“Hold Me While You Wait” is a piano ballad about a breakup. It is the second single from the album, following “Someone You Loved.” As Lewis puts it in his well-renowned Instagram stories, this song is about him wanting a cuddle with his girlfriend of six months after she unexpectedly tells him that...
[Verse 1]
I'm waitin' up, savin' all my precious time
Losin' light, I'm missin' my same old us
Before we learned our truth too late
Resigned to fate, fadin' away
So tell me, can you turn around?
I need someone to tear me down
Oh, tell me, can you turn around?
But either way
[Chorus]
Hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
[Verse 2]
Tell me more, tell me something I don't know
Did we come close to havin' it all?
If you're gonna waste my time
Let's waste it right
[Chorus]
And hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you cared a little more (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you'd told me this before (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
[Bridge]
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
Is it true? My faith is shaken, but I still believe
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
So won't you stay a while?
[Chorus]
And hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you cared a little more (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you'd told me this before (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
[Outro]
Stay a while (Hold me while you wait)
(My faith is shaken, but I still believe)
Stay a while (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while?
Hold Me While You Wait was written by Jamie N Commons & Jamie Hartman & Lewis Capaldi.
Hold Me While You Wait was produced by Edd Holloway & TMS & Nick Atkinson & Lewis Capaldi.
Lewis Capaldi released Hold Me While You Wait on Fri May 03 2019.
Lewis performed this song on the BBC Live Lounge on 14 May, 2019.
He also performed the song for Vevo LIFT.