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Matte Kudasai Lyrics
Still, by the window pane,
Pain, like the rain that's falling.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
When, when was the night so long,
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
Pain, like the rain that's falling.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
Long, like the notes I'm sending.
She waits in the air,
Matte Kudasai.
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America.
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Submitted by
redraven On Oct 20, 2004
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Love those seagulls by Adrian! Yes, beautiful chord sequences.
This strikes me as a story of longing, of a Japanese woman who has travelled to the USA on a long business trip, separating her from her partner back home. She sits in the chair of her hotel room at night, gazing out the window over a bleak, rainy, foreign city. She wishes she could be back home, or have her partner with her, but knows she can't, and just has to sit it out until they can reunite. Deep down, she fears that maybe it will be too long; maybe they won't.
"Please wait."
This must be about a Japanese woman who lives in America now and is lonely.
Japanese because of the 'matte kudasai', which means"'please wait'.Clearly she waits on the phone: 'she waits in the air'. Obviously she is trying to contact family or a friend in Japan. She is not a traveller like a tourist or a business woman: it is HER sad America.
Why she sleeps in a chair is not clear. Maybe she had to wait very long. But then this story must have happened a long time ago, when you had to wait on the phone at long distance calls. It may also explain why she gets an operator on the phone: 'please wait'. She is waiting quite some time: 'still by the window pane'.
"She sleeps in a chair"\n"She waits in the air",\n\nMaybe she\'s on a plane? A plane is one of few places where you\'d be likely to sleep in a chair - and pretty much the only place where you would be able to wait in the air.
Beautiful song. One of my favorites from King Crimson. Matte Kudasai - Please Wait For Me in Japanese.
Also really like the high kind of sound that keeps coming back, i think it's a guitar. Anyway, i think it's a beautiful song. One of my favourites from the album.
Ya, but - inpraiseoffolly I think you might give some credit to the way Adrian Belew etc has managed to make music express the emotion of what is not being laid out clearly by the lyrics.
In fact, the great lyrics often leave the meaning to be decided on by the listeners, or that they lyrics could be interpreted differently for each listener, for them to apply to their own lives or experiences [like "Stairway to Heaven"?]
I picture an old black woman sitting there, waiting, waiting... probably waiting to die of old age... the "sad america" she sees out her front door..
Whatever, it is a beautifull song.
I think it could be about the Statue of Liberty.