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Wait by Take That

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Take That

Wait

Release date: 15th November 2010

From Progress
Track 3
4:15
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'Wait' by Take That is a Pop single from the album 'Progress' released in 2010. The lyrics take a paranoid, surreal turn, describing a descent into cannibalistic imagery, a fixation on minerals and subliminals, and a bleak scene where service is minimal and the speaker feels trapped in something mechanical and hollow. There is also a nightmarish domestic image, with the speaker living with an Eskimo and swallowing, before the song’s thoughts begin to fracture into something unfinished.

"Wait" is a track by Take That, from the album Progress, released 15th November 2010. The track is 4:15 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Take That.

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Take That

Take That

Lyrics

Wait

Oh no, turning into cannibals and everything
That she wants is made out of minerals
I don't know what I done, she only speaks in subliminals
The reception here is lousy and the service is minimal

Oh no, I live with an Eskimo, I swallowed
'Cause we become mechanical and hollow
I seem to make you miserable
So take your tiny chemicals 'cause I need a miracle

Free your soul to me
Meet me on the corner 'cause the wall's on fire
Words can set us free
Can you make it go away? Make it stop, stop

Wait, there's something that I wanna say
Something that we hid away
Something that I'd like to change

These words have never left a mouth
We never got to get it out
Communication not allowed
Some things we don't talk about

Oh no, I've fallen off a pedestal
And your selected memory is really quite incredible
Tomorrow, when you get forgettable
I'll try being wonderful yet totally inedible

Free your soul to me
Meet you there in China, cross the wall of fire
Words can set us free
Can you make it go away? Make it stop, stop

Wait, there's something that I wanna say
Something that we hid away
Something that I'd like to change

These words have never left a mouth
We never got to get it out
Communication not allowed
Some things we don't talk about

Free your soul to me
Free your soul to me
Words can set us free
Can you make it go away? Make it stop, stop

Wait, there's something that I wanna say
Something that we hid away
Something that I'd like to change

These words have never left a mouth
We never got to get it out
Communication not allowed
Some things we don't talk about
We don't talk about

Wait, there's something that I wanna say
Something that we hid away
Something that I'd like to change

These words have never left a mouth
We never got to get it out
Communication not allowed
Some things we don't talk about

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Track details

From Progress

4:152010
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Album
Progress
Progress
Take That
15th November 2010
Track number
3
Release year
2010
  1. 1The Flood
    4:49
  2. 2Sos
    3:44
  3. 3Wait
    4:15
  4. 4Kidz
    4:42

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