[Verse 1] There's this image of you that I can't shake That day we drove out to the ocean So many things I wanted to say But I knew it was all in vain Life doesn't give you hoops to jump through It gives you tireless roads to cross This sadness came over me So in love, so at a loss [Chorus] I've wanted you So very long [Verse 2] I've been feeling so in between things Sad and stuck and alone Even when I'm as high as I can get I can't forget I'm on my own Keep thinkin' I can escape this But there are no red shoes to tap Just endless hauling through a desert And babe, there never was a map [Chorus] I've wanted you So very long Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 3] All the people I have grown to love That I've had to leave behind Because that was the way the road turned I'm sorry I have let you down You caught me in a moment When I was trying to catch the wind Thought there was some kind of magic But there was just well-executed tricks [Chorus] I've wanted you So very long [Verse 4] This is what time does to us We try to fight and never win There's no plot to follow here Just repetition of the same old sin But I keep thinking that I've found it A way to fill up the empty parts in me If it's all temporary I guess I'll have to wait and see [Chorus] But I've wanted you So very long Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 5] The woman who lives above me I hear her listen to the radio She loves the old-time stations They sing "Lover, don't let me go" And I have been there before In that place of desperate need I'm not ready to go back there To wait for someone else to leave [Chorus] But I've wanted you So very long [Verse 6] So now I'm turnin' all my lights down Don't know where you are tonight Can feel so close and then so far away Within the blinking of an eye I convince myself I have answers But I always call my bluff All I have is my love to give Someday that might be enough [Chorus] But I've wanted you So very long I've wanted you So very long Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Read the complete lyrics to "I’ve Wanted You" by First Aid Kit from the album "Tender Offerings - EP" in 2018. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Scandipop, Scandinavia, Svensk Pop.
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