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So I was lost, go count the cost,
Before you go to the Holland Road,
With your heart like a stone you spared no time in lashing out,
And I knew your pain and the effect of my shame, but you cut me down,
You cut me down
And I will not tell the thoughts of hell
That carried me home from the Holland Road
With my heart like a stone and I put up no fight
To your callus mind, and from your corner you rose to cut me down,
You cut me down
So I hit my low, but little did I know that would not be the end,
From the Holland Road well I rose and I rose, and I paid less time,
To your callus mind, and I wished you well as you cut me down,
You cut me down
But I'll still believe though there's cracks you'll see,
When I'm on my knees I'll still believe,
And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found,
If you believe in me I'll still believe
And I'll still believe though there's cracks you'll see,
When I'm on my knees I'll still believe,
And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found,
If you believe in me I'll still believe
Before you go to the Holland Road,
With your heart like a stone you spared no time in lashing out,
And I knew your pain and the effect of my shame, but you cut me down,
You cut me down
And I will not tell the thoughts of hell
That carried me home from the Holland Road
With my heart like a stone and I put up no fight
To your callus mind, and from your corner you rose to cut me down,
You cut me down
So I hit my low, but little did I know that would not be the end,
From the Holland Road well I rose and I rose, and I paid less time,
To your callus mind, and I wished you well as you cut me down,
You cut me down
But I'll still believe though there's cracks you'll see,
When I'm on my knees I'll still believe,
And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found,
If you believe in me I'll still believe
And I'll still believe though there's cracks you'll see,
When I'm on my knees I'll still believe,
And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found,
If you believe in me I'll still believe
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When I first heard this song, I thought of a son who is reeling from a confrontation with his disappointed father. The father judged actions the son admitted were worthy of shame, but he judged them so harshly that the relationship is severely damaged. The son is thinking of all the horrible things he thought about his father and all the things he almost said when he was being dressed down. And he still holds onto hope that the father will see him as someone worth believing in.
Now I think the song is about someone who has cheated on his lover and is mourning the loss of her love. I like Hazzy250's interpretation of the Holland Road being a war. I don't think it's an actual conflict in the sense of armed forces, but rather the beginning of the total war that his infidelity brought to their relationship. She was hurt and said things designed to make him feel horrible. Perhaps something about his character or past actions that once said can never be forgotten by either of them. A slight or perhaps a truth that would ensure the death of their love so he could not hurt her again. He knows he was wrong and "put up no fight." I think he also knows that he has hurt her more than once. Yet, he still loves her and hopes she'll forgive him.