Bated Breath

"Bated Breath" is the 16th track off of Tinashe's album "Aquarius".
== Background ==
This song finds Tinashe singing of being unsure on whether she should give her love to a guy. He is waiting with bated breath on her deciding whether she is willing to open herself up emotionally to him.
When your breath is bated it means that you are waiting for the outcome of something. "Bated" is a shortened form of "abated," so the underlying implication is that your breathing is shortened under the influence of extreme suspense and tension.
== Music Video ==
The song's nine-minute military-inspired video was directed and financed by Tinashe. It was filmed in the Mojave Desert by fashion photographer Stephen Garnett, The singer contacted Garnett directly to work on the clip. "I don't like to sit around waiting for people to do things for me," Tinashe told W Magazine. "So when I know my label's not going to produce music videos, I'll either make them myself or I'll find people that I think are cool and reach out to them directly. I'm like, 'F--k it. I'll just do it.'"
The video is also composed entirely of a stranded Tinashe running and crawling across the sand dunes in search of refuge. The five hour shoot pushed the singer to her limits: "You have to fix your own hair, there's no catering, and there's no bathroom, but the challenges became benefits in this case, because they made the video a whole lot grungier," she said. "I was incredibly dirty, really dragging myself through the dirt. And it wasn't like I could shower before I had to drive home."
== Lyrics ==
What if I told you that it was all in vain?
Would it still hurt you?
Would you still feel the same?
Said its impossible-possible
So impossible
But you're still waiting on the moment breath is bated
I wish I could hold you, I can't take it
Tell you all my secrets
I'm too faded
Praying that tomorrow I'll be braver
Maybe I can tell you, maybe we can do this
Kisses on my forehead we can fall into it
Love you like the rain, falls much faster
Living in a piece of ever after
Forever after
Living in the piece of ever after
Ever after, ever after
If you will you have me
I'll make you happy
Need someone to whom I can belong
Here's my confession
Saving it special
Hoped it would be you all along
All along
But you're still waiting on the moment breath is bated
I wish I could hold you, I can't take it
Tell you all my secrets
I'm too faded
Praying that tomorrow I'll be braver
Maybe I can tell you, maybe we can do this
Kisses on my forehead we can fall into it
Love you like the rain, falls much faster
Living in a piece of ever after
Category:Aquarius
Category:Songs