[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
  I'm waiting 

              
up, saving all

    
 my precious t

ime
             
Losing light, 

              
I'm missing my


 same old us
              
Before we lear

        
ned our truth 

too late
  
Resigned to fa

te, fading awa

y

           
  So tell me, 

        
can you turn a

round?

  I need someo

ne to tear me 

down
           
  Oh, tell me,

         
 can you turn 

around?

  But either w

ay


[Chorus]
              
Hold me while 

     
you wait
              
I wish that I 

           
was good enoug

h (Hold me whi

le you wait)
              
If only I coul

            
d wake you up 


(Hold me while

 you wait)
              
My love, my lo

              
ve, my love, m

  
y love
              
Won't you stay

         
 a while? (Hol

d me while you

 wait)


[Verse 2] 
             
  Tell me more

              
, tell me some

      
thing I don't 

know
    
Did we come cl

ose to having 

it all?

           
  If you're go

    
nna waste my t

ime

  Let's waste 

it right


[Chorus]
              
And hold me wh

         
ile you wait
              
I wish that I 

           
was good enoug

h (Hold me whi

le you wait)
              
If only I coul

            
d wake you up 


(Hold me while

 you wait)
              
My love, my lo

              
ve, my love, m

  
y love
              
Won't you stay

         
 a while? (Hol

d me while you

 wait)
              
I wish you car

             
ed a little mo

#
re (Hold me wh

ile you wait)
              
I wish you'd t

              
old me this be


fore (Hold me 

while you wait

)
              
My love, my lo

              
ve, my love, m

  
y love

Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)


[Bridge]
             
  This is you,

         
 this is me, t

his is all we 

need
           
  Is it true? 

            
My faith is sh

aken, but I st

ill believe
             
  This is you,

         
 this is me, t

his is all we 

need

  So won't you

 stay a while?


[Chorus]
              
And hold me wh

         
ile you wait
              
I wish that I 

           
was good enoug

h (Hold me whi

le you wait)
              
If only I coul

            
d wake you up 


(Hold me while

 you wait)
              
My love, my lo

              
ve, my love, m

  
y love
              
Won't you stay

         
 a while? (Hol

d me while you

 wait)
              
I wish you car

             
ed a little mo

#
re (Hold me wh

ile you wait)
              
I wish you'd t

              
old me this be


fore (Hold me 

while you wait

)
              
My love, my lo

              
ve, my love, m

  
y love
              
Won't you stay

         
 a while? (Hol

d me while you

 wait)


[Outro]
        
Stay a while (

Hold me while 

you wait)
        
Stay a while (

Hold me while 

you wait)
              
My love, my lo

       
ve, my love
                   
Won't you stay a while?