Witness at the Window

Lyrics - Witness at the Window

Verse 1

I walked the corridor at quarter past nine Coat on, bag over shoulder, heading for the line Between the room I left and the street I'd find I stopped at the window I stopped at the window

The glass was cold and the street was doing its work Oranges in rows, a dog under the awning's skirt The light going red like a shirt taken off in the dark I put my hand on the glass I put my hand on the glass

Chorus

I'm not waiting for you I'm not leaving you I'm standing in the between Where the light goes through I'm not waiting for you I'm not leaving you I'm the witness at the window And the window is the truth

Verse 2

Eleven minutes. The fruit vendor turns each orange. The delivery truck pulls away. The teenagers leave. A dog sits down across the street and looks up at this building as if it knows. As if it's been waiting for someone to look back.

I look back.

Chorus

I'm not waiting for you! I'm not leaving you! I'm standing in the between Where the light goes through! I'm not waiting for you! I'm not leaving you! I'm the witness at the window And the window is the truth!

Bridge

[guitar only, percussion drops out] The corridor holds nothing That's what corridors are for A throat, a hall, a way through Between the room and the door But I stood in it on purpose I stood in it on purpose And the smudge of my hand on the glass Was the only proof The only proof

Final Chorus

[full band, percussion returns, driving] I'm not waiting for you I'm not leaving you I'm standing in the between Where the light goes through I'm not waiting for you I'm not leaving you I'm the witness at the window And the window - The window is the truth

Outro

[percussion only, fading] The rain came. The rain took it. The rain came. The rain took it.

End