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Waxing Or Waning? Lyrics
You in your coat
Writing a note,
"Dear Sal, I hope you'll agree..."
Then catching a bus,
Just after dusk,
A one way trip to the city.
A cold water flat.
A hot plate,
A hat.
The want ads are strewn on the floor.
And you get so mad, when your ma and dad
Reflect when you look in the mirror.
But I see you there
Nude at the top of the stairs
(but so far away)
And I recall all
Your dreams and your schemes
Moving me.
The plans that we made,
A street serenade
You can't be like your brother and mike,
Content just to live and get by.
I hope that you're fine,
At 13th and 9.
Waxing or waning?
Your call.
But I see you there
A light at the top of the stairs
But so far away
And I recall all your
Hands and your plans moving me
The sense that it made
A street serenade.
This is such a pretty song. Does anyone have any ideas on the song? I absolutely love the lyrics.
My idea was that it's about a girl who doesn't want to just stay where she is, she wants something more in life, and he wants to go along with her.. hence the question, waxing or waning?.. is this just the beginning of their time together, or is it coming to an end? And from the chorus, I gather that he doesn't want it to be the end...
That's what I get from the song.. and right now I sort of feel the same way.. my girlfriend is a grade ahead of me, she just graduated a few days ago and at the end of the summer she's going to the University of Vermont, while I'm stuck here for my senior year of high school in Pennsylvania.. I don't want this to end, so it's up to her, is our relationship waxing (beginning) or waning (ending)? It's really a beautiful song, I think.
the last stanza is actually:
But I see you there A light at the top of the stairs But so far away And I recall all Your dreams and your schemes moving me The sense that it made A street serenade.
Listen to this song & then listen to Favorite Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen. This whole album is fantastically tied together.