Hold me closer one more time
Say that you love me in your last goodbye
Please forgive me for my sins
Yes, I swam dirty waters but you pushed me in
I've seen your face under every sky
Over every border and on every line
You know my heart more than I do
We were the greatest, me and you

But we had time against us and miles between us
The heavens cried I know I left you speechless
But now the sky has cleared and it's blue,
And I see my future in you

I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll do
Everything different, I'll be better to you
I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll be
Somebody different, I'll be better to you

Let me stay here for just one more night
Build your walls around me, pull me to the light
So I can tell you that I was wrong
I was a child then, but now I'm willing to learn

But we had time against us and miles between us
The heavens cried I know I left you speechless
But now the sky has cleared and it's blue,
And I see my future in you

I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll do
Everything different, I'll be better to you
I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll be
Somebody different, I'll be better to you

Time against us (time against us)
Miles between us (miles between us)
Heavens cried
I know I left you speechless

Time against us (time against us)
Miles between us (miles between us)
Heavens cried
I know I left you speechless
I know I left you speechless

I'll be waiting

I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll do
Everything different, I'll be better to you
I'll be waiting for you
When you're ready to love me again
I'll put my hands up, I'll be
Somebody different, I'll be better to you


Produced by Paul Epworth
Mixed by Tom Elmhirst
Assisted by Dan Parry
Engineered by Mark Rankin
Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion and Backing Vocals by Paul Epworth
Piano by Neil Cowley
Drums by Leo Taylor
Acoustic and Electric Guitar by Ben Thomas
Trombone and Horn Arrangement by Harry Brown
Trumpet by Noel Langley
Tenor Sax by Ray Carless
Recorded at Eastcote Studios, London

Universal – Songs of Polygram Int., Inc. (BMI) / EMI Blackwood Music Inc. OBO EMI Publishing Ltd. (BMI)