Released as the first single from the album The Big Freeze (2019), Laura started writing the song while on tour in Australia and it’s about “missing someone on the other side of the world”.
[Verse 1]
I want to feel you restless
I want to wake up from it
I want to see you stare at ceilings until you fall back to sleep
I want to feel you restless
I want to wake up from it
I want to see you stare at ceilings until you fall back to sleep
[Refrain]
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
It's a little stuffy in here
[Verse 2]
I want to wring my hands in open elevators
A shaky finger, I am pushing the door open button
I want to feel the urge to press against my neighbors while I keep you in my mind
I keep you in my mind all of the time here
[Refrain]
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
One is moving, one is standing
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
In the waiting room
Wonder where we’ll land
[Verse 3]
Will we fall straight into routine?
Or we'll be strangers for a week, stir-crazy, lazy until I leave again
Then I jump out of my skin until you tell me where I am
Living Room, New York
Living Room, New York
I'll give an arm just to hear you in the dark saying
“Living Room, New York”
[Outro]
So I’ll fold the world to be there tonight
'Cause I want to fall asleep on your time
I want to fall asleep where you lie
I want to fall asleep with you shifting by my side
I want to fall asleep where you lie
I want to fall asleep with you, I
With you, I
With you, I
I miss you, I
Living Room, NY was produced by Laura Stevenson & Joe Rogers.
Laura Stevenson released Living Room, NY on Tue Feb 05 2019.