Therefore, while the sentiments are more optimistic than those of some of the lyrics on Pet Sounds, the listener can still sense some of the unease of Wilson's character. It is the story of friends who become lovers however, at the point in time of the song, they seem to be in a nebulous area somewhere between the two states. Biographer Peter Ames Carlin summarizes the song as a "relatively hard-rocking" tune about "love's restorative power". However, the broken-hearted girl is reluctant to commit herself to another relationship, leading the narrator to pledge, "I'm waiting for the day when you can love again". The narrator feels that she is "the only one" for him, and that he holds the power to "set broken heart free". The song is a simple love poem whose narrator wishes to offer his comfort and support to a girl who was abandoned by her former lover. Asked in 2014 about the song, Wilson said that "there really was no specific inspiration". When the song was published on Pet Sounds, it was credited to Wilson and Mike Love, who revised eight words in Wilson's original lyric. "I'm Waiting for the Day" was copyrighted by Wilson as a solo composition in February 1964. Wilson produced the track in March 1966 with the aid of 17 studio musicians who variously played timpani, bongos, drums, flutes, English horn, electric guitar, two basses, strings, and an altered tack piano.īackground and lyrics Mike Love and Brian Wilson in 1964 Musically, the arrangement is characterized for its dynamic use of textures and word painting.
Wilson, alongside co-author Mike Love, are the only Beach Boys who appear on the recording. Written primarily by Brian Wilson, the lyrics describe a man who is "waiting for the day" when the woman he loves will be ready to commit to a relationship with him. " I'm Waiting for the Day" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds.
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