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Over the Rhine — The World Can Wait
Album: Films for Radio
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Released: 2001
Length: 5:39
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If this should end tomorrow
All our best laid plans
And all our typical fears
Am I running out of lifetimes
This is not the first time
Something ends in just tears

But tomorrow I can't imagine
How am I supposed to know
What's yet to go down
Is there only one religion
The kind that whispers
When nobody comes around

The world can wait
The world can wait
I want to drink the water from your well
I want to tell you things I'll never tell
The world can wait
The world can wait
I'm wide awake
And the world can wait

I want to feel and then some
I have five senses
I need thousands more at least
Every day a page of paper

Every night a photograph
A moveable feast

So fade to black and white now
Roll the movie of my life
Inside of my head
'Cause like all true believers
I am truly skeptical
Of all that I have said

The world can wait
The world can wait
I want to drink the water from your well
I want to tell you things I'll never tell
The world can wait
The world can wait
I'm wide awake
And the world can wait

Haven't I said enough
Haven't I said far too much
Haven't I done enough
Haven't I done far too much
Far too much
The world can wait
Comments (164)add comment
 TallCreative1 wrote:

Tori Amos called -- she wants her sound back.




This.
Posted 2 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
mai ascoltata prima ma sono davvero bravi ...รจ una musica che prende ...da ballare con influenze gitane in alcuni punti della canzone
Posted 2 years ago by mario_1954    [ Reply ]
Tori Amos called -- she wants her sound back.
Posted 2 years ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
"Owwwah-ah-owaaaaah-ah-ohhhhwah *breathe*.......ow-ah-ah-ow-ah". 

How did anyone in the room think this sounded good at the end of a perfectly adequate song? 

On the other hand, I was captured by the Wiki entry and now know an awful lot more about Cincinnati architecture.
Posted 3 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
How do you stop the hiccups?
Hit PSD
Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
What a voice.  Wow.
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Saw these Guys open for the Cowboy Junkier es at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, I highly recommend seeing this band and exploring their catalog.
Posted 5 years ago by Stefan_Lutz    [ Reply ]
 neckbone wrote:

I'm not taking sides here, but you do realize that human history is largely composed of things that happened before 1980 as well?

 
Obviously that is true, but rock 'n' roll is (arguably) about sixty-five years old, so most of its history (for good or bad) occurred after 1980.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Outstanding!!!
Posted 8 years ago by pkfletcher1    [ Reply ]
too clean {#Sleep}
Posted 8 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Before I accidentally came across their "Discount Fireworks" best-of compilation, I hadn't even heard of the band. That was one of the most welcome revelations in recent memory. Great tunes!
Posted 9 years ago by divis    [ Reply ]
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:

Not Tori Amosy enough for me.
 
Agreed, but I can definitely see the influence. Too conventional of a copy, maybe?  It's almost there, but it just doesn't hit it.
 
Posted 12 years ago by russteaches    [ Reply ]
"The world can wait"??  Not with the way things are going.  I recommend following this song with R.L. Burnside's "It's Bad, You Know!"

Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Felt compelled to rate this, and saw that I already had it as a 2.

Downgraded to 1 in hopes I never have to do this again.
Posted 12 years ago by ladron    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Yeah, I remember this: it was the theme to the James Bond movie where he grew disgusted with the spy game and became a hipster, but the bastards pulled him back in against his will.
 
Was that "Die Another... Dude..."?
Posted 12 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
 btilrn wrote:

Good insight from someone whose "10" list is composed of largely of songs written before 1980.
 

I think you would find the same thing with everyone here as most of the classics were written before 1980.{#Whisper}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Too tori amosy for me.
 
Not Tori Amosy enough for me.
Posted 12 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
The world can wait when the levee breaks.
Posted 12 years ago by listen_n_sf    [ Reply ]
click...
Posted 12 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Too tori amosy for me.
 
Agreed.

Posted 12 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Too tori amosy for me.
 
Agreed.  Leave the TA style to TA.

Posted 12 years ago by Bear1492    [ Reply ]
Very early OTR. Check out their new stuff, she has really improved her singing and their songs are fantastic.
Posted 12 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Too tori amosy for me.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I remember this: it was the theme to the James Bond movie where he grew disgusted with the spy game and became a hipster, but the bastards pulled him back in against his will.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, not bad but at the end it's really too much IMHO, it annoys the crap out of me...

