How I Feel About Waiting (in song lyrics)

[OhMySocks]

My friends and I have long had the odd hobby of taking popular songs and changing their lyrics so they are applicable to whatever we are doing right now. I thought you all might appreciate my current attempt, and if you have 20 minutes, you should contribute your own.

 

 

To the tune of  "So This Is Christmas" by John Lennon:

 

And so this is waiting?

And what have I done?

Another day over

And a new one just begun

 

And so this is waiting

Its not any fun

My inbox still empty

My phone hasn't rung

 

I feel like I'm in limbo

I just want it to end

Just send my rejections

So I don't have to pretend

 

And so I'll be waiting

My heard filled with dread

Stalking result search

And the grad cafe threads

 

Its very scary waiting

I'm wringing my hands

Can't wait till its over

And I can make plans

 

Please accept me

I do want it

Please accept me

Nooooooow

Edited February 13, 2013 by OhMySocks

[sugarmilk]

Nice job, Socks! I sang the whole thing, out loud, and it was beautiful and emotional lol. We need some GC Karaoke!

Here's the first chunk of lyrics from Taylor Swift's We Are Never Getting Back Together:

I remember filling out apps, the first time.

Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like,

I submitted early by a month

When you said it's incomplete. (What?)

Edited February 13, 2013 by sugarmilk

[sugarmilk]

I can't figure out the rest of the lyrics, but the chorus I had in mind: We are never, ever, ever getting a decision letter! ;p

[pears]

I can't figure out the rest of the lyrics, but the chorus I had in mind: We are never, ever, ever getting a decision letter! ;p

 

i remember when i first applied, to grad school

thinkin' i'll be calm and fine, it's all cool

my app was processed for about a month

then you

said you 

needed time..

..what?

 

oooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

i checked GC again last night 

oooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

this time, i'm feeling like, i'm feeling like

 

we

are never, ever, ever

getting decision letters

weeeee

are never, ever, ever 

getting decision letters

we go talk to adcomms, talk to profs- won't talk to me

cause weeee 

are never, ever, ever

getting decision letters..

Edited February 13, 2013 by pears

[God0PlayDice]

I just wanna "call you up every Saturday night" and say "hello, is it me you're looking for" or "tell me how to win your heart, for i haven't got a clue" and "you're all i ever wanted" T.T

[BoyOfTheForest]

Alright, here it goes. So I'm sure EVERYBODY has seen Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas? Well, this is a tribute to our waiting I made put to his lyrics from "This is Halloween". Presenting: "This is Grad Café" from Ecologicalphotographer's "Nightmare before April"... Click this link http://youtu.be/DOtEdhKOMgQ to get the right atmosphere and timing, and enjoy!

 

App-li-cants of every maj.

Wouldn't you like to see some-thing strange?

 

Come with us and you will see,

This our town of future dreams

 

This is grad café, this is grad café

Prospectives scream in the dead of night

 

This is grad café, everybody check all day,

Click re-fresh till our fingers fall off out of freight

 

It’s our forum, everybody scream!

In this forum of future dreams…

 

I am the adcom reading over your apps,

Opinions ground sharp and a red pen with a smack

 

I am the POI giving positive stares,

Emails like candy, and promises in the air

 

This is grad café, this is grad café,

Check all day, check all day, check all day, check all day…

 

In this forum, we call home,

Everyone hail to the re-sults shown.

 

In this forum! Don’t we love it now?

Everybody’s waiting for the next re-sults!

 

Round that weekend, mail hiding in a draft bin,

Something’s waiting now to send, and how you’ll

 

Scream! This is grad café,

Click-ing re-fresh all day

 

Aren't you scared?
Well, that's just fine

Post it once, post it twice
Take a chance and go offline

Experience this thing, others call it life!
 

Everybody scream, everybody scream!!!!!
In this forum of future dreams…

 

I am the school with the really slow pace!

Responds at first, then gone without a trace…

 

I am the school when you call who’s there,

Answering questions, giving no despair.

 

I’m the school who works on the full-moon night,

Filling your worry to the brim with freight!

 

This is grad café, this is grad café,

Check all day, check all day, check all day, check all day…

 

Tender applicants everywhere,

Applying’s no fun without a good scare!

 

That’s their job, we’re not so keen,

When no re-sults are to be see-een!

 

In this forum! Don’t we love it now?

Everybody’s waiting for the next re-sults!

 

If you’re talking smack it might, catch you in the back,

And scream like a reject

Make you think you’ll ne-ver win

This is grad café, everybody scream!

Wont’ ya please make way for a very special post

 

Co-lor green is king of the re-sults page

Everyone hail to date 4/15 now!

 

This is grad café, this is grad café,

Check all day, check all day, check all day, check all day…

 

In this forum, we call home,

Everyone hail to the re-sults shown.

 

La. La. La. La la. La. La. La. La la. La. La. La. La la. La. La. La. La. WOO!!!!!

[Soleil ت]

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of school, I take a look at my apps and feel like such a fool, Cuz I've been writin' and fightin' so long that Even my reccos think that my mind is gone. But I ain't ever crossed a school that didn't intrigue me, Me be treated like a noob, you know that's unheard of. You better watch how you're callin' and where you're writin', or you and your dreams might be lined in 'jects. I really need to chill but I gotta know, As they choose, I see myself in the reject pile, fool, I'm the kind of grad the little freshmen wouldn't be like, On my knees in the night checking Results on the Café. Been spending most our year living in the grad school paradise, Been spending most our year living in the grad school paradise, Keep spending most our year living in the grad school paradise, Keep spending most our year living in the grad school paradise.

[emelki]

Click here for the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=o7kzsZreG0o

 

I dreamed last night I sent off my apps to grad school 
And by some chance, all were said to be complete.
And there I sat 
And I hollered "Someone take me!" 
But the professors, they all made me wait. 

 

But my family all said calm down, calm down, you're gonna get in. 
Family all said calm down 
Calm down you're gonna get in. 

The letter will come by email, 
Or by snail mail, you'll just have to wait and see, 
Calm down, calm down, calm down, calm down, 
Calm down you're gonna get in. 

Lost sanity waiting on these apps to grad school 
And by some chance found a forum on the net
And here I sit, wearily commiserating
All us applicants are bound to go mad

For the programs all said hold on, 
We're taking our time with this 
The programs all said hold on, 
Hold on, we're making our lists. 

 

The letter will come by email, 
Or by snail mail, you'll just have to wait and see,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on 
hold on, we're making our lists. 

And as I envied the students with their letters (cries) 
A great big wave of anxiety took hold
And as I wait, hoping somewhere says "we'll take you!" 
That's the moment I freak out, "oh my lord!"
And I say to myself, just breathe, just breathe, 
It's out of your hands! 

Say to myself calm down, calm down, you're gonna get in
And the letter will come by email, 
Or by snail mail, you'll just have to wait and see,
Calm down, calm down, calm down, calm down,

Calm down, you're gonna get in.

Calm down you're gonna, calm down, calm down you're gonna get in.

Calm down you're gonna, calm down, calm down you're gonna get in.

Calm dooooowwwwwnnn!

Calm down, you're gonna get iiiinnnnnnnn!

Edited February 17, 2013 by emelki