Wait

Music and Lyrics by Sarah McLachlan

Under a blackened sky
far beyond the glaring street lights
sleeping on empty dreams
the vultures lie in wait.
You lay down beside me then  
you were with me every waking hour
so close I could feel your breath
When all we wanted was the dream 
to have and to hold 
that previous little thing
like every generation yields
the newborn hope 
unjaded by their years.

Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
but to be consumed again
oh I know would be the death of me
and there is a love that is inherently given
a kind of blindness offered to deceive
and in that light of forbidden joy
oh I know I won't receive it
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold
that precious little thing
like every generation yields
the newborn hope 
unjaded by the years

You know if I leave you now
it doesn't mean that I love you any less
it's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this
When all we wanted was the dream
to have and to hold 
that precious little thing
like every generation yields 
the newborn hope 
unjaded by the years