VNV Nation - Wait (single edit)

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"Wait (single edit)" streaming Links / Album Pre-order - save-it.cc/vnvnation/wait
Song Lyrics in description below
The full version of "Wait" appears on the new VNV Nation album "Electric Sun" [out 28 April 2023]
More info : www.vnvnation.com
VIDEO CREDITS :
Video Production - 360 Grad Design
Video Concept and Design : Ronan Harris
Directed by: Holger Fichtner
Video Edit: Holger Fichtner
Camera: Tobias Rupp
Camera Assistant: Philipp Jeschek
Production Assistant: Tim Gotter
Light Design: Martin Heining
Music & Lyrics - Ronan Harris
© VNV Nation 2023. All rights reserved
LYRICS :
Shadows of the Sun,
enraptured in the sound
Hypernormal frequencies
illuminating clouds
We televise the noise
to all that we can reach
The broadcasts preach the word
of better times and peace
We automate the lies
with images we fake
Machines to grant our every wish
when all we do is take!
To Apathy we drink
when dancing in the flames
A chance for us to celebrate
because all we do is wait!
Who has the most is King
Constructed to be served
so that which is destroyed
is cheered on while it burns
With nothing left to lose
and seconds ticking fast,
though time is running out,
all we do is laugh-
and hide among the crowd,
drowning in its noise,
in envy of the beautiful
facades of shallow grace
The best would try and fail,
feel helpless at the task
but lead as if they rule in hell
when all we do is wait!
Our fortunes running out
and our options running dry
With no one else to turn to,
still, we sit and cry
We’re dancing in the flames
to the sounds of our demise
Drinking to our apathy
because all we do is wait
The King, the sacred Crown,
the Chalice and the Mace
who rule over these famine lands
whose bounty goes to waste
A power that corrupts,
regaling this as fate
The waters rising to our necks
and all we do is wait

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@makedoniarch 2 ай бұрын

Been listening to VNV Nation since 1999 when they released Empires. Almost 25 years later I’m still listening. Seen them perform live in New York way back, meet Ronan Harris in Toronto. What a carrier they have had - they define the alternative synthpop movement.

@jahcure29 4 ай бұрын

Wieder einmal Gänsehaut 😁 danke,danke,danke ... Der Sound... Die Lyrics alles fließt und geht tief in jede Pore ❤❤❤❤

@SylvainDousset 6 ай бұрын

Great song. You're the only one "band" (that I know of) that can succeed to mix so well sadness/joy/spirituality/energy in each title. Thank you for allthose years spent with your beautiful music.✌🤟

@rob0trevolution 4 ай бұрын

Excellently put

@DFLAstro Жыл бұрын

Ronan is like some celestial conductor who guides the waveform from our collective souls - reassures it, understands it, shapes it and then releases it so it may give life to these otherworldly symphonies. TLDR: Goddamn I Love VNV

@KittyAngelofDeath Жыл бұрын

I swear every time VNV Nation releases another song I play it on repeat until my ears bleed. Such a killer beat and intense lyrics every time.

@codypope739 Жыл бұрын

Chalice and the mace. What is that? Is that a UK thing?

@lowwastehighmelanin 11 ай бұрын

Yes this describes it perfectly!

@jeslynn1144 4 ай бұрын

Pretty much accurate…

@unbroken1010 3 ай бұрын

Weird thing to say

@kevansize Жыл бұрын

The songs just keeps getting better. Glad to have my summer soundtrack almost here. Thank you boys.

@njr919 Жыл бұрын

I'm just discovering VNV (thanks to this song). Totally hooked, I can't stop listening. New songs everyday. Thinking things I've never thought. Feeling things I've never felt. Absolutely incredible.

