Let me wait outside

the numbers

bpm

152

key

E major

energy

0.73

dance

0.95

valence

0.52

vocal at

1.8s

length

5:03

language

En

lyrics

I stood by the folding rail in the rain

With boots in the runoff, black cloth on my back

The bakery clock blinked twenty past ten

Your window was lit through the curtain’s crack

I held the brass key in a numb left hand

Water ran cold down the seam of my coat

You turned the deadbolt, then paused where you stood

I stayed on the step, with my mouth full of snow

I heard your shoes move across the tile

I heard the kettle start to hiss

You asked if I’d come in, but I kept my place

At the edge of the porch, in the drift and mist

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

By the rusted drain, the gutter was sharp

It sang on the stone like a wire split thin

Your blue enamel mug steamed on the sill

I watched my own breath curl and fold back in

The dog scratched once at the pantry door

A spoon tapped twice on a chipped white bowl

You left the latch on the inner stair

I let the rain take the skin from my knuckles whole

I could have crossed that narrow floor

I could have taken the chair by the fire

But I kept my coat to my throat and stayed

With the wet dark stones and the climbing wire

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

At quarter to midnight the storm went thin

And the birch trees bent like bent nails clean

You opened the door with the porch lamp low

I saw the salt on the threshold seam

I never asked for the warmer room

I never broke from the rain-swept line

Some doors are prayers with their teeth shut tight

Some nights are chosen one step at a time

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside

Let me wait outside