Sarah Mclachlan - 02 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 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'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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[xAMVLizzx]

My FAVORITE song of hers...which is saying alot....amazingly sad song that just makes you want to cry, all while adoring it...

[Muffinsaregood75]

love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love

she's been my one of my favourite singers since i was a small child, with enough motor skills to know music :)

[eloinnosirrah]

All we wanted was the dream

[BigBadassR]

@BigBadassR I hope not.

[BigBadassR]

"newborn hope unjaded by their years". Me and Sarah were both in our mid 20s when she wrote that. Now Im jaded, I wonder if she is.

[campaign4liberty]

Sarah I Love you so much...

[sparklngsun]

She will FOREVER be my favorite...her music goes right into me and touches me on a level unknown!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL YRS OF MUSIC!!! ♥♥♥

[cristian78911]

this song reminds me of when I lost my son to SIDS. It cost me my marriage but yet her music has always sustained me. her music has sustained me through some of the worst (and best) times of my life. thank you.

[redbeakman]

This album was very important to me. I'm a guy but I was 18 -19 when this was released. I was listening to all sorts of stuff at the time from Tool to the Grateful Dead, Tori Amos and Uncle Tupelo. This album pulled at that part of my core that was passionate, pained and romantic as you can only be in those formative years of your life. She's had some OK stuff since but this one will always be special.

[JackilynSpellman]

This album has been my favorite since I was very little. I praise you for putting all the songs up! *worships*

[javicente2010]

by far the best sarah's song ever!!

[36midnight]

I really respect this artist. Not only is she a talented songwriter/musian..but an angelic singer!!, Sarah's songs really touch me!