A contemporary rock band comprised of five people committed to a well-tempe… Read Full Bio ↴A contemporary rock band comprised of five people committed to a well-tempered musical aesthetic deeply rooted in groove, polyrhythms, lush harmonies, haunting ambience, and thinking man's lyrics. Though the band hails from the Houma/New Orleans area and a few of the members have musical backgrounds in Cajun French and New Orleans style jamming, their sound has most often been compared to the grunge bands of the 90’s and so-called “Krautrock” of the European music scene circa the 1980’s.

Founding members Joshua Theriot (lead vocals/lead guitars) and Kenneth Wilson (bass/backing vocals) attended the same high school and had played together in various bands throughout. Both left Louisiana in the fall of 2003 to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Soon after their first semester had begun, Kenneth Wilson decided that music college was not in the cards for him and moved back to Louisiana to study biology. While Theriot stayed behind to finish school, the two corresponded via internet, jointly writing music and lyrics half a country away. Upon realizing they had written drum and keyboard parts for phantom band members, Wilson and Theriot found a need to look for more musicians to translate the instrumentation into a live context. They contacted long-time friend and progressive keyboard guru Brett Guillory. Guillory immediately climbed aboard. After going through several drummers, Theriot's roommate at Berklee and high school friend John Patrick was asked if he'd be interested in the position. Although primarily used to playing metal/funk projects, Patrick decided to join the band and brought along his songwriting teammate and brilliant rhythm guitarist, Randy LeBoeuf. Abigail’s Ghost was born.

Selling Insincerity was a product of Wilson and Theriot's long distance correspondence. Although taking almost two years to compose music and gather resources, the album was recorded in a week at Axistudio in New Orleans, mixed both at Axistudio and in Boston and was released on March 23, 2007 on the band’s own label Aesperus Music.

-bio by Paul Weymouth

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Waiting Room
Abigail's Ghost Lyrics

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Take my words and chain them to a moment
Take my heart and throw it on the floor
Languishing, been waiting here forever
Call my name, I'll walk right out the door

And I'll just take my number
Sit and wait my turn
I'm waiting for your answer

When will I ever learn

I'm waiting for you to call my name
Enamored emotions twist my game
Fantastically skewed, you're still the same

Take my mind, you think that it's your own
Watch me go, what I don't know I'll fake
Take a look, you're more lost than you think
Take a seat, think over your mistakes

And now I've got your number
Now sit and wait your turn
I'm through with giving answers
When will you ever learn

I'm waiting for you to call my name

Enamored emotions twist my game
Fantastically skewed you're still the same.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Abigail’s Ghost's "Waiting Room" portray the twists and turns of a relationship, where there is a constant sense of waiting for something that may never come. The singer is consumed by enamored emotions, and although they know that they should let go, they wait in limbo, hoping for their love interest to call their name. The first verse sees the singer offering themselves entirely, only to be disregarded and forced to wait. The second verse shows the singer seeing through the object of their affection and realizing that they are also lost and confused, making them feel foolish for waiting.

The chorus is a reflection of the singer's hopeless situation. The waiting room is a metaphor for their life, where they're stuck between the door that could take them away from the waiting and the one that keeps them waiting. The words, "I'm waiting for your answer, when will I ever learn" show their weakness and their inability to move on, despite all of the disappointment and pain they've experienced. They are stuck in this purgatory of waiting, and they'll continue waiting until something changes.

Overall, "Waiting Room" is a melancholy and introspective song that touches on the aspects of relationships where one person is left waiting and stuck in a cycle of emotion. It is an accurate representation of how relationships can be painful, and it presents that waiting can be a powerful force, but also one that can be difficult to break away from.

Line by Line Meaning

Take my words and chain them to a moment
I want you to remember and hold onto everything I say, and how I feel about you, forever.

Take my heart and throw it on the floor
You don't care about my feelings or what happens to me, you'll just casually let my heart get hurt and broken.

Languishing, been waiting here forever
I've been stuck in this same spot, waiting for your attention and love, for what feels like an eternity.

Call my name, I'll walk right out the door
If you don't start giving me the love and attention I deserve, I'll leave you behind and never look back.

And I'll just take my number
I'll wait patiently for my chance to shine and be noticed, but I won't let you take advantage of me anymore.

Sit and wait my turn
I'll wait patiently for you to come around and realize what you're missing out on by not valuing me or our relationship.

I'm waiting for your answer
I need to know if you're willing to put in the effort to make this relationship work, or if I should move on and find someone who will.

When will I ever learn
I always fall for your promises, even though deep down I know you'll never change or love me like I deserve.

I'm waiting for you to call my name
I want you to acknowledge my existence and how much I care for you, instead of ignoring me and taking me for granted.

Enamored emotions twist my game
My feelings for you are so strong and overwhelming, they often cloud my judgment and make me act in ways that may not be in my best interest.

Fantastically skewed you're still the same
I still see the good in you and hope for the best, even though you consistently disappoint me and hurt my heart.

Take my mind, you think that it's your own
You try to control and manipulate me, making me believe that your opinions and wishes matter more than my own.

Watch me go, what I don't know I'll fake
I'll try to keep up appearances and pretend that I'm fine, even when I'm hurting and don't understand what's going on in our relationship.

Take a look, you're more lost than you think
You're so sure of yourself and your feelings, but you're actually confused and unsure about what you want and need from me.

Take a seat, think over your mistakes
You need to take a step back and realize how much you've hurt me and our relationship, and work on making things right.

And now I've got your number
I've figured you out and know what you're really like, and I won't let you manipulate or hurt me anymore.

Now sit and wait your turn
It's your turn to wait for me to decide if you've really changed and are worthy of my love and attention.

I'm through with giving answers
I'm tired of trying to explain myself and my feelings to you, when you never listen or care about what I have to say.

When will you ever learn
You keep making the same mistakes and hurting me over and over again, yet you never seem to realize or care about how much you're damaging our relationship.

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