@numinous_ashes Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ronan, for always writing anthems that get to the heart of the human condition-the ugly as well as the beautiful. Our apathy will indeed destroy us. I'm so grateful I have songs like these to blast + sing along with at the top of my lungs when I'm pissed and frustrated with the world as it is. (See: "All Our Sins") #catharsis

@stanislavvlasov1826 Жыл бұрын

@benjamintaylor3934 Жыл бұрын

@@stanislavvlasov1826 +2 ❤

@sarahgarcia6120 Жыл бұрын

Love!

@nemesisurvivorleon Жыл бұрын

such rich messages

@bridgetbratt4510 Жыл бұрын

i love this comment

@cggg490 Жыл бұрын

“We’re dancing in the flames to sounds of our demise…” basically yeah. 🥰

@momiriseni5320 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I love about VNV Nation - ominous tune about mankind dancing at the end of the world, enjoying themselves as everything around them dissolves. Yet the music instills strength and power. In Before the Rain we had an intimate song, and Wait can't have a broader scope. And both are exquisite! Excellent, excellent.

@jaiidedlynx105 Жыл бұрын

Ronan, you are my ultimate favorite artist, I've been a true fan since discovering you in 1999. Your music has served as anthems that have pulled me out of some really dark moments. Thank you for sharing this beautiful gift of yours with us.

@scottjohnson887 Жыл бұрын

Jaiided Lynx 1999? Same here! Saw them as the opening act for Apoptygma Berserk, in a bar, on the U.S. Praise the Fallen Tour. Been a fan ever since.

@JezzMorpork 10 ай бұрын

1999 !!! same here ... his songs bring me back to life so many times

@stefan4220 6 ай бұрын

Einfach nur geil die Band

@user-mn4rs5ep7y 4 ай бұрын

Ein tolles Lied mit einem spektakulären Rhythmus💃🏻🙌 Liegt es nur an mir? Einmal anhören reicht nicht!!!...brillantes Meisterwerk🫶😘

@DerMicki70 7 күн бұрын

Du hast nix kapiert!

@Parchenegro Жыл бұрын

Never clicked so fast... EDIT: I think i just travelled through all the VnV albums, from Advance and Follow to Noire. I missed a bit the old agressive drops, but the OG industrial percussion was there. The video is stunning, i loved it. I need to hear it more times to identify all the lyrics (english is not my first language), but what i heard until now is AWESOME. Well done Ronan and the whole VnV crew

@NineBerry Жыл бұрын

The lyrics are in the video description

@Parchenegro Жыл бұрын

@@NineBerry oh...

@gabbycyber9917 Жыл бұрын

Vnv Nation is a solo project,Ronan uses session musicians when he plays live

@Parchenegro Жыл бұрын

@@gabbycyber9917 i know. But i meant in a general spectrum, including the live sessions

@brianpatterson2652 Жыл бұрын

It's all about the words, the lyrics. I understand the criticism that the beats are derivative, but that's not why I listen to VNV. It's poetry and inspiration...the best part of my life the past 20 years. Thank you, Ronan, for the inspiration you've shone in my life. Hope you still have a "hat guy" here in Milwaukee since we all miss seeing you here.

@francesco5581 Жыл бұрын

the beats are maybe (sometimes) derivative (like everything today ) but some (many) of their songs have GREAT music. Like for example Before the Rain that has a fantastic melody and mood.

@matthewrowe9903 Жыл бұрын

Lol every thing is derivative since time began its all come from something else includibg the critic

@Arshay Жыл бұрын

Its always been about his voice and lyrics really - though arguably, there is stuff from the Empires era that I thought was really cutting edge at the time for electronic music, and not just the lyrics/vocals.

@francesco5581 Жыл бұрын

@@Arshay i dont agree , i think voice and lyrics will not work if not supported by GREAT music/melodies/refrains... As much as the lyrics in From my hands, Gratitude, Perpetual, All our Sins, When is the Future , Nova, Lights go Out, Before the rain, Beloved .are great they would not work without that excellent music.

@konservativen-schreck Жыл бұрын

@@matthewrowe9903 You're completely right.

