Big TV is a concept album that follows the adventures of a young woman from a small town in a far off corner of Europe who leaves her boyfriend for the big city. This song finds the girl flying home. Bassist and lyricist Charles Cave told NME: “I see this song as her on an aeroplane, feeling extreme...
[Verse 1]
Heaven wait
Is your light always on?
Through the ashen wake
I'll swim with the saved to your door
[Verse 2]
Heaven wait
Are you but a bruise on the sky?
A moral ache?
A reason to live or to die?
[Chorus]
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
[Verse 3]
Heaven wait
If change is a world of regret
In shallow faith
My lip hooked, how mild I'll ascend!
[Chorus]
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
So wait for me, wait for me
Take this weight up from me
Heaven Wait was written by Harry McVeigh & Charles Cave & Jack Lawrence-Brown.
Heaven Wait was produced by Ed Buller.
White Lies released Heaven Wait on Tue Aug 13 2013.