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Waiting

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Waiting was released on June 26, 2026 by Partisan Records as a part of the album The Ground Above

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Beth Orton

Vocals

Chris Vatalaro

Drums

Tom Herbert

Bass

Sam Beste

Piano

Dave Okumu

Electric Guitar

Shahzad Ismaily

Shahzad Ismaily

Bass

Christos Stylianides

Christos Stylianides

Trumpet

Adrian Utley

Electric Guitar

Jesse Chandler

Flute

Teeny Lieberson

Teeny Lieberson

Background Vocals

Grey McMurray

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Beth Orton

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Beth Orton

Producer

Craig Silvey

Mixing Engineer

Steve Fallone

Mastering Engineer

Cameron Craig

Recording Engineer

Greg Calbi

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I've been waiting for the hurting to stop

I've been waiting for the punchline to drop

Anytime I hear the music we played

I dissolve into a puddle of rain

I've been playing down the way that I feel

I've been hoping that I don't make it real

I've been waiting at the edge of a dream

To jump and fly but find my beautiful wings

[Chorus]

Been waiting for the right time to come

To put the best dressed back on

To catch a favourite song

And to find my way home to your love

[Verse 2]

I've been hovering around like a ghost

In all the places gone away, left unspoke

I've been playing down them penny arcades

Celebrating what a big win I've made

I've been following the river back home

I keep finding out I'm accident prone

I was going to write a gratitude list

Just got to work out my resentment to it

[Bridge]

And I'm thinking

'Cause it gets to me

Perhaps there's nowhere else that I will ever be

I'm wondering

Yeah, it seems to me

That there's nowhere else that I would rather be

And if I could be anywhere, I'm right here by your side

If there was another now, another place and time

If I could be anywhere, I'm right here by your side

[Verse 3]

But I keep waiting for the hurting to stop

I've been waiting for the punchline to drop

I've been waiting till forever had come

Before I knew it, it had already come and gone

I've been waiting on a beautiful dream

Forgiving everyone that I've ever been

I've been playing down them penny arcades

I went and found a way to rise up and sing

[Chorus]

Waiting for the right time to come

I put the best dressed back on

I caught a favourite song

And I danced my way home to your love

Oh, I found my way home to your love

[Refrain]

And if I could be anywhere, I'm right here by your side

If there was another now, another place and time

If I could be anywhere, I'm right here by your side

[Outro]

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

I've been waiting

Written by: Beth Orton

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