@8destiny Ай бұрын

Text und Sound wieder spektakulär. Video auch megaschön. Ich liebe es.❤😊

@jangerwig4388 Жыл бұрын

WOW! Einfach nur grandios! Danke für deine/eure Empathie auf der Bühne, für die Lyrics und die vielen bisherigen VNV-Momente. Kann es kaum erwarten, dass endlich der 28. April ist!

@elektixmedia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Lyrics .. Wait for more ! 14Days... 1 ELECTRIC SUN 2 BEFORE THE RAIN 3 THE GAME 4 INVICTUS 5 ARTIFICE 6 IN THE TEMPLE 7 PROPHET 8 WAIT 9 AT HORIZON'S END 10 RUN 11 SUNFLARE 12 UNDER SKY

@Evelyn.Motmag Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@asemic Жыл бұрын

what lyrics?

@elektixmedia Жыл бұрын

@@asemic LYRICS : Shadows of the Sun, enraptured in the sound Hypernormal frequencies illuminating clouds We televise the noise to all that we can reach The broadcasts preach the word of better times and peace We automate the lies with images we fake Machines to grant our every wish when all we do is take! To Apathy we drink when dancing in the flames A chance for us to celebrate because all we do is wait! Who has the most is King Constructed to be served so that which is destroyed is cheered on while it burns With nothing left to lose and seconds ticking fast, though time is running out, all we do is laugh- and hide among the crowd, drowning in its noise, in envy of the beautiful facades of shallow grace The best would try and fail, feel helpless at the task but lead as if they rule in hell when all we do is wait! Our fortunes running out and our options running dry With no one else to turn to, still, we sit and cry We’re dancing in the flames to the sounds of our demise Drinking to our apathy because all we do is wait The King, the sacred Crown, the Chalice and the Mace who rule over these famine lands whose bounty goes to waste A power that corrupts, regaling this as fate The waters rising to our necks and all we do is wait

@thorstenhulser5008 Жыл бұрын

@@asemic You can find them in the description of the video.

@majakamm8349 Жыл бұрын

Every new song with the potential to be my next favorite song. Ready to dance on the next concert, screaming out the lyrics to that damn world at the top of my lungs.

@elkemunkwitz4061 Жыл бұрын

Mega Song und Video!!! Danke für deine wunderbare und einzigartige Musik ! Sie berührt und beeindruckt mich immer wieder auf's Neue. Freue mich schon auf's Album!🙏❤️🖤

@Son-yn2lr Жыл бұрын

Mi banda favorita por siempre VNV Nation You cure my heart ❤

@bloodrunsclear 6 ай бұрын

This is perfect walking music

@johannesvanlaken7797 4 ай бұрын

I run to this on loop

@tlod1jul 23 күн бұрын

20 yrs listening VNV Nation, 3 live shows that i saw hem, and i'm still got the same feeling that the first day...joy!

@MrCatfishable Жыл бұрын

You still got it, guys. God bless you. Thank you for coming back to us.

@oleksandrbyelyenko435 Жыл бұрын

Just finished the song. Listen first than comment. But man, oh man. VNV Nation is back. I hope entire album is that good

@thorfoxtail Жыл бұрын

My god, how do you keep making such amazing music?

@hansaexport5566 Жыл бұрын

Ich hab mich noch nie so auf ein Album gefreut ❤❤❤❤❤ Ronan du bist der beste ❤

@mysoultotake87 Жыл бұрын

VNV...making my heart beat since the first I heard you, more than 15 years ago. ❤

@nihost 10 ай бұрын

this song is so greeaaat.. it gave me energy when i was most desperate to continue with life.. and so well produced. after that song i listened to most of your other ones. thank you for making such beatiful music :)

@AnjaLembke-xw5ye 9 ай бұрын

Wutmusik gibt Lebenskraft und Energie. Wut geht raus aus dem Körper.... Und man wird leichter. Mach ich auch so. Alles Gute für dich.

