[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
  I'm waitin' 

              
up, savin' all

     
 my precious t

ime
         
Losing' light,

              
 I'm missin' m

            
y same old us
              
Before we lear

             
ned our truth 

   
too late
         
Resigned to fa

              
te, fadin' 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?
D                                
  But either way
                                 
                                 
[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 havin' 

             
it all?
            
  f you're gon

             
na waste my ti

       
me
             
  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)
                                 
(My faith is shaken, but I still believe)
            
Stay a while (

              
Hold me while 

          
you wait)
              
My love, my lo

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