2 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
Waiting Man Lyrics
I come back, come back
You see my return
My returning face is smiling
Smile of the waiting man
I'll be home soon soon soon
Soon; cry on your shoulder
Your shoulder against my burning tears
Tears of the waiting man
One two three four one two three
I wait every moment
I wait, wait for my chance
I wait for my friend to say
"Hello, you waiting man"
Feel no threat - feel no threat - feel no threat
You can wait and feel no threat
And so I wait - so I wait
so I wait - so I wait
I return, face is smiling
Be home soon; cry on your shoulder
Tears of a waiting man.
Every moment, wait for my chance
My friend say "Hello." Feel no threat
You can wait and I wait and I wait
And home I am.
You see my return
My returning face is smiling
Smile of the waiting man
Soon; cry on your shoulder
Your shoulder against my burning tears
Tears of the waiting man
I wait every moment
I wait, wait for my chance
I wait for my friend to say
"Hello, you waiting man"
You can wait and feel no threat
And so I wait - so I wait
so I wait - so I wait
Be home soon; cry on your shoulder
Tears of a waiting man.
Every moment, wait for my chance
My friend say "Hello." Feel no threat
You can wait and I wait and I wait
And home I am.
Song Info
Submitted by
kornchick On May 14, 2002
More King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man
The Court of the Crimson King
I Talk To The Wind
Epitaph
Moonchild
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
The song is from the point of view of a person going to a funeral and then coming home. Home is forever changed by the loss, but retains its integrity. What is he waiting for? What we all wait for after losing a loved one; their return. Something irrational and impossible, yet what we wait for all the same as we grieve.
It seems pretty obvious to what this song's about. I think it's about a guy who falls in love with a girl, the girl goes off to a new (possibly better looking, richer, but not nicer) guy, and the waiting man knows that their relationship will end, so he just sits and waits for her to come back to him. Really a deep and touching song IMNSHO.