Close Enough to Wait

Velvet Rope
Velvet Rope

Black rope breathing outside the doorway
Your name somewhere beyond the glass
You keep me close enough to wonder
Far enough to make me ask
Doorman knows me, waves me forward
Funny how that feels like proof
I can enter every room you enter
Still can't get inside your truth

Velvet Rope, you keep me close enough to wait
Velvet Rope, one step inside, two steps away
I got past the door, not past your guard
Velvet Rope, why make easy look so hard

I finally reach the upstairs table
Your chair is empty, coat is gone
Somebody says you left five minutes
Before they let me in this room
Suddenly the joke is obvious
I was chasing signs, not you
Every gate I thought was opening
Was only something I could get through

I kept mistaking being invited
For being wanted in your life
I got past the door, not past your guard
That black velvet rope said it first

Velvet Rope, keep your room and keep your game
Velvet Rope, I won't wait beneath your name
I got past the door and found my heart
Velvet Rope, I'm walking from the start

Velvet Rope