Wait

by Sarah McLachlan

From the album: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Track 2 of 22 on Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993).

Duration: 4:09

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Lyrics for Wait

Under a blackened sky Far beyond the glaring streetlights 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 precious little thing Like every generation yields The new born hope unjaded by the 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's inherently given A kind of blindness offered to appease 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 their 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 new born hope unjaded by their years...

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  1. Possession
  2. Wait
  3. Plenty
  4. Good Enough
  5. Mary
  6. Elsewhere
  7. Circle
  8. Ice
  9. Hold On
  10. Ice Cream
  11. Fear
  12. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
  13. Possession - Piano Version
  14. Elsewhere - Freedom Sessions Version
  15. Plenty - Freedom Sessions Version
  16. Mary - Freedom Sessions Version
  17. Good Enough - Freedom Sessions Version
  18. Hold On - Freedom Sessions Version
  19. Ice Cream - Freedom Sessions Version
  20. Ice - Freedom Sessions Version
  21. Ol'55
  22. Hold On - short version - HIDDEN TRACK