On

a

cob-

web

af-

ter

-

noon

in

a

room

full

of

emp-

ti-

ness

By

a

free-

way,

I

con-

fess

I

was

lost

in

the

pa

-

ges

Of a

book

full

of

death,

rea-

ding

how

we'll

die

a-

lone

And

if

we're

good,

we'll lay

to

rest

a-

ny-

where

we

want

to

go

In

your

house

I long

to

be

Room

by

room

pa

-

tient-

ly

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

like

a

stone

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

a-

lone

And

on

my

death-

bed

I

will

pray

to

the

gods

and

the

an

-

gels

Like

a

pa-

gan

to a-

ny-

one

who

will

take

me

to

hea

-

ven

To

a

place

I

re-

call,

I

was

there

so

long

a-

go

The

sky

was

bruised,

the wine

was

bled,

and there

you

led

me

on

In

your

house

I long

to

be

Room

by

room

pa

-

tient-

ly

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

like

a

stone

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

a-

lone

And

on

I

read,

un-

til

the

day

was

gone

And

I

sat

in

reg

-

ret

of

all

the

things

I've

done

For

all

that

I've

blessed,

and

all

that

I've

wronged

In

dreams

un-

til

my

death,

I

will

wa

n-

der

on

In

your

house

I long

to

be

Room

by

room

pa

-

tient-

ly

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

like

a

stone

I'll

wait

for

you

there,

a-

lone

a-

lone