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We Used to Wait

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We Used to Wait

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I used to write,

I used to write letters

I used to sign my name

I used to sleep at night

Before the flashing lights

Settled deep in my brain

But by the time we met

By the time we met

The times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter

I never took my true heart

I never wrote it down

So when the lights cut out

I was left standing in the

Wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

Hope that something pure can last

It seems strange

How we used to wait

For letters to arrive

But what's stranger still

Is how something so small

Can keep you alive

We used to wait

We used to waste

Hours just walking around

We used to wait

All those wasted lives in

The wilderness downtown

Ooooh we used to wait

Ooooh we used to wait

Ooooh we used to wait

Sometimes it never came

(ooooh we used to wait)

Sometimes it never came

(ooooh we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain

(oooooooooooh)

I'm gonna write a letter

To my true love

I'm gonna sign my name

Like a patient on a table

I wanna walk again

Gonna move through the pain

Now our lives are changing fast

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

Hope that something pure can last

Ooooh we used to wait

Ooooh we used to wait

Ooooh we used to wait

Sometimes it never came

(ooooh we used to wait)

Sometimes it never came

(ooooh we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain

(oooooooooooh)

We used to wait (x3)

We used to wait for it

We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming

Sing the chorus again

We used to wait for it

We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming

Sing the chorus again

I used to wait for it

I used to wait for it

Hear my voice screaming

Sing the chorus again

Wait for it! (x3)

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