Lyrics

Hesitation

you hear nothing as I tap your call
jot down your details
as I stand in your hall
so sit tight
i know how you sleep at night
don?t take it personal
you?re faceless to me
tramping the pavement
a shadow in the street
i?m paid to know
who you are, what you do, where you go
scouting out at midnight
through a bar or three
on the tail of a geezer
who fleeced the company
or a broad doing something
her husband don?t like
i just have to watch
?cause everyone has their moment's

Chorus
hesitation
a moment's hesitation

each one of us gives ourself away
circumstance change but it boils down the same
so i stare
i know how to look and it?s there
i?ve sat in the car, in the church, in the park
listening and noting while dodging the sharks
and it shows
in my hair, in my brain, in my clothes
all the things that you did that you wish to undo
all the guilt that you carry, all the time you want back
at the crucial moment of yes or no
which way will you jump and which way will you go?

The more I?m in this job the metaphor reveals
i?m playing out my own life while striking these deals
but it?s alright
sometimes i sleep at night
drifting through the buildings i guess I think too much
no solution for me as i fade in the dark
but who cares
at least I?m not caught unawares
if only when I?d spoken the words had been right
just one more thing, just one more night
grasping for meaning and riddled with doubt
if only I had shut up before the last words had come out

all the things that i did that i wish to undo
all the guilt that i carry, all the time i want back
at the crucial moment of yes or no
which way should i jump and which way should i go?

composed by Chris Lastelle

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