Cocaine and innocence
And Romeo’s waiting
Candies and sugar daddies
They never stop wasting your time
Time to dance to the top
With champagne indifference
And I sit salivating
If I could touch you there
Would you be liberated?
Ah yeah
I don’t wanna be
Another enemy
Even though you make be bleed
Like a Kennedy
Not when my body’s so exciting
Sometimes you make me
So frustrated
How come it’s me I end up hating?
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
And he don’t wanna lose tonight
Blood on the dance floor
And Romeo’s fainting
Showing pink and leather tonight
She’s dancin’ with fear in her eyes
Zero’s no hero
But in his mind
He’s Lancelot the Knight
And if his lady calls
It’ll be so good
‘Cause she’ll be liberated
I don’t wanna be
Another enemy
Even though you make be bleed
Like a Kennedy
Touch my body and it’s so exciting
Sometimes you make me
So frustrated
How come it’s me I end up hating?
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
And he don’t wanna lose tonight
Well the senses overload
To an L.A. strobe
Yeah, now you got him
Sweatin’ he’s the
Rebel that you know
Said I love that thing
God, I love ya heave-ho
Now you got him sweatin’
He’s the rebel that you know
The rebel that you know
The rebel that you know
The rebel that you know
Sometimes you make me
So frustrated
How come it’s me I end up hating?
Romeo’s waiting
I don’t wanna be
Another enemy
Even though you make be bleed
Like a Kennedy
Touch my body and it’s so exciting
Romeo’s waiting
I don’t wanna be
Another enemy
Even though you make be bleed
Like a Kennedy
Touch my body and it’s so exciting
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting
Romeo’s waiting now
Exploring Desire and Disillusionment in “Romeo’s Waiting”
The lyrics of Billy Idol’s “Romeo’s Waiting” paint a vivid picture of nightlife temptation, inner conflict, and longing. Idol juxtaposes imagery of excess—cocaine, champagne, and dance floors—with the vulnerability of love and the frustration of unfulfilled desire. The repeated refrain of “Romeo’s waiting” evokes the classic romantic archetype, yet this Romeo is caught between passion and disappointment, yearning for liberation but fearing rejection. The song’s allusions to iconic figures like the Kennedys underscore the emotional pain that love can inflict, while the references to dance and performance highlight the theatricality and risks of modern romance.
Song Credits
- Artist: Billy Idol
- Songwriters: Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
- Release Year: 1986
- Label: Chrysalis Records