This would be a catchy pop song in the spirit of Katy Perry’s more popular recent stuff. But it would be more overtly “woke” than what she’s sung. Let me stress that this is just written really fast off the top of my head, but it is relaxing. This is about Hawaii residents having to wait 38 minutes before they found out that a ICBM wasn’t on its way to kill them. And I like to tell stories in verse, so you get this.
Waiting
lyrics by Shelton Bumgarner
@bumgarls
please give credit if you produce or perform
a missile is on its way
to end us all
so here we are
waiting, waiting, waiting
waiting for the end
wondering what comes next
should we be worried
should we fear life after death
38 minutes until we knew the truth
long enough to reflect on our lives
time enough to hope we’ve lived a good life
38 minutes of waiting, waiting, waiting
now what is what we said
looking around with fresh eyes
so this is how it all ends
with us waiting, waiting, waiting
38 minutes until we knew the truth
long enough to reflect on our lives
time enough to hope we’ve lived a good life
38 minutes of waiting, waiting, waiting
[bridge]
this is not how we expected it
we’re going to meet our maker
live a hell on heaven’s islands
38 minutes until we knew the truth\
long enough to reflect on our lives
time enough to hope we’ve lived a good life
38 minutes of waiting, waiting, waiting
waiting, waiting, waiting
waiting, waiting, waiting
waiting, waiting, waiting
