In The Waiting

VERSE 1: Liminal became my creed, on the floor inside your house on New Year’s eve The space between my head and heart, the distance often seems just too far

PRE-CHORUS: But I can’t stay like this, I can’t stay like this, I can’t stay like this, Don’t leave me like this

CHORUS: I wasn’t looking but she found me I wasn’t listening but she spoke In her affection I am sinking It’s while I was sleeping that I woke

VERSE 3: Now the months and years have passed The shadows have offered a strange kindness Not a sort that’s rare or blind But one that dances because of the fire’s light

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

OUTRO: Ooooooooo (3x) Ohhhhhhhhh (2x)

VERSE 1: If I was as tall enough to talk to birds I’d pick you up in my arms with words And lend your eyes, a sight to see Just how much you mean to me Just how much you mean to me

CHORUS:         You were something I once knew, all the years that the changes drew         I have learned a thing or two, wherever I’m going I’m going with you Wherever I’m going I’m going with you   Ooooo, Ooooo

VERSE 2: Every September in the front yard The trees will hold their leaves like cards You were the hand that I was dealt You’re so good at hurting yourself We’re so good at hurting ourselves

CHORUS

VERSE 3: Sobering are the arms of a clock I could tell you just wanted to talk Why do you need the pills to sleep? To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory

To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory All the years the changes drew (To kill the monsters in your memory) All the years the changes drew (To kill the monsters in your memory)

VERSE 1: It’s on your lips Held like a fist A concussive wish To know you

You still laugh To talk of the past Now contrast We’re strangers

CHORUS: I still recall the day that we meet You were wearing your calico dress Out of all the things that I regret Honey you are not one of them

VERSE 2: We are mirrors The color clear As we disappear Life reappears

Our eyes are flint I meant what I meant In sickness and health

VERSE 1: Liminal became my creed, on the floor inside your house on New Year’s eve The space between my head and heart, the distance often seems just too far

PRE-CHORUS: But I can’t stay like this, I can’t stay like this, I can’t stay like this, Don’t leave me like this

CHORUS: I wasn’t looking but she found me I wasn’t listening but she spoke In her affection I am sinking It’s while I was sleeping that I woke

VERSE 3: Now the months and years have passed The shadows have offered a strange kindness Not a sort that’s rare or blind But one that dances because of the fire’s light

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

OUTRO: Ooooooooo (3x) Ohhhhhhhhh (2x)

VERSE 1: If I was as tall enough to talk to birds I’d pick you up in my arms with words And lend your eyes, a sight to see Just how much you mean to me Just how much you mean to me

CHORUS:         You were something I once knew, all the years that the changes drew         I have learned a thing or two, wherever I’m going I’m going with you Wherever I’m going I’m going with you   Ooooo, Ooooo

VERSE 2: Every September in the front yard The trees will hold their leaves like cards You were the hand that I was dealt You’re so good at hurting yourself We’re so good at hurting ourselves

CHORUS

VERSE 3: Sobering are the arms of a clock I could tell you just wanted to talk Why do you need the pills to sleep? To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory

To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory To kill the monsters in your memory All the years the changes drew (To kill the monsters in your memory) All the years the changes drew (To kill the monsters in your memory)

VERSE 1: It’s on your lips Held like a fist A concussive wish To know you

You still laugh To talk of the past Now contrast We’re strangers

CHORUS: I still recall the day that we meet You were wearing your calico dress Out of all the things that I regret Honey you are not one of them

VERSE 2: We are mirrors The color clear As we disappear Life reappears

Our eyes are flint I meant what I meant In sickness and health