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When You Wait, You Die

from Demos from a Lost Decade by Emma Cairo

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When You Wait, You Die.

When you wait, you wait so long, you wait until you die.
You die because you long for something outside of your mind.
You'll find that you'll need time to realize that longing is death.
That everything you' ever need is right inside your head.


Life is like a flowing light, your mind the steering wheal.
Your thoughts and habits will take you down the same dark alley.
Until you learn to steer the light and point it towards the hills.
And climb the rocks that'll first seem tough until you get the grip.


When you wait, you're just waiting to die.
You are not really alive and you, you don't have a clue what the fuck is going on.
Oh...
You wait, you wait, you wait.
Oh. you can wait forever but you don't have a clue what's going on.


I once thought when life seems tough I'd stay and learn a lot.
But now I know if there's no flow I need to move along.
When living in your mind, you're not alive.
Hey, I'm all caught up in my head, I might as well be dead.



Oh, you wait, yeah, you wait so long.
You don't have a clue what's going on.
You wait, you wait until you die.
Oh you can wait, you can wait.
Oh, you can wait until you die, till you die.
But you still don't have a clue what going on, oh, you're just waiting to die.

When you wait, you wait so long.
You don't have a clue what's going on.
When you wait, you wait so long,
you don't have a clue what the fuck is going on.

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from Demos from a Lost Decade, released October 2, 2015
Lyrics and music by Emma Cairo

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Emma Cairo

Emma Cairo was born in the town of Odin, Denmark. One day, Emma quit her job in a music performance restaurant & moved to L.A. She loves California & it's beautiful nature inspires her deeply.
Emma's unique voice matches her intense stage presence. The North is the backdrop of her musical landscape. She mixes modern rock with Scandinavian folk/pop, resulting in catchy alternative tunes. ... more

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