Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Candles gutter in the marble hall
A silver cage on a golden chain
The queen has forgotten her own name
Servants bow to a hollow crown
Trumpets sound and she does not turn around
[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere beyond the thorn hedge
Someone walks
Someone knows
The way the story goes
[Chorus]
She waits
She waits
For a hand to turn the rusted gate
She waits
She waits
For a voice to call her by her name
[Post-Chorus]
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
[Verse 2]
Spiders spin in the chandelier
Her fingers trace a tapestry
Of huntsmen riding far from here
Winter gnaws the garden wall
No one answers when the nightbirds call
[Pre-Chorus]
Somewhere past the frozen moat
Someone rows
Someone rides
With the sunrise at their side
[Chorus]
She waits
She waits
For a hand to turn the rusted gate
She waits
She waits
For a voice to call her by her name
[Post-Chorus]
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
[Bridge]
Harpsichord and harpsichord
A little tune that goes around
Around
Around
Round and round and round
[Breakdown]
Patience is a palace
Patience is a prison
Patience is a prayer
Said slow
[Chorus]
She waits
She waits
For a hand to turn the rusted gate
She waits
She waits
For a voice to call her by her name
[Post-Chorus]
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm hmm-hmm
[Chorus]
She waits
She waits
For a hand to turn the rusted gate
She waits
She waits
For a voice to call her by her name