@spinglasshydra Жыл бұрын

Ronan, you're not only a synth-virtuosos; but, also master at observing and recording our social deficiencies in the most beautiful way through your music. You are always reminding ourselves that, as flawed as we all are, there remains a spark of hope, if we decide to actually use "It", instead of ignoring the signs, as most people will. We laugh at the seriousness of today's World Problems, hoping they'll pass along the way of time; but, waiting has been humanities fatal flaw throughout history. People watch injustice happen and say, "I didn't cause that to happen, because I'm not responsible for what my grandfather did ...." When indeed: It's a human responsibility to unravel our flawed past; to become empathetic to it's plight; to become and remain attuned to the "trigger's" and "circumstance's" of flawed thinking to confront the issues; to become impassioned to do what's "right", over what's easy and convenient ― Perhaps, I yearn for the impossible, but challenging through impossibilities' is exactly what we've done before. I try to remain as hopeful as you, Ronan .....!!!! This is what your music does to me and I adore every second of your gifts.

@g.l.4972 Жыл бұрын

VNV does not wait..Mr. Harris delivers..!!! Late..but...still as hoped..in the quality as supposed..as awaited!!! Beneath all these musical tragedies we suffered from these days..the new album shines already through this nasty scrub..against all our fears..it will cover what we yearned!!! Recovery of our wounded hearts&souls!!! With respect...thank you..Sir!

@arnaudguerrand6444 Жыл бұрын

Powerfull VNV NATION... What a great évolution of your sound since "Genesis" in 2001. You're the FUTUREPERFECT of synth music. ThankYou !!!

@expliziteinsam Жыл бұрын

Als VNV NATION Fan der ersten Stunde muss ich einfach mal sagen : Dieser Song ist fantastisch und einzigartig. Ein Meisterwerk das an Klassiker wie Solitary nahtlos anknüpft. Ich bin begeistert. Danke für all die schöne Musik und vor allem WAIT. Alles Gute weiterhin 🍀🍀🍀, Andreas Ohle (Explizit Einsam)

@anastasiiakolomoiets4922 Жыл бұрын

Дякую за вашу творчість! ❤ Нова пісня неймовірна 😊

@JustMee20 3 ай бұрын

SO GREAT! Love these Lyrics so much, from first Moment I read! Runs deep, absolutely! Thank you, VNV Nation for being Part of my Life since I got "Nova" recommanded from a good Friend of Mine! Masterpiece, that makes my whole Day today...Feeling so blessed 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Can't explain how MUCH I feel blessed by so many, so heart-warming & beloved Songs in all these years...haha...Wuhuuu! Thanks from the bottom of my Heart!

@NivramVirus 3 ай бұрын

Been a fan since 1999-present

@Andre-0815 Жыл бұрын

Das ist der absolute Superlativ! Bin dermaßen begeistert!🤩🤩🤩

@dawnhoughton4533 Жыл бұрын

So on point with what is going on in this world, set to beautiful music. Thank you for this ❤️

@vnv_79_keksruhrgebiet22 Жыл бұрын

Ich freue mich so auf das Album und auf das Konzert ❤

@TheSynthZone 16 күн бұрын

Nice tones! More! More!

@Curnau 5 ай бұрын

Ce morceau a plus qu'un petit quelque chose d'exceptionnel ! Il prend vraiment aux tripes...

@ImaginationToForm Ай бұрын

This has been a favorite song lately. All We Do Is Wait. Indeed.

@Luck3780 19 күн бұрын

He,ihr macht echt super Musik, danke

@lien_fox Жыл бұрын

Greetings from Brazil! I've been listening since 2005, and I'm always surprised by the quality of all the songs!💖

@charlesrin Жыл бұрын

Awesome !!! VNV doing their best !!! Great dance track !!! Electronic in the veins !!!!!

