I Can't Wait Lyric Mystery [Archive]

APerfectLie

11-09-2010, 03:13 AM

So around 4:18 in I Can't Wait, Stevie says something that I have never been able to fully make out. I always assumed it was just "Oh no time well you make up your mind baby!!" but my friend recently pointed out to me that he always hears it as "Go home to your cobwebs and think of your sorrow baby" which I thought would be a really interesting lyric, so I gave it another listen, but now I swear she says something about "fire baby". :shrug: Any ideas? Or is this just a coke induced ramble or whargarble???

Maxd9

11-09-2010, 04:44 AM

I always thought it was "There's no hope for time while you make up your mind, baby." I'm not sure that's right, though. :shrug:

DoubtfulMiracle

11-09-2010, 04:57 AM

I Can't Wait is just full of lyric mysteries! How we get "How will we feel 20 years from now" I'll never know!

As to the part in question, I always thought it was "Lord knows time will make up your mind, baby".

But now that it's been put to me, I can definitely hear 'hope' at the beginning (and I don't know why I was hearing what I thought I was hearing before that). Can't quite make out a sensible sentence in there though....

paleshadow

11-09-2010, 05:04 AM

I think it's "Alone all the time well make up your mind baby".

EnchantedKiwi

11-09-2010, 05:07 AM

So around 4:18 in I Can't Wait, Stevie says something that I have never been able to fully make out. I always assumed it was just "Oh no time well you make up your mind baby!!"

I always thought the same as you, but who knows! I bet Stevie wouldn't have a clue herself :laugh:

mikebise

11-09-2010, 07:11 AM

I always thought it was "No one knows the time when you make up your mind, baby!".

CADreaming

11-09-2010, 08:14 AM

"If I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind, baby I can't wait, I can't wait."

holidayroad

11-09-2010, 08:39 AM

"If I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind, baby I can't wait, I can't wait."

I almost agree with this....I think it's "Am I wasting my time" instead of "If I'm wasting my time."

CADreaming

11-09-2010, 09:32 AM

I almost agree with this....I think it's "Am I wasting my time" instead of "If I'm wasting my time."

I thought so too at first. Will have to listen again.

JohnL

11-09-2010, 09:37 AM

I almost agree with this....I think it's "Am I wasting my time" instead of "If I'm wasting my time."

This is what I always thought it was. Makes sense.

TerraRhiannon

11-09-2010, 10:11 AM

skuncles

11-09-2010, 01:30 PM

No idea what it is, but I've always sung along to it as "don't hold me tight while you make up your mind baby..."

darklinensuit

11-09-2010, 02:09 PM

I hear "Don't hope for time while you make up your mind, baby..."

- Jake

UndoingTheLaces

11-09-2010, 02:29 PM

I really don't think the "How will we feel" part sounds like Stevie at all. I'm convinced it was a sample from a movie or something.

UndoingTheLaces

11-09-2010, 02:32 PM

Oh, and I think the mystery lyric is "Don't know the time will you make up your mind, baby".

SuiteShangriLa

11-09-2010, 03:03 PM

no hope..time...will you make up your mind

Maxd9

11-09-2010, 03:15 PM

I hear "Don't hope for time while you make up your mind, baby..."

- Jake

I think you're right. This is what it sounds like to me, anyway. :shrug:

Sanne2

11-09-2010, 03:20 PM

I really don't think the "How will we feel" part sounds like Stevie at all. I'm convinced it was a sample from a movie or something.

Sounds like Sharon and Lori to me.

SapphireSister

11-09-2010, 05:04 PM

I almost agree with this....I think it's "Am I wasting my time" instead of "If I'm wasting my time."
BINGO! I'm pretty sure that's what it is. "Am I wasting my time while you make up your mind now baby?".

glamorousnymph

11-09-2010, 05:44 PM

If you're talking about the part that starts right at 4:19, I have always heard very clearly "Lord, oh God will you make up your mind baby."

tilthefirefades

11-09-2010, 06:00 PM

I almost agree with this....I think it's "Am I wasting my time" instead of "If I'm wasting my time."

