‘WAITING ON A WAR’
THIRD TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING
10th FOO FIGHTERS ALBUM
OUT NOW

MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT AVAILABLE
FOR PRE-ORDER HERE

As a child growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, I was always afraid of war. I had nightmares of missiles in the sky and soldiers in my backyard, most likely brought upon by the political tension of the early 1980’s and my proximity to the Nation’s Capitol. My youth was spent under the dark cloud of a hopeless future. 

Last fall, as I was driving my 11 year old daughter to school, she turned to me and asked, “Daddy, is there going to be a war?” My heart sank in my chest as I looked into her innocent eyes, because I realized that she was now living under that same dark cloud of a hopeless future that I had felt 40 years ago. 

I wrote ‘Waiting On a War’ that day.

Everyday waiting for the sky to fall. Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than just waiting on a war? Because I need more. We all do. 

This song was written for my daughter, Harper, who deserves a future, just as every child does.

– Dave Grohl

MEDICINE AT MIDNIGHT, the band’s forthcoming 10th album and out February 5th on Roswell Records/RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment Australia, is produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters, engineered by Darrell Thorp and mixed by Mark “Spike” Stent, and packs the following nine songs into a tight-ass 37 minutes:

      Making a Fire
      Shame Shame
      Cloudspotter
      Waiting on a War
      Medicine at Midnight
      No Son of Mine
      Holding Poison
      Chasing Birds
      Love Dies Young

Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee.