Owl City – Waving Through a Window Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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Waving Through a Window

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Waving Through a Window Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've learned to slam on the brake
Before I even turn the key
Before I make the mistake
Before I lead with the worst of me

[Verse 2]
Give them no reason to stare
No slipping up if you slip away
So I got nothing to share
No, I got nothing to say

[Pre-Chorus]
Step out, step out of the sun
If you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun
Because you've learned, because you've learned

[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
I'm waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
I'm waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?
[Verse 3]
We start with stars in our eyes
We start believing that we belong
But every sun doesn't rise
And no one tells you where you went wrong

[Pre-Chorus]
Step out, step out of the sun
If you keep getting burned
Step out, step out of the sun
Because you've learned, because you've learned

[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
Waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving?

[Bridge]
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
Did I even make a sound?
Did I even make a sound?
It's like I never made a sound
Will I ever make a sound?
[Chorus]
On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
Waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
Waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (Ooh)

[Outro]
Is anybody waving?
Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh

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Adam Young, who goes by ‘Owl City’ on Twitter, has stated that he very much resonated with the song. ‘It almost felt as if it was written about my own life story’. ‘When I was first introduced to the character Evan Hansen, I felt like I was watching myself in High School. I knew how it was waving through a window, wondering if anyone was waving back at me’. This shows how much everyone can relate to this song, which is why people love it so much. It speaks to almost everybody, which is very hard for a song to do

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What did Owl City say about "Waving Through a Window"?
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When this cover was released, Adam Young (Owl City) wrote an explanation of what the track meant to him on Twitter:

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June 23, 2017
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