This, I never thought of it as a mystery until now...I'm pretty sure this is what she says though.

jeffd8382

11-09-2010, 06:42 PM

I really don't think the "How will we feel" part sounds like Stevie at all. I'm convinced it was a sample from a movie or something.

Yeah, like Sanne2 said, I have always thought it was Lori or Sharon saying that.

What baffles me about this sample is that I can hear "How will we feel ten years from now, Rick" the first two times... but the third, sped-up sample sounds like a different sample because I can not hear "Rick" at the end... it sounds like it ends with "honey" or something like that. One of these days, I need to slow that down and listen to it.

UPDATE:
I listened to it slowed down and I guess it is the same sample... just sounds different to the ear sped-up. It also is positioned slightly earlier in relation to the beat, when compared to when the sample begins to play the other times... interesting.

UndoingTheLaces

11-09-2010, 09:24 PM

Yeah, like Sanne2 said, I have always thought it was Lori or Sharon saying that.

What baffles me about this sample is that I can hear "How will we feel ten years from now, Rick" the first two times... but the third, sped-up sample sounds like a different sample because I can not hear "Rick" at the end... it sounds like it ends with "honey" or something like that. One of these days, I need to slow that down and listen to it.

UPDATE:
I listened to it slowed down and I guess it is the same sample... just sounds different to the ear sped-up. It also is positioned slightly earlier in relation to the beat, when compared to when the sample begins to play the other times... interesting.

I always thought there was a little more that gets cut off at the end while they were playing with the sample. It always sounds to me, especially the last time they play it when it's really slowed down, that she says "How will we feel twenty years from now looking back'.

CADreaming

11-09-2010, 10:08 PM

If you're talking about the part that starts right at 4:19, I have always heard very clearly "Lord, oh God will you make up your mind baby."

:laugh: That's funny!

She says: "If I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind."

glamorousnymph

11-09-2010, 11:02 PM

:laugh: That's funny!

She says: "If I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind."

Not at the end, when she's wrapping up, at 4:19. No one can listen to that and think she's repeating the "wasting my time" lyric.

ETA it's right before she goes into the "How can I love you / how do I love you / how can I love you" fade out. Very end of the song.

TerraRhiannon

11-09-2010, 11:05 PM

Not at the end, when she's wrapping up, at 4:19. No one can listen to that and think she's repeating the "wasting my time" lyric.

I hear cobwebs, like someone else mentioned. A lot of cobwebs.

glamorousnymph

11-09-2010, 11:14 PM

The "cobwebs" is the "God, will" part. Are people listening with earbuds? I am so sure of this!

SNicksed

11-09-2010, 11:17 PM

Not at the end, when she's wrapping up, at 4:19. No one can listen to that and think she's repeating the "wasting my time" lyric.

ETA it's right before she goes into the "How can I love you / how do I love you / how can I love you" fade out. Very end of the song.

I've always heard it as - "I've got no time while you make up your mind, baby..."

soul_drifter333

11-09-2010, 11:44 PM

But if you play it backwards at half-speed she is really saying: Just because I wear black doesn't mean that I am witch, I just play one on stage. :nod:

Yeah, like Sanne2 said, I have always thought it was Lori or Sharon saying that.

What baffles me about this sample is that I can hear "How will we feel ten years from now, Rick" the first two times... but the third, sped-up sample sounds like a different sample because I can not hear "Rick" at the end... it sounds like it ends with "honey" or something like that. One of these days, I need to slow that down and listen to it.

UPDATE:
I listened to it slowed down and I guess it is the same sample... just sounds different to the ear sped-up. It also is positioned slightly earlier in relation to the beat, when compared to when the sample begins to play the other times... interesting.

baboles

11-10-2010, 12:56 AM

That's part of the beauty of this song. You can just sing whatever you want because Stevie's rambling leaves it open for interpretation. hahaha

APerfectLie

11-10-2010, 01:36 AM

Not at the end, when she's wrapping up, at 4:19. No one can listen to that and think she's repeating the "wasting my time" lyric.

