This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
You're getting weak in your decisions
The ones that wake you just to say goodnight
And there's nowhere to run from them this time
If there's nothing I can say to break you free of all your fears
Then why am I still here
Well there's that charming face you wear so well
And I know that you don't wanna stay
So why don't you just pack up and come with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this won't feel lost at all
And there's not a day that I can say that I've
Been playing every card that I've been dealt
But I know how it feels and how you felt
When the world was at your back and things were never stacked up right
But you put up a fight
There's a light that peers through darkening skies
And I know that you wanna be free
So why don't you spread your wings and fly with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
You've gotta hold on now
(You think that I've got it wrong)
Won't let our lives touch ground
(But this is where I belong)
I've been hoping you would just come through
With the days you said that
We'd be on our way back
To the ones we knew so little of this year
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let it all come down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
Youre wishing me all of the best
I just wish you would drop your regrets
And come back to this place I know
Will be the place you can never let go
The ones that wake you just to say goodnight
And there's nowhere to run from them this time
If there's nothing I can say to break you free of all your fears
Then why am I still here
Well there's that charming face you wear so well
And I know that you don't wanna stay
So why don't you just pack up and come with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this won't feel lost at all
And there's not a day that I can say that I've
Been playing every card that I've been dealt
But I know how it feels and how you felt
When the world was at your back and things were never stacked up right
But you put up a fight
There's a light that peers through darkening skies
And I know that you wanna be free
So why don't you spread your wings and fly with me
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let your eyes look down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
You've gotta hold on now
(You think that I've got it wrong)
Won't let our lives touch ground
(But this is where I belong)
I've been hoping you would just come through
With the days you said that
We'd be on our way back
To the ones we knew so little of this year
You've gotta hold on now
Don't let it all come down
When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all
Youre wishing me all of the best
I just wish you would drop your regrets
And come back to this place I know
Will be the place you can never let go
Lyrics submitted by L-Kyne
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I think song gives that special person a boost of confidence.
faaavorite.
"When we're gone from here this wont feel lost at all"
I love this song. I think it's talking about forgetting all the hard times that a person has gone through and being happy now that this person is with someone that understands.
I can relate. Both me and my boyfriend went through a lot of different relationships, most of them really damaging, until we found each other.
But of course, usually your past doesn't want you to be happy...