Holding Me Up

My favorite Dandy Warhol song ever! Love the melody. Sounds like betrayal on some level. She promised to stick by him, supporting him, but didn't come through.

definately agree. i think sometimes promises are made to be broken. we might let ourselves love someone, and we might make unrealistic promises even though we know neither of us can come through.

brilliant melody, it just seems to roll along

One of my favorite songs of all time. Always seems to cheer me up.

The lyrics are self explanatory.

The first time I saw the dandy warhols live, I had no idea who they were, and had never heard this song before. I was lucky enough to have them perform this, and they extended it out to about 10 minutes at least. It was mindblowing. I became a lifelong fan and this is probably my favorite dw song.

One of the key opening lines is missing here, which imho changes the meaning of the song greatly.

The third/fourth lines should read [[ Darling yeah you sold me When you said you're holding me up, me up ]]

I think this is a sad case of someone saying something deeply hurtful to their partner.. something that can't be taken back, even though they're trying to walk it back. But it's too late, the relationship is ruined in a way that can't be fixed.

So it's goodbye.. but "remember that you told me" ..

Definitely one of their greatest songs ever.. I agree with windfish113 it leaves me feeling cheerful, even though on the face it's a very sad song. Such an amazingly talented band.