“I’ll wait for you if you want me to. I promise you I won’t change a thing.” – Matchbook Romance, “singing bridges (We all fall)”

“If you come running back to me I’ll be here waiting, cause I still believe in a love worth saving.” – plain white t’s, “come back to me”

“When you come back down, if you land on your feet, I hope you find a way to make it back to me. When you come around, I’ll be there for you, don’t have to be alone with what you’re going through…” – lifehouse, “come back down”

“If you are not too long, I will wait for you all my life.”

“I opened my heart to you. I can’t just stand around like a fool, waiting for you to be ready.” – Boy Meets World

“I could’ve found someone to give my love to, but I’ve been waiting for you.”

“one of these days you’re going to wake up, and you’re going to feel that same me in your heart and you’re going to realize how much I love you, and whenever that day is, I’ll still be waiting for you, and you’ll come home to me.” – One Tree Hill

“I’m still waiting for you to get over this.” – the get up kids

“I chased you for long enough. Now it’s the time you chase me.” – Gossip Girl

“I’m here, I’m waiting.” – Weezer

“I feel that I’m finally growing weary of waiting to be consumed by you.” – Fiona Apple, ‘The First Taste’

“I came back for you. And no matter how long it takes, I’ll wait for you.” – One Tree Hill

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“I’ll still be here, and if it’s meant to be, we’ll be together.” – One Tree Hill

“She doesn’t know what’s right. She doesn’t know what’s wrong. She only knows the pain that comes from waiting for him so long. And she doesn’t count the teardrops that she’s cried while he’s away, because she knows deep in her heart, he’ll be back someday.” – Eagles, “The Girl from Yesterday”

“The best thing you can do right now is wait. I’m through some really hard times right now, and I’m not dealing with things very well. But I promise that if you’ll be there for me, it will all be worth it in the end.” – Michelle Burns

You never asked me to wait for you — and I don’t even know if you want me to — heck, I don’t even know if I want to . . . but something is telling me that when you come back I’m going to be exactly what you want, and you will realize I have been here all this time, and you will wonder why you didn’t want me all along. And somehow — that will bring us to our happily ever after. – Felicity

I love you. I know the other night didn’t mean for you what it did for me, but I haven’t stopped thinking about it since it happened, and just not because it was great–which it was–but because it was right. It was so right, Lor, and you might not see that right now, but I do, and if I have to wait until we’re both 80 years old for you to see it, then I’ll wait. I’m not going anywhere. This is it for me. You’re it for me, and I can’t pretend to feel any less than I do, I….I just can’t.

“And if you want me, I’ll be around, forever.”

“I can’t help it — I’m still waiting.” – Letters to Cleo, “big star”

“I’ll be there if you ever want me by your side.” – Martina McBride, “i’ll be there”

“Pick me up when dreams are shattered, when false friends cannot be found.  For you know i’ll still be waiting, pick me up on your way down.” – Martina McBride, “pick me up on your way down”

“And though the story had to end, you wanna be her fool again.” – Tim McGraw, “She’ll Have You Back”

“Once you love someone you always will, that love never truly diminishes. So if he doesn’t love me now, he didn’t love me then, but I know he did. And he does and he always will. But he’s pushed his feelings so far down deep and he is afraid to let them come back up. But they will. When he begins to miss me because I won’t always be there unless he wants me to. But right now he feels like he doesn’t need anyone. But he and I both know that’s not true. I will shed no tears however, because he taught me that crying doesn’t solve anything, and neither does hurting myself, mentally nor physically for that matter. But I will always and have always loved him. I owe him my life in more ways than one. He is my best friend. My love. My everything.”

“I understand what you’re trying to say that–you’re the pig. That you are committed. Only we broke up. And I’ve been wanting to hear this from you for how long and you say this to me only after we’ve broken up– I’m out of my element here, I break bones for a living, I used to live in the basement, most days I wear last night’s eyeliner to work, and I don’t give a crap about what other people think of me. Because I am a happily independent and successful woman and I like it that way, only when you say stuff like this, it just makes things too hard so please, don’t chase me anymore, unless you’re ready to catch me.” – Grey’s Anatomy

“When you come back down, if you land on your feet, I hope you find a way to make it back to me. When you come around, I’ll be there for you, don’t have to be alone with what you’re going through…” – Lifehouse, “come back  down”

“And I’m not going to make excuses; I’m just sorry. Look, I know you’re going to get off the elevator and walk away and not look back, I know that. But George, we’re friends. Real friends, and that means no matter how long it takes when you finally do decide to look back I’ll still be here.” – Grey’s Anatomy