We Used to Wait - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Win Butler]

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 lost, standing in the wilderness downtown

[Pre-Chorus: Win Butler & Régine Chassagne]

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

[Verse 2: Win Butler]

And 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

[Chorus: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Both]

Ooh, we used to wait

Sometimes it never came (Ooh, we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain (Ooh)

[Verse 3: Win Butler]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Win Butler & Régine Chassagne]

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

[Chorus: Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Both]

Ooh, we used to wait

Sometimes it never came (Ooh, we used to wait)

Still moving through the pain (Ooh)

[Post-Chorus: Win Butler]

We used to wait

[Outro: Win Butler]

We used to wait for it

And now we're screaming sing the chorus again

We used to wait for it

Now we're screaming sing the chorus again

I used to wait for it

Hear my voice screaming sing the chorus again

Wait for it!