ETA it's right before she goes into the "How can I love you / how do I love you / how can I love you" fade out. Very end of the song.

Exactly. There is no way she is saying "wasting" in that part.

APerfectLie

11-10-2010, 01:46 AM

Just for reference, it is this part! I am still baffled! But I love that we have gotten so many different interpretations of it :]

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DoubtfulMiracle

11-10-2010, 04:15 AM

I hear "Don't hope for time while you make up your mind, baby..."

- Jake

I'm back for a second dig. I think Jake is closest, but I would probably amend to "Don't hope for time, will you make up your mind, baby".

LittleCharmer

11-10-2010, 07:59 AM

If you're talking about the part that starts right at 4:19, I have always heard very clearly "Lord, oh God will you make up your mind baby."

I'm hearing this too, more than anything else..

glamorousnymph

11-10-2010, 09:02 AM

Just for reference, it is this part! I am still baffled! But I love that we have gotten so many different interpretations of it :]

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Yes that's the part! I think you have to listen to the CD or MP3 to really hear it clearly.

jeffd8382

11-10-2010, 02:00 PM

But if you play it backwards at half-speed she is really saying: Just because I wear black doesn't mean that I am witch, I just play one on stage. :nod:

OMG... you're right! :p

Actually it sounds more like "ana-shays-asa-peer-uh-wah".... which, of course, is just witch-speak for what you said! I've watched enough Bewitched to know that.

tilthefirefades

11-10-2010, 02:01 PM

Ok, so now I hear something like "Oh no this time won't you make up your mind" :confused:

fringed n fab

11-10-2010, 02:35 PM

"If I'm wasting my time while you make up your mind, baby I can't wait, I can't wait."

I've always heard it as this too. But on Nicks Fix the song lyrics list it as "Am I wasting my time..." but I can see the If/Am mixup because it's tricky.

StandbackStevie

11-10-2010, 06:33 PM

Yes that's the part! I think you have to listen to the CD or MP3 to really hear it clearly.

"No Hope In Time Will Make Up Your Mind Baby." I always though she is saying here.

StandbackStevie

11-10-2010, 06:58 PM

TerraRhiannon

11-10-2010, 07:20 PM

This one sounds like to me I think I am right if anyone agrees "Of the God Damn Mother F'in Book" let me know if I am wrong.

I hear that too! Something like, "I don't know how to learn it.. FROM THE PAGES OF THAT GOD DAMN MOTHER F***ING BOOK!" I thought she never put swearing in her songs? Tsk, Stevie. You said you didn't like to incorporate swearing in your songs! :laugh:

CADreaming

11-10-2010, 07:48 PM

Yes that's the part! I think you have to listen to the CD or MP3 to really hear it clearly.

Oh! That is totally not at 4:19 on my itunes...anyway I hear it as "Don't hope for time while you make up your mind, baby" or "Don't hold time..."

I've always heard it as this too. But on Nicks Fix the song lyrics list it as "Am I wasting my time..." but I can see the If/Am mixup because it's tricky.

Yeah, I read that too but several other lyric sites list it either way. I would have to listen to it again all the way through and really pay attention (I seem to get too caught up in the song and forget what I'm doing! :laugh:), but she may use both interchangeably in the song. I know she's saying "If" on the section I was listening to anyway...

StandbackStevie

11-10-2010, 07:57 PM

I hear that too! Something like, "I don't know how to learn it.. FROM THE PAGES OF THAT GOD DAMN MOTHER F***ING BOOK!" I thought she never put swearing in her songs? Tsk, Stevie. You said you didn't like to incorporate swearing in your songs! :laugh:

lol I know and we all know she likes to ablib some of her songs live and this is one of them...lol

vivfox

11-10-2010, 08:16 PM

I've always heard it as this too. But on Nicks Fix the song lyrics list it as "Am I wasting my time..." but I can see the If/Am mixup because it's tricky.

