I'm a terrible songwriter. I've written about five songs in my life, and they all have the same chords, but even I would be offended if somebody made me record a song by the guy from Lifehouse. And it's not that Lifehouse is bad -- they're just so earnestly mediocre, such a simulacra of sincerity and passion, and such, to my ears and gut, the opposite of a band like Sixpence. "Waiting on the Sun" is blustery about its nothingness, it announces its go-nowhereness, and perhaps that's the intention, given its subject matter. "I'm going nowhere and I'm going to take my time" is the song's most memorable line (certainly moreso than"I'm waiting on the sunshine," the most repeated lyric), and nowhere, indeed, it goes.
"Tonight" ought to have made this song redudant, both as second single material and as a thematic thread: it goes nowhere ("It's hard to know/where I'm supposed to go") in a much peppier way, and, despite being almost a minute longer, feels shorter. "Waiting on the Sun" is a toe-tapper. I'll give it that. But it's empty. And it is not a Sixpence None the Richer song.
2 comments:
I personally Liked "waiting on the sun" very much, in fact I would argue that it was one of my favorite songs that the band ever performed, I respect your opinion and value these posts very much, however while the song may not have been written by Leigh or Matt, to me it still had significant meaning in my life. In the summer of 2012 I had been in a traumatic life experience, two months later I heard the song on the weather channel and fell in love because I connected with it in my situation. "I'm waiting for answers" and "I'm going nowhere" were the lines that hit me the hardest because that's how I felt.
After hearing that song I fell in love with the band's other works and personally met Leigh six years later while travelling with my mom and concert-going.
No harm, no foul -- I'm glad somebody likes it! It's a fun tune.
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