim in your eyes?
I've been trying all night to keep you inside my mind

I was hoping I could take you for tea
Just one more time
I was hoping, that you'd love me
And I could go inside

Oh, but now you got in the worst way
'Cause I know you're not mine
When I walk past you every day

(Everyday)
(Everyday)
(Everyday)
(Everyday)

Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful life we're in?
A life to be asleep and awake without medicine

(Oh)
(Oh)
(Oh)
(Oh)

Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful love we're in?
A love to be out and within without media sin

Overall Meaning

In "Don't You" by The Wind and the Wave, the lyrics convey a message of longing and unrequited love. The singer addresses their lover, expressing their appreciation for the beauty of their relationship and the happiness it brings. They yearn to be fully present with their lover, to experience the joy of being awake and asleep without the need for medication. The summer is portrayed as a symbol of vitality and warmth, as the singer describes feeling the sensation of the summer swimming in their lover's eyes. However, despite their efforts to keep their lover in their mind, they realize that their love is unattainable. They hope for one last chance to share a moment with their lover, to have a cup of tea together, but they are aware that their love will never be reciprocated. The lyrics suggest a sense of heartache and resignation as the singer acknowledges that their lover will never truly be theirs.

Line by Line Meaning

Lover, don't you know it's a beautiful life we're in?
My love, do you realize that we are living a beautiful life together?

I'd love to be asleep and awake without medicine
I wish I could experience both sleep and wakefulness without relying on medication

Lover, have you felt the summer swim in your eyes?
Darling, have you experienced the warmth and joy of summer reflected in your eyes?

I've been trying all night to keep you inside my mind
Throughout the night, I've been attempting to maintain thoughts of you in my mind

I was hoping I could take you for tea
I had a desire to have a tea date with you

Just one more time
Only once more

I was hoping, that you'd love me
I had a hope that you would love me in return

And I could go inside
So that I could be included in your world

Oh, but now you got in the worst way
Unfortunately, you have entered my life in the most difficult manner

'Cause I know you're not mine
Because I am aware that you do not belong to me

When I walk past you, every day
Every day when I walk by you

A love to be out and within without media sin
A love that can exist freely both externally and internally, unaffected by the negative influence of the media

(Everyday)
(Every day)

(Oh)
(Oh)

A life to be asleep and awake without medicine
A life where we can experience both sleep and wakefulness without the need for medication

(Oh)
(Oh)

A love to be out and within without media sin
A love that can exist freely both externally and internally, unaffected by the negative influence of the media

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Comments from YouTube:

@pigletti

10w↑1

Superb. What a vocal. She left it all in the ring on this one.

@uwekiesel6977

17w↑1

great work! i mean it! pretty great work! 💪👍

@meredithcarter3175

9y↑18

I have totally fallen in love with these two. If you MUST cover THE "Breakfast Club" song, this is the way to do it.

@Raedein

6y↑20

Wow, now that's how you do a cover! Kind of gotten tired of slowed down cliche covers. I'm not even into folk music but this actually sounded nice

@sidneyd.dacosta4361

8y↑9

Ahhh breakfast club ... great!!

@GoReckless_

2y↑1

Fantastic Cover! Makes me want to DANCE

@garrettgibbons

8y↑2

This just brings me pure joy! Wonderful cover.

@twsutt

7y↑5

Bravo! Nicely done cover. You've remained very faithful to the original, while putting your own spin on it. This is the way a cover is supposed to be done.

@mariposagrandos3943

4y↑1

Ok thanks to wandering around in YouTube I found this beyond beautiful masterpiece

@1AzAz3L

9y↑1

greatness of a cover

@OneInAFewBillion

9y↑4

Love it!

@ov-103

this played in carowinds’ blue ridge junction yesterday!

@dickiebhee4711

after Luther Vandross' version of "If This World Were Mine", this is the best cover of any song I've ever heard.

@loz148

10y

Lovely rendition :)

@bojankunstelj2480

really good

@fatimazucchi9591

10y

Someone has to do absolutely an instrumental version, this song is awesome!

@babs5481

This is a cover, there are instrumental versions, but of the original song.

@edwardbevington9351

Yeah that's me subscribed. Best cover iv heard of Jims song. don't know who you are but good one.

@mikelyons9228

Wow.....

@jacksson9391

3y↑1

Kick A$$ blue grass! 👍

@Imootosan

10y↑31

Thanks to Grey's Anatomy for sending me here... this is beautiful!!

@cynthiajackson1658

Stephanie Dowling I heard it first while traveling though the Ozarks... Perfect

@irondraak960

What a miserable interpretation

@hotelfoxtrot4979

7y↑2

well done... hard to recreate an iconic well loved rock song and make it your own... my regards!

@cadesiadebruin482

omg

@nicolemuldoon9497

Is this available on the UK iTunes? I need it in my life but can't find it.

@willythemailboy2

Did they do a slower version of this? I keep hearing it at work and the voice is very similar but the tempo is much slower.

@Cali-Railway

Yeah I think that one's the original. They play both versions where I work actually. One time they even played one after the other. This one's by the wind and the wave. The other one is by simple minds.

@CarlosPerez-eb5ip

4y↑1

At least this is better than billy idol's

@tomcrockett7941

Just walk on by or...........

@pinkieofficial1977

10y

Wow 82 likes

@vvblackberryy

What instruments are they using?

@shanleyshoupe7873

6y↑1

vvblackberryy steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, hand claps, tambourine, upright bass

@svyatozar

11w

Lmao

@lindsayjohnson8598

greys :)

@dancebreakitdown

7y↑3

SO YOU TURN THIS CLASSIC SONG INTO A COUNTRY SONG? LOL

@GrahamNickerson

6y↑2

Folk song.

@strungoutboy86

bluegrass song

@ivan100rock

8y↑1

so mutch better than David Cook... This version was modified, in another style. Not a try of a bad copy.

@tavissmith2819

The superior version! More moxie in my book. What's the point in doing a near identical or morose cover?!

@djskeedledoo

What happened to the song? It became a honky tonk! Still the best versions are Billy Idol and Simple Minds.

@samson18

5y↑4

I hear this song all the damn time while working at Meijer. It's so damn annoying.

@shoechew

The incessant clapping is a bit much.

@Jesus_Raphael

Holy, hee-haw, horse shit Batman!?

@TehSchwizz

5y↑2

Too much clapping.

@shoechew

Yea.

@Mark-sy2cs

9y↑2

copied from Simple Minds

@dalebrush5366

9y↑26

Jack Baron It's called a cover.

@theasnail9532

8y↑1

Ever heard of this thing called a cover? It's a form of music taking already created music and putting your own spin on it. So, in a way yes. But really, no.

@GrahamNickerson

Simple Minds never wrote this song. It was written with several other artists in mind. Billy Idol for one. But he turned it down. Simple Minds performed it for the movie soundtrack and thus became pop culture icons. But certainly do not deserve reverence for their version of this song. It obviously wasn't written by them, or performed in their style. They are basically session musicians. No offence, but this is music fact. Check it out for yourself.