Every single time I see you, I start to feel this way
Makes me wonder if I'm ever gonna feel this way again
There's a picture that's hanging in the back of my head
I see it over and over

I want to hold you and love you in my arms and then
I want to need you, 'cause I need to be with you 'til the end
Then I hear myself reply, you've got to hold it in this time tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go, 'cause I need you ('cause I need you)

I sit here waiting, wondering, hoping that I'll make this right
'Cause all I think about is your hands, your face, and all these lonely nights
There's a feeling that's screaming in the back of my head
Saying over and over..

I want to hold you and love you in my arms and then
I want to need you, 'cause I need to be with you 'til the end
Then I hear myself reply, she'll never let you in this time tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go, 'cause I need you, please don't go, 'cause I need you now

I want to hear you say, it'll always be this way
We will be hand in hand for every night and every day
I want to scream and shout, 'cause I'm losing any doubt
And all I care about is you and me and us and now

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I'd take you in my arms and say
I won't go, 'cause I need you, please don't go, 'cause I need you now