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Veronique, Waiting

from Farewell Motel by Matthew Connor

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lyrics

she's melting into you like the ice in your drink
says, "it's so hot in here i can't hear myself think
won't you walk a lady home?"
steam is pouring from the grates
and she's making you wait while she says her goodbyes
and then into the night you are thrown
she observes how you pause when she asks
"do i have to have an invitation to kiss you?"
then she adds, "i don't believe in love"
and relief spreads across your face like wet tissue

but you don't believe anything
you don't believe when she says
"take all the time you need, take it all"
and there's no one at all to translate
veronique, waiting
negotiating just how this night is going to end

she throws her clothes on the fire and her arms in the air
and never have you ever been so high and scared
every candle in the room reaches up towards the ceiling
one last desperate grasp before being extinguished
the valets are dancing on the hoods of the cars
while the church bells flush the flocks out from the bars
and she's laid a trap, and she's left the tape running
until the springs are slowing, relaxing, releasing
and she says, "is there someone else?"
and you say, "i don't know
well
no"

but you don't believe anything
you don't believe when she says
"take all you want from me, take it all"
and all that it does is complicate
veronique, waiting
negotiating just how this night is going to end

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from Farewell Motel, released October 14, 2014

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Matthew Connor Boston, Massachusetts

Matthew Connor is a crooner for the 21st century, writing heart-wrenching songs that combine the windswept ideals of classic American balladry with stark depictions of modern-day alienation. The Boston-based Connor has a haunting voice that conjures ghosts of past heartbreaks, and he pairs it with spectral guitars that recall country tearjerkers and alt-pop brooding.

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