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The Waiting Game song is the sixth track in Harry Styles' fourth album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. Read More...
The Waiting Game Lyrics
You can romanticise your shortcomings
Ignore your agency to stop
Write a ballad with the details
While skimming off the top
A personality
Considering you've been
A little over honest lately
And you apologise
A dirty clown
You found
Someone to put your arms around
Playing the waiting game
But it all adds up to nothing
You try
And you always justify
Playing the waiting game
When it all adds up to nothing
Playing the waiting game
Do you tantalise and titillate
Knowing it won't make the grade?
Do you leave it on the table?
You apologise
Emotionally dry
And years go by
You found
Someone to put your arms around
Playing the waiting game
But it all adds up to nothing
You try
Messing with your own design
Playing the waiting game
When it all adds up to nothing
Playing the waiting game
But it all adds up to nothing
Playing the waiting game
And it all adds up to nothing
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Songs Credits
| Title: | The Waiting Game |
| Album: | Kiss All The Time. Disco - Occasionally |
| Singers: | Harry Styles |
| Lyrics: | Harry Styles, Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson |
| Music: | Harry Styles, Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson |
| Label: | Columbia Records |
| Year: | 2026 |
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About This Song
The song reflects the frustration and emptiness that can come from avoiding responsibility in relationships and personal growth. The song critics the tendency to romanticise errors or cover them up with self-pity and storytelling instead of facing them head-on. He raises the question of whether the subject genuinely means what they say or if they are merely acting out feelings without true commitment. The phrase “playing the waiting game” is frequently used to describe passivity, waiting for things to change without taking significant action, which eventually results in a vicious cycle where time goes by but nothing really gets better.
