In the white room with black curtains near the station
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party, she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party, she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves
Lyrics submitted by Hunter, edited by HomerNoodleman, dgbaker, voyager1121
White Room Lyrics as written by Pete Brown Jack Bruce
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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The oceanic expectancy of the intro bars/interlude in 5/4 time, like huge crashing breakers on the deep ocean, the intense images of departure and loss, the poetry of the lyrics, the ethereal falsetto voice ["I'll wait in this place...] and especially that rhythmic shift into overdrive for the closing bars before the end [the pounding, pounding of the kick drum] -
These are some of the reasons I love this mysterious song.
I used to joke around with my son when he was 4 and tell him "listen - here comes the electric cat" during the wah-wah guitar part...