@alfaholicsgreece Жыл бұрын

Masterpiece as always !! Pure poetry.. Outstanding rythm.... Thank you again and again Ronan and VNV for all !!!

@juandediosgonzalezmartin Жыл бұрын

Por favor, Ronnan.... Que IMPRESIONANTE, lo has vuelto a hacer, sin palabras y bellos de punta

@franciscamiranda9441 Жыл бұрын

No lo puedo creer 🤩🤩🤩 Canción increíble y el vídeo ni hablar 🔥 Me encanta 😍

@jameslongmore3830 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant 👏 thank you very relevant to today's society

@roxannablack666 Жыл бұрын

First few seconds and it’s already 🔥🔥🔥

@selfdestruct3504 3 ай бұрын

I was lucky to see VNV nation in Pittsburgh last week. Such an amazing show! Thanks for the good times.

@trsmit91285 3 ай бұрын

I seen them in Cleveland. It was a great show!

@BlackWolflord Жыл бұрын

Solid track. If the entire album is like this, I'm gonna enjoy it a lot.

@ricolange4755 Жыл бұрын

Unübertroffen, ich liebe Eure Musik 🖤 VNV für immer.

@AriyahsMummy Жыл бұрын

Victory NOT Vengeance Nation always scores! Never a disappointment. 🤟❤️

@Engelsbult Жыл бұрын

Hello from France … oh what a masterpiece again. We already know that the new album will be great. After seeing you in Paris I would like to say thank you VNV nation because this concert made me fell alive …

@jsc5362 Жыл бұрын

To all you fighting Macron , Vive La France !

@djkenny1202 Жыл бұрын

I so feel the intensity of this song. Very reflective. Great message about some difficult circumstances. Thank You! I’ve beeb so happy hearing new music from VNV!

@meligoth Жыл бұрын

I will always remember the first time you performed in the states. In that little club in Colorado Springs, with just one album, you performed Dark Angel twice for us as the second was your encore. Good times!

@quintuswilliamson5262 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Song and Video ... Keep Up the GREAT work Ronan and Team ... Looking forward to the new Album

@patrickdegenaar9495 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!! VNV Nation at its best!😁 I hope to see you live someday (soon!) - I just had to listen to that song 3 times in a row at successively increased volume!!!

@OffensiveHH Жыл бұрын

Freuen uns auf Euren Besuch in Hamburg !!!😍👍

@clolfangoria293 Жыл бұрын

Vnv nation ❤❤❤❤desde México

@roronoaren7235 Жыл бұрын

That voice... That song... That music...!!!! Uffff ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

@thej3799 Жыл бұрын

His voice is one of the most powerful voices I've ever heard in music

@matthias3175 Жыл бұрын

thank you for another great VNV Nation Song calls wait. Greetings from Germany

@Zenstation Жыл бұрын

This is a BANGER! Can't wait to hear it on the dance floor at Slimelight!

@squeelit Жыл бұрын

I will WAIT; with anticipation for the next American tour! :-)

@AndrewLeSynt Жыл бұрын

Achtung: Das Rockt Wie S4U!!! Geil!!! One of my favourite Industrial Band ❤❤

@AeriaGl0ris Жыл бұрын

Great song! I hope the whole album will be just as great.

@nakazenadja5284 Жыл бұрын

Thank you again … since years!!!! VNV Nation the sounds, the lyrics, the Moods and you Ronan - all this: Carry me! Let me stand up, trust, fight and love

@robnormann7040 Жыл бұрын

Ronan, you are one of the very few who sublimates the ebm with the electronic pop sound managing to create a world apart, made of maximum emotions, shivers against the skin. Power, sweetness, hardness, softness, for you they are not a secret and your rate knows how to bring together all the beauty there is. Thanks for your music 🖤🤍

@aopaul Жыл бұрын

Yes. I'm going to need more of this. Definitely a lot more.

