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Drivin’ at night, you feel as if you're blind
The sun is gone and it’s stuck in your mind
You look to the morning with expectation
Anticipation
When you feel the dark coming and you know that it’s here
You feel your spirit sing, you know there’s nothing to fear
I’m here like I said, I got no where to go
So take you time
Drive slow
Listen to the radio
Talk if you want, if you don’t
Just change the station
I got patience
**I tell myself wait
Wait till the sun goes down
Wait and you’ll come around
And you’ll smile for everyone
I’ll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want
I know, sometimes you feel the need to beware
I know that you’re scared that I care
But I wonder who you’re with when you turn out the lights
Who do you think of at night
When you feel the dark coming and you know that it’s here
I’ve been there before and you’ve got nothing to fear
I’ll make you a place where the shadows fall
And you can be anyone or no one at all
We’ll take solace from the burning sun
Let me be there for you just this once
**I tell myself wait
Wait till the sun goes down
Wait and you’ll come around
And you’ll smile for everyone
I’ll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want
…Tell me what you want
**(Repeat chorus with first verse spoken underneath the second half)
Tell me what you want (if you don’t then I’ll just wait)
The sun is gone and it’s stuck in your mind
You look to the morning with expectation
Anticipation
When you feel the dark coming and you know that it’s here
You feel your spirit sing, you know there’s nothing to fear
I’m here like I said, I got no where to go
So take you time
Drive slow
Listen to the radio
Just change the station
I got patience
Wait till the sun goes down
Wait and you’ll come around
And you’ll smile for everyone
I’ll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want
I know that you’re scared that I care
But I wonder who you’re with when you turn out the lights
Who do you think of at night
When you feel the dark coming and you know that it’s here
I’ve been there before and you’ve got nothing to fear
I’ll make you a place where the shadows fall
And you can be anyone or no one at all
Let me be there for you just this once
Wait till the sun goes down
Wait and you’ll come around
And you’ll smile for everyone
I’ll make you a place
A place where the shadows fall
Can be anyone or no one at all
Just tell me what you want
Song Info
Submitted by
musicofsilence On Sep 02, 2002
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This has to be the closest to a jazz/hip-hop hybrid that I've ever heard. The lyrics flow like a melodic rap and the interlude has guitar riff and a great vibraphone solo. The bass line keeps the "upbeat mysterious" quality throughout the song. As far as the lyrics go, I feel like it's a woman singing to the indecisive man she wants to be with. He's floating around with other women who do him wrong and are just wrong for him all together, and she's offering him a safe haven to escape. She's trying to get him to open up to her, ("Talk if you want") but is cool if he doesn't ("if you dont, just change the station") because she want's him so much that she can wait ("I've got patience"). A feeling I could identify with wholly at one point... Download the song...I haven't seen it on any of her CDs and to tell you the truth, I really don't know for what or when it was recorded, but the unique sound is definitely worth hearing.
Couldn't agree more. :)