If Only I Could Wait

[Intro: Justin Vernon] If only I could wait If only I could wait [Verse 1: Justin Vernon] If only I could wait But before me is a ways out Can I live inside this state? Where the summers are charades now Can I incur the weight? Am I really this afraid now? [Refrain: Justin Vernon] Ah, ahh For what's at stake Oh, babe I'll take the pain [Verse 2: Danielle Haim] If only you could wait I ain't up at your pace yet I take the steps to stage And they hit me with the rays now But if I could only pray In the blaze of a northern bar I'd bend another straight We'll decay in other ways now [Verse 3: Justin Vernon & Danielle Haim] If only you could wait (I, I know that it's hard) Or is it folded either way now? (To keep holding) The common leads away (Keep holding strong) But is it only years away now? (Keep holding on) I have come to learn replace (I, I know that it's best) And I resemble other traits of the lord (To keep going) I have rendered other fates (These memories hold) And I've been prowling on the brakes now (These memories fade) [Refrain: Justin Vernon & Danielle Haim] Ah, ahh But what a taste Oh, babe In every way Not for the freight I'll best alone In high ways Mm-hmm-mm