@andrewmowatt826 Жыл бұрын

Yup, you can definitely bring this to NYC. We celebrate it even before it arrives.

@user-yy5hg5kk9t 5 ай бұрын

Très bon groupe j adore très belle musics 👍😉😃❤️❤️❤️❤️

@nobodyproductions9453 Жыл бұрын

Truth is often best digested when delivered by great artists, and VNV Nation is truly one of the best our generation has yielded. It is also the generation which created this musical reflection, a gothic symbol. Get involved in life if you want to change it.

@karlspielt Жыл бұрын

Da fehlt am Anfang noch zusätzlich die Warnung: „Obacht! Killt deinen Subwoofer!“ 😆 Combined with Before the Rain and the other new tracks we got to hear on tour, this one makes me feel that Electric Sun is going to be an amazing album! Two more weeks! Can’t wait!

@gothdogs6300 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! True lyrics. Great dance theme. Brilliant 👍

@jrstelmach Жыл бұрын

US tour please!

@dj.m.9271 Жыл бұрын

einfach g... wir haben Euch in Dresden im Alten Schlachthof gesehen (schon paar Jahre her) jederzeit wieder.

@GRORGvideot Жыл бұрын

I was just casually listening to the song "Illusion" and boom, new album coming - had no idea. buying now

@andrewnagy9242 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you, not just for the new single, but the links to find a hard copy for us stuck on the other side of the ocean.

@rodentofanger1720 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ronan! This is great!. Please come back to Los Angeles! Cheers!

@hallucinathann Жыл бұрын

NYE 2018 with Aesthetic Perfection, great show

@Yablochka19 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant song. Words we need to hear.

@mnmlstellar Жыл бұрын

Woow ♥️🖤 i can't wait for the show in Barcelona 💣🧨

@luisalejandroalvarez8817 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this song, sadly is what life means these days as it says we just sit and wait...🥲

@darkbennz5262 Жыл бұрын

Obacht, blitzt wie Sau...😎😎 sonnenbrille uff setzen!!

@md2893 Жыл бұрын

WOW, VNV blowing my mind again with songs that have melodic anthems with a conscious that inspires and makes me feel such a wide range of emotions.

@ulrichfischer2575 Жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank für das Hammerlied 🙂👍

@m.t.5287 Жыл бұрын

Like the sound, i have loved the voice for many years, and love the message. Please give me more of this 🙏 VNV Nation for life ❤

@ronidi1545 Жыл бұрын

Das ist einfach so "Tränengeil"...ich danke euch für dieses musikalische Kunstwerk

@claudiawolf9884 Жыл бұрын

Wieder ein geiler Song! Danke Ronan 🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤

@dorisoa8594 Жыл бұрын

Immer, wenn ich nicht mehr weiter weiß, dann Headset auf und VNV Nation und es geht mir wieder besser ❤ Danke

@Subject98 Жыл бұрын

Love these lyrics... I can't wait for this album, it's sounding better with every track I hear from it.

@AntoniaAtaide Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing!!!! What a wonderful song!

@angelaramosfernandez8220 Жыл бұрын

Me encantas!!!!😊 si ves que no ando por aquí es que no tengo tiempo 😮😢😅

@earlyhaverfotografiedesign4149 Жыл бұрын

Klasse. Das ist echte Kunst. Danke Ronan!

@MailmanWilly79 3 ай бұрын

Saw this live in Boston last night! IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!

@xenophero 3 ай бұрын

I was at that show, it was amazing

@jazrath Жыл бұрын

So far i heard total of 4 songs on new album. An they all have been good. Can't wait to hear the rest.

@sharg0 Жыл бұрын

Awesome song! Looking forward to hear the new album

@djwildlifeclips9779 6 ай бұрын

For me, clearly the most haunting/best song of the album. Been a VNV nation fan since 2009. Had been unhappily in love for a short time in that year, and what could have been better in this time than listening to VNV's albums on KZfaq already back then :)