Waiting Very Politely

Instrumental Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

I think I've fallen for a man who's inconveniently deceased

With aristocratic cheekbones and a rather questionable feast

He said, "My dear, eternity," I said, "How terribly precise"

A lifetime without dying must be lonely at that price

I'd like to kiss his darkness but I'd question its degree

For every ancient monster has a minor PhD

In making lonely women think the coffin is a throne

And I unfortunately find his loneliness like my own

Spoken

A small laugh. Sorry. That was.

Where was I.

Verse 2

He has the hands of somebody who once held power and remembers the weight

Elegant restraint I recognize because I practice it

Which is perhaps the whole embarrassment

I have built an entire philosophy of not being fooled

By anything

And here I am cataloguing his mouth like a museum piece

Forgive me

The intellect is not in charge tonight

Pre-Chorus

And I keep asking what exactly I am drawn toward

The man the myth the performance or the door

The performance or the door

Chorus

Come in or don't come in

I am still deciding

Come in or don't come in

Somebody is waiting very politely

Waiting very politely

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Still deciding

Oh-oh oh-oh

Verse 3

He never hurries which is frankly the most dangerous thing about him

I have met men who hurry

They are easy

They explain themselves

He does not

And I find that unbearably attractive which offends my better judgment

Pre-Chorus

So I ask him has he ever loved someone not frightened of losing him

He tilts his head and does not answer

Does not answer

Chorus

Come in or don't come in

I am still deciding

Come in or don't come in

Somebody is waiting very politely

Waiting very politely

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh oh-oh

Still deciding

Oh-oh oh-oh

Bridge

Garlic would be easier than this

A crucifix a stake a simple rule

But he asks me questions back

And my questions are more frightening to him

I think

I think

Outro

So I stand here with my hand upon the door

Very reasonable

Very afraid

And I am still deciding

Still deciding

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