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Hold On Lyrics
Hold on John, John hold on
It's going to be alright
You going to win the fight
Hold on Yoko, Yoko hold on
It's going to be alright
You going to make the flight
When you're by yourself
And there's no one else
You just have yourself
And you tell yourself
Just to hold on
Cookie!
Hold on world, world hold on
It's going to be alright
You going to see the light
When you're one
Really one
Well, you get things done
Like they've never been done
So hold on
It's going to be alright
You going to win the fight
It's going to be alright
You going to make the flight
And there's no one else
You just have yourself
And you tell yourself
Just to hold on
It's going to be alright
You going to see the light
Really one
Well, you get things done
Like they've never been done
So hold on
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Is it me or does the part where he says "cookie" scares the shit out of you when he says it. It's such a calm song and then you hear this evil voice say "cookie." What is with that anyways???
@Stoney scared the shit out of me too lol. So chill then COOKIE! Definitely cracking this one when it comes on.
@Stoney scared the shit out of me too lol. So chill then COOKIE! Definitely cracking this one when it comes on.
The consensus is that Lennon was briefly interested-to-obsessed with the Cookie Monster during the summer of 1970 when he was undergoing "Primal Therapy" in the US. This makes sense, as one of the points of Janov's therapy was to regress the patients to childhood, and "Sesame Street" (having premiered November 1969) was gaining traction. It would also be a very Lennon thing for him to drive the band (which included Ringo) to distraction with descriptions of the show and its characters (which would not have migrated there yet) while recording "John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band." Thus, a few years later, when Ringo made his shout out, it would've just been a memory from "Early 1970."
This is definitely the most musically proficient song on the "Plastic Ono Band" as well as one of the most beautiful (besides arguably Look At Me and Love). Really a great song.
Thats my fav. part. its so random!!
I like it when he says "cookie" because it's just so random; it makes me smile. This is a great song.
i hate the cookie part ..it would ruin the whole song if the rest of it wasnt great .but i think "God" is the best on the plastic ono album
Thie songs were sequenced well on this album, alternating the Janov therapy screams/rants with interludes like this. The 'cookie' is obviously Sesame Street-influenced. This is 1971, after all!
yes it does scare the crap out of me too, even when i know its coming up!! also on the track "remember" with the explosion at the end, eek!. so random, lol....
john is actually saying cocaine at this part. So ive read