“Matte Kudasai” (待ってください, lit. ‘please wait’ in Japanese) describes a lover pining and waiting for someone, seemingly overseas, to come home. With the Japanese & American theming, this is similar to Madame Butterfly, an opera about a U.S. naval officer who marries a Japanese girl and leaves shor...
[Verse 1]
Still by the window pane
Pain like the rain that's falling
[Chorus]
She waits in the air
Matte kudasai
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America
[Verse 2]
When, when was the night so long
Long, like the notes I'm sending
[Chorus]
She waits in the air
Matte kudasai
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America
She waits in the air
Matte kudasai
She sleeps in a chair
In her sad America
Matte Kudasai was written by Robert Fripp & Tony Levin & Bill Bruford & Adrian Belew.
Matte Kudasai was produced by Rhett Davies & King Crimson.
King Crimson released Matte Kudasai on Tue Sep 22 1981.