[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