Ironica Irene ha ascoltato “Wait”
Thomas Geelens · Pop / Ballad
Punteggio Full Truth
“"I'm not gonna wait. No I'm not gonna wait." Thomas spent three choruses insisting he won't wait, then spent the bridge admitting he's not out of love, then spent the final chorus literally begging her to wait for HIM. The structural whiplash is both this song's biggest flaw and its most interesting feature. It's a breakup song that argues with itself — the emotional equivalent of sending a long text, then deleting it, then sending it anyway. "Ships in the middle of the night" is a genuinely beautiful image though, so he's not completely lost at sea. Just mostly.”
Il Lato Positivo
“The final chorus flip — from "I'm not gonna wait" to "please don't let my heart break / that you're not gonna wait" — is the kind of structural payoff that makes songwriters jealous. It recontextualizes the whole song. He was never strong. He was performing strength the entire time.”
Problemi Trovati (5)
1. "Girl Running Back to Boy" — A Stage Direction in Your Lyrics
Prova
In the second chorus, between the actual lyrics, there's "Girl running back to boy." Thomas. That's a stage direction. That's what you write in a script, not in a song. Did this come from a demo where you were describing the music video? Did you forget to remove it? It sits in the lyrics like a Post-it note someone left in a published novel.
Correzione Consigliata
Remove it. Or, if you genuinely want that narrative beat in the song, sing it as a lyric: "And if you come running back to me" — anything other than a parenthetical action description that sounds like a Netflix subtitle.
2. "The Leaves Are Falling Down, It's Time to Leave This Town" — Autumn Exit Cliché
Prova
"The leaves are falling down / it's time to leave this town / I just hope you're feeling better now" — Falling leaves as a metaphor for endings. Leaving town as a metaphor for moving on. These are the first two images that come to mind when anyone thinks "breakup + autumn." You're in the lyrical equivalent of a stock photo.
Correzione Consigliata
Subvert the image. "The leaves are falling down and I'm still raking yours" — something that takes the cliché somewhere unexpected. Or drop the nature metaphor entirely and stay in the relationship's specific world.
3. "Like Ships in the Middle of the Night" — So Close to Great
Prova
"Don't wanna pass each other by / like ships in the middle of the night" — The phrase is "ships that pass in the night" and it's already a well-known expression. But you've slightly rephrased it in a way that almost makes it yours. Almost. The image is strong — two people who used to be everything, now passing like strangers. But it needs one more push to feel original.
Correzione Consigliata
Extend the metaphor: "Like ships in the middle of the night / close enough to see the lights but too far to call your name." Take us INTO the image instead of just referencing it.
4. The Bridge Contradicts Three Choruses of Defiance
Prova
Three choruses of: "Don't come running back, it's too late, I'm not gonna wait." The bridge: "But I'm not out of love." Thomas. My guy. You just spent two minutes establishing a firm boundary and then casually admitted it's a bluff. The bridge doesn't just contradict the chorus — it exposes the narrator as emotionally unreliable.
Correzione Consigliata
This is actually a GOOD instinct — the contradiction IS the point. But earn it. Instead of casually dropping "I'm not out of love," build to it: "I keep saying it's too late but these words taste like a lie." Make the audience FEEL the facade cracking instead of just being told it was fake.
5. "Am I Just a Mistake You Can't Wait to Escape?"
Prova
The final chorus shifts to questions: "Is it too late? Did you let your heart break? Am I just a mistake? You can't wait to escape?" — Four rapid-fire questions that are all essentially asking the same thing: "Do you still care?" It's emotional machine-gun fire where one well-aimed shot would be more devastating.
Correzione Consigliata
Pick the strongest question and let it land with silence around it. "Am I just a mistake you can't wait to escape?" is powerful on its own. It doesn't need three warm-up questions before it.
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