the world can be cold and lonely and cruel
and Lord knows that I tried to be there for you
I’m still here, hoping, knowing nothing’s coming true
but I’ll still be here waiting for you
others have used you and cast you aside
Lord knows that I’ve helped you, or at least tried.
I still regret all the tears you have cried
and I’m still here waiting for you
sometimes I dream of opening your door
grabbing and holding you and falling to the floor
and telling you how much I love and more
but no, I’m just waiting for you
How many have torn your heart to shreds?
What’s made you feel alone, filled you with dread?
I wish I could be the one, but instead
all I’m doing is waiting for you
waiting and wishing for what can’t be
wishing that someday it’d come to be me
that when you dream of you partner, you’d see
until then I’m waiting for you.
for good or for ill
no matter what’s true
I’ll love, want, and need
no other but you
if ever you finally come in from the cold
I’ll ask for you to have and to hold,
I hope I’m not presuming or bold
just remember I’m waiting for you
Originally written in 2003