Hotel Room

Don't stop the crying, I'd be lying
If I said it didn't turn me on
You sent me reeling no feeling
Left in this old heart for anyone

Can't you see ? Can't you hear ?
Can't you feel the end is near ?
Born in a star, raised by the moon
Safe tonight in your
Hotel room

Don't stop your howling, you're an animal
And I get to share a cage with you
Your light still shining and I'm in
Your capable little hands all night long

Enjoy your journey, enjoy your ride
Don't let it slip or slide
Born in a star, raised by the moon
Safe tonight in your
Hotel room

Lyrics by:
Squire

Available on:
Marshall's House (2.15)

Details:

Hotels offer an opportunity to escape habits of mind, and it is unsurprising that Hopper painted them repeatedly – Hotel Room (1931), Hotel Lobby (1943), Rooms for Tourists (1945), Hotel by a Railroad (1952), Hotel Window (1955) and Western Motel (1957). As the confidence of the 1920s gave way to the uncertainties of the Depression era, Hopper's subjects became increasingly uncommunicative figures, often alone in empty rooms. He translated their small dramas into something timeless and universal, in images of stillness and solitude that suggest - but never describe - a narrative.

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