How was your trip to New zealand? Did you take good care of Brandon like I told you to?

StandbackStevie

11-10-2010, 08:22 PM

"No Hope In Time Will Make Up Your Mind Baby." I always though she is saying here.

I think from the I can't wait mystery lyric she is saying the above it sounds like to me.

fringed n fab

11-10-2010, 08:33 PM

How was your trip to New zealand? Did you take good care of Brandon like I told you to?

I think I'm long forgotten about. :(

SapphireSister

11-10-2010, 09:24 PM

BINGO! I'm pretty sure that's what it is. "Am I wasting my time while you make up your mind now baby?".

I'm quoting myself because I was thinking of another part of the song so I was wrong here. The part you are referring to sounds like "No hold the time while you make up your mind" but obviously that's not it because it makes no sense. The fourth word definitely sounds like time but the first 3 baffle me.

SuperFleetwood

11-10-2010, 09:28 PM

i agree!!!!!!

I'm quoting myself because I was thinking of another part of the song so I was wrong here. The part you are referring to sounds like "No hold the time while you make up your mind" but obviously that's not it because it makes no sense. The fourth word definitely sounds like time but the first 3 baffle me.

StandbackStevie

11-10-2010, 09:33 PM

"No Hope In Time Will Make Up Your Mind Baby." I always though she is saying here

SuperFleetwood

11-10-2010, 09:34 PM

are there any lyrics online that can help?

SuperFleetwood

11-10-2010, 09:36 PM

I cant wait lyrics

Stevie Nicks I Can't Wait Lyrics:
Yes, I know you
Sometime she talks to him
Sometimes when she's only dreaming
Then when she wakes up
Somehow she still believes him

Yes, I know you
Tho we've been out of touch
Yes, I know you
To be continued, it's too much baby

I can't wait...I can't wait
Well, I've got to know when I can
see you again, now baby
I can't wait...I can't wait
Am I wasting my time while
you make up your mind
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
Yes, I know you
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/LYOr ]
Tho we've been out of touch
I can't wait...I can't wait
What can I do when I'm crazy for you

She wonders how many more hours
Her heart will feel broken
In secret she says she needs to see him
But no words are spoken

She dances around in a circle
Well she's got that feeling now
Blame it on something at first sight
Put the blame on me if you want to
To be continued

I can't wait...I can't wait
Am I wasting my time while
you make up your mind
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
I got to know when I can see you again
Well, I can't wait...I can't wait
I can't wait...I can't wait
I can't wait...I can't wait
How will we feel 20 years from now
Lyrics: I Can't Wait, Stevie Nicks [end]

mitzo

11-11-2010, 02:05 AM

Is she also saying "got it, got it" at some point, just before the big "ooooo" during the instrumental crescendo?

jeffd8382

11-12-2010, 05:55 PM

Is she also saying "got it, got it" at some point, just before the big "ooooo" during the instrumental crescendo?

Hmm... I think you might be referring to the "how would-" "how would-", which is just the same sample that plays at various speeds/pitches, which in its complete form says "how would we feel ten years from now, Rick"... and I have always thought that it's either Lori or Sharon speaking.

If this is the wrong spot, my apologies... but that's the only thing that I can think of that might sound like "got it, got it"

:shrug:

SNicksed

11-12-2010, 09:47 PM

Is she also saying "got it, got it" at some point, just before the big "ooooo" during the instrumental crescendo?

I hear "got it, got it" in the same spot, too.

And, I'm still convinced it's "I've got no time while you make up your mind, baby! LOL :laugh:

mitzo

11-12-2010, 11:19 PM

I always heard "holding the line while you make up your mind". And I am sure it is "got it got it' repeating before "how will we feel..." behind the flowing synthesizers?

PenguinHead

11-16-2010, 03:34 PM

I hear "I hope in time you will make up your mind." And it seems more practical, sensible and reasonable then what some of you are hearing! It's quite funny how we interpet things!