Pop Song 631 of 1000 'I don't want to wait' Paula Cole 1996

Pop Song 631 of 1000 'I don't want to wait' Paula Cole 1996

Official MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dVEtLPdDE

Paula Cole wrote "I Don't Want to Wait" at her spinet piano in her apartment in New York City during mid-1996.[2] Described by Cole as "a very personal song" she wrote the song when she realized that her grandfather was near the end of his life. The song is about him and his wife, and specifically the relationship between their life and Cole's who realized "I don't want to make some of these mistakes. I really hope I don't".[3] Cole has described the central question of the chorus as "Do you say yes to life? Do you embrace the things that give you joy? Or do you cower back in fear or by culture's machinations keeping you small?"[3]

Sheet music for "I Don't Want to Wait" shows the key of G major in common time with a moderate tempo of 87 beats per minute.[4] Cole originally composed the song in F♯ major, but when the songbook for the album was prepared, the song was notated in G major.[citation needed] According to Cole, "most sales [...] are to beginners and intermediate musicians", so the publishers opted against the original key