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Posted 13 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 shutter wrote:
Yeah, it, ooohhhhuuuuuhhh, still does suck pretty bad...
 
{#Zip-lip}  I'm laughing too hard to comment.


Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
I would have fleshed out the cello a little and added a wailing telecaster.... of course!
Posted 13 years ago by ri_shelton    [ Reply ]
Loonytunas wrote:

I'm really tired of over-the-rhind, sorry Rhine and I'm from Cincinati!
 fingerpin wrote:

Then stop spelling it wrong. {#Cool}

 
Cincinnati*

/*Editing by responding to my own post.

Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 btilrn wrote:

Good insight from someone whose "10" list is composed of largely of songs written before 1980.
 
I'm not taking sides here, but you do realize that human history is largely composed of things that happened before 1980 as well?


Posted 13 years ago by neckbone    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:
Not sure what is worse:
15x (the world can wait) or 8x(waaay, waay, waaay) at the end

 
Good insight from someone whose "10" list is composed of largely of songs written before 1980.
Posted 13 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]
Nice groove - soulful voice - it's a 9 for me.
Posted 13 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]
 chyk5 wrote:
I like this band, but this song is actually painful.
 

Perfect description, I could not run fast enough to the mute button!!!!!!{#Puke}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I like this band, but this song is actually painful.
Posted 13 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
"suitcase" might be a nice change of pace...
Posted 13 years ago by sweetangerine    [ Reply ]
RP introduced me to Over The Rhine. Thank You!

Posted 13 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
Bill followed this one up with Fiona's "Criminal", maybe he's reading auburntigerrich's comments? Hhhmm?
Posted 13 years ago by Jonathan_pa    [ Reply ]
 auburntigerrich wrote:
Bought the album a while back.  "Give Me Strength", and to a lesser extent, this tune, are really the only highlights, sadly.  It's worth a listen, but very moody and only appropriate for a particular mental state... kinda like most Fiona albums.  The instrumentation is powerful and well mixed, but don't queue it up for dinner parties. 

Listenable+.  7.
 

... and on this Wed. 8/25/2010 guess what Bill played after this tune ... "Criminal" by Fiona Apple {#Sunny}
Posted 13 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Yeah, it, ooohhhhuuuuuhhh, still does suck pretty bad...
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:
Not sure what is worse:
15x (the world can wait) or 8x(waaay, waay, waaay) at the end
 JoBo wrote:
Yes, for a very, very long time .....

 nimesay wrote:
I can wait to hear this song again.
 
 

what a piece of self centered pity, bummer  melody. go away, please no more torture of this crap.
 


Posted 13 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
{#Arrowd} How much time did you dedicate to this point?

Posted 13 years ago by lysisphere    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Singer sounds like Heather Nova to me.{#Silenced}
 
I thought it was Heather Nova too!

Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]

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Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Singer sounds like Heather Nova to me.{#Silenced}
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
I sure miss the songs from Patience and Eve
Posted 13 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
otr
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
This song sucks.
Posted 14 years ago by joshfm    [ Reply ]
Bought the album a while back.  "Give Me Strength", and to a lesser extent, this tune, are really the only highlights, sadly.  It's worth a listen, but very moody and only appropriate for a particular mental state... kinda like most Fiona albums.  The instrumentation is powerful and well mixed, but don't queue it up for dinner parties. 

Listenable+.  7.
Posted 14 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Not sure what is worse:
15x (the world can wait) or 8x(waaay, waay, waaay) at the end
 JoBo wrote:
Yes, for a very, very long time .....

 nimesay wrote:
I can wait to hear this song again.
 
 


Posted 14 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
Ok it's Friday afternoon, 3:46 pacific time, and this is playing?!? Get ready for a swingin' weekend of staring at your fingers, looking out the window wistfully, pursing your lips and deciding against that second glass of warm milk. It's just a little too intense.

 
that's just what i was thinking{#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
Ok it's Friday afternoon, 3:46 pacific time, and this is playing?!? Get ready for a swingin' weekend of staring at your fingers, looking out the window wistfully, pursing your lips and deciding against that second glass of warm milk. It's just a little too intense.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
 songbirdfemme wrote:
She sounds like Alanis more than Kate and Tori. It's okay. Maybe it will grow on me...
 Don't be fooled by the breathiness - she can really sing.  The others you mentioned can covey emotion well but they'll never reach the bar of being great vocalists.

Posted 14 years ago by spigolli    [ Reply ]
Not bad but a little bit boring... I prefer the previous two ones... Sinead and Siouxsie.
Posted 14 years ago by AngieOrwell    [ Reply ]
Sinead, Siouxsie, now this. Three outstanding female vocalists in a row.

Nowhere else but Radio Paradise 
Posted 14 years ago by hunthunthunt    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
saw them this past weekend at a winery. it was fantastic. she is so great live - they all are. i was really blown away and am now a big fan.
 
Thank you lily, the live venue is where a band proves themselves and your post is proof this band is for real. And Stefen, what a great pic! {#Arrowd}

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Over_the_Rhine.jpg image by coding_to_music

Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Yes, for a very, very long time .....

 nimesay wrote:
I can wait to hear this song again.
 


Posted 14 years ago by JoBo    [ Reply ]

sure enuf, the world can wait {#High-five}


Posted 14 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
 Loonytunas wrote:

I'm really tired of over-the-rhind, sorry Rhine and I'm from Cincinati!
 
Then stop spelling it wrong. {#Cool}

Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Great song! This is quite old, I think her voice improved quite a bit. Very entertaining in person.
Posted 14 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
I can wait to hear this song again.
Posted 14 years ago by nimesay    [ Reply ]
... as can I.

I'd have to hear a lot more that's way better than this to convince me this is worth further attention.
Posted 15 years ago by megisi    [ Reply ]
Whenever I hear the chorus start I keep thinking I'm going to hear "phantom of the opera".
Posted 15 years ago by x3n0b07    [ Reply ]
Love this song (and OTR)
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
saw them this past weekend at a winery. it was fantastic. she is so great live - they all are. i was really blown away and am now a big fan.
Posted 15 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 ROSSinDETROIT wrote:
Great band live, and under rated song writing.
 
Seen them a few times. Love her, and they are very entertaining.

I think she has taken singing lessons, because her voice now is much clearer and beautiful.

Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
She sounds like Alanis more than Kate and Tori. It's okay. Maybe it will grow on me...
Posted 15 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
Great band live, and under rated song writing.
Posted 15 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
I'm Over the Whine. I've liked previous (or newer) songs of theirs, but this one is icky.
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Loonytunas wrote:
A+ for expressive use of emoticons
Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
I was thinking this was a Tori Amos song and was pleased that it wasn't making me cringe.
Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
sounds too much like Tori. Not a good thing
I was thinking the exact opposite!
Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Posted 15 years ago by Loonytunas    [ Reply ]
Posted 15 years ago by Loonytunas    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
sounds too much like Tori. Not a good thing
mind reader
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Loonytunas wrote:
Oh no! She ain't that good! I'm really tired of over-the-rhind, sorry Rhine and I'm from Cincinati!
Lots of folks I know from Cincy are sick of Over The Rhine. Hmmm...
Posted 16 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
sounds too much like Tori. Not a good thing
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of "Shine" by Edenbridge (which please play). Great song!
Posted 16 years ago by bupanishad2012    [ Reply ]
Yay! Thank you for playing my request!
Posted 16 years ago by cavalaxis    [ Reply ]
jubilantme wrote:
nice...i have one of their cds somewhere in the rubble of my music collection...
Unfortunately, this band keeps coming in & out of mine as well. I always expect to "find" them again, but alas, they return to the rubble.
Posted 16 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
If you can find their album \"Eve\" it\'s just great. It was OOP for a long time though so I dunno if it can be found anymore. The songs are very quirky and catchy. Seems like they have settled. Eve is magic though
Posted 16 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Piercing? Hmmm... to each their own I s'pose, but I never considered Kate to be piercing... agnes wrote:
Kate BUSH? Really? Lyrically, maybe, but this woman's voice is much warmer, far less piercing than that of Kate Bush.
Posted 16 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
agnes wrote:
Kate BUSH? Really? Lyrically, maybe, but this woman's voice is much warmer, far less piercing than that of Kate Bush.
Oh no! She ain't that good! I'm really tired of over-the-rhind, sorry Rhine and I'm from Cincinati!
Posted 16 years ago by Loonytunas    [ Reply ]
SpamNRice wrote:
Kate? Is that you Kate? Oh... guess not... Sure sounds like you though...
Kate BUSH? Really? Lyrically, maybe, but this woman's voice is much warmer, far less piercing than that of Kate Bush.
Posted 16 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
I must admit that this one is starting to grow on me a bit. I give her a 6'er.
Posted 16 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Kate? Is that you Kate? Oh... guess not... Sure sounds like you though...
Posted 16 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
She's a very good performer. Love this song. Her voice can veer off a bit sometimes, but she's very sincere.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Well, it's nice that she warns us at the beginning by singing "Ugh ugh ughhhh". A solid 3 veering dangerously into 'Tori Territori.'
Posted 16 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
sig listens
Posted 16 years ago by bdblinux    [ Reply ]
Uhhhhh, oh woah oh woah bleccchhh
Posted 17 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
RobK wrote:
Maybe it was just my connection, but there was a long pause of dead air right after she had sung the line "the world can wait"...which I thought was pretty damned coincidental and funny.
The coincidental is not the marvelous (J. Cocteau)
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
FINALLY, some emotion and some energy from this woman..this band normally makes me drool, as in I,m dead asleep....I guess I'm Over the Snooze..
Posted 17 years ago by miguel1220    [ Reply ]
Love love LOVE Over The Rhine.
Posted 17 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Like Tori, but with more rhythm.
Posted 17 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
Tori meets the Cardigans. Meh.
Posted 17 years ago by djinnthespazz    [ Reply ]
Sorry, I cant find the rating called "meh". This song just plods along with the same wailing of "The world can wait" combined with what smacks of of just a teeny bit of pretentiousness. I do hope they have better tracks out there because to my (possibly uneducated) ears this is Schmaltz.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
This song is like revisiting an old friend that you never realized how much you've missed. I love this band...
Posted 17 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
nice...i have one of their cds somewhere in the rubble of my music collection...this song is making me think of digging it out again.
Posted 17 years ago by jubilantme    [ Reply ]
I love Over the Rhine. Solid, moody, vesatile with lots of texture. He writes the words; she sings 'em.
Posted 17 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Maybe it was just my connection, but there was a long pause of dead air right after she had sung the line "the world can wait"...which I thought was pretty damned coincidental and funny.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
A "Decent" song that gets bumped up to "Pretty Good" on the strength of the set it's in...
Posted 17 years ago by Notelrac    [ Reply ]
I love this song so listen to the instrumentation, so textured and that voice, wow, she's so cool! Films for Radio, ha, good one!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
The only likeable line from the song was, "I have 5 senses I could use a thousand more". After that wow I waited for it to end.
Posted 17 years ago by photomuse    [ Reply ]
coyote playing "phantom of the opera" Awesome, moody, inspirational.
Posted 17 years ago by lokiwolf    [ Reply ]
it has a broadway musical kind of feel.
Posted 17 years ago by mrrmt    [ Reply ]
falling...asleep...at.. keyboard..
Posted 17 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
Tori Amos wants her song back...
Posted 17 years ago by Mary_Read    [ Reply ]
This is so Lilith Fair.
Posted 17 years ago by Waybo    [ Reply ]
Over the WHINE. Ouch!
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
This is a real letdown coming on the heels of that wonderful Afro/Siouxsie sequence.
Posted 17 years ago by Darrooon    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Heather Nova when it started. I gave the song a 4 before, not sure when, I would now give it a 7. I like it :)
Posted 17 years ago by Gaylord_Meatface    [ Reply ]
ugh....the world can't wait for you to finish....
Posted 17 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
This is a little too "Tori Amos" for me. But I'm going to try to give it a chance before I condem it. Edit: I just scrolled through some of the coments... I guess I'm not the first person to have that thought. Dang, unoriginal again!
Posted 17 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
this song is very singable. that's what does it for me. :)
Posted 17 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Over the Rhine is a group I would have never discovered but for RP. Really like Ohio and Drunkard's Prayer (listened to it on way to work this morning). I also bought a live disc from their website which is nice. This is ok - doesn't really do all that much for me.
Posted 18 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
This is a real letdown coming on the heels of that wonderful Afro/Siouxsie sequence.
Amen to that.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Love this song. Love this group!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Ouch!
Posted 18 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
....................meh.............
Posted 18 years ago by Gaylord_Meatface    [ Reply ]
Hmm...Someone hear Fiona Apple in there somewhere?
Posted 18 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
This is a real letdown coming on the heels of that wonderful Afro/Siouxsie sequence.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]