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Holding On Lyrics
Once again, I'm falling to my knees
(I try to escape 'cause I just can't take it)
And now this feeling is spreading like a disease
(I fake another day and the wheel keeps turning)
This place is so pathetic
Doesn't anybody get it?
Is there anybody home?
(Is there anybody home?)
There's nothing left
We're just a shadow
Of what we used to be
In the night
There's a fire in my eyes
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Here we are
Pretending we're okay
(You can say what you want, but you still can't fool me)
The life we're living
It's all a masquerade
(I try to smile, but I can't remember how)
So how'd we get so jaded?
Is it so complicated
To not give up on me?
In the night
There's a fire in my eyes
(There's a fire in my eyes)
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
You keep me holding on
You keep me holding on
In the night
There's a fire in my eyes
(There's a fire in my eyes)
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
(Has become a place to cry)
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
(It takes it all away)
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
(I try to escape 'cause I just can't take it)
And now this feeling is spreading like a disease
(I fake another day and the wheel keeps turning)
Doesn't anybody get it?
Is there anybody home?
(Is there anybody home?)
There's nothing left
We're just a shadow
Of what we used to be
There's a fire in my eyes
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Pretending we're okay
(You can say what you want, but you still can't fool me)
The life we're living
It's all a masquerade
(I try to smile, but I can't remember how)
Is it so complicated
To not give up on me?
There's a fire in my eyes
(There's a fire in my eyes)
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
You keep me holding on
You keep me holding on
There's a fire in my eyes
(There's a fire in my eyes)
And this paradise
Has become a place we've come to cry
(Has become a place to cry)
When I open your letter
The words make it better
It takes it all away
(It takes it all away)
Oh, it keeps me holding on
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
Whenever I need you
Wherever I run to
I'll know where to find you
It keeps me holding on
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i think this is probably about 2 friends who are in the same situation but not with eachother. because erm...yeah, thats what i think =]
yeah i agree with fall out fairy i reckon the song doesnt actually have any direct links to talking about love.. its two friends seperate problems and are only just about getting eachother through it when they need eachother most... cause when i listen to thsi it makes me think about a couple of people im close to so i can relate. the verses have alot of negative and a very down feeling... if you look at some lines from the verse1, "i fake another day and the wheel keeps turning" shows that this person forces him/herself through the day just to go through the same bad cycle. also with "theres nothing left, we're just a shadow of what we used to be", shows that they dont think either of them will ever be the same but trying to protect eachothers feelings and keep that thought from eachother to try and get eachother through...
in verse 2 "Here we are. Pretending we're okay. (You can say what you want, but you still can't fool me)" backs up what i just said about trying to protect eachother from what they feel.
but it keeps going back to the chorus "When I open your letter The words make it better It takes it all away Oh, it keeps me holding on"
shows that theyre holding on for eachother as they are all they have to keep going?
"i know where to find you" means they know they can always rely on and run to eachother for support
i would say more but i have to go lol, i might be wrong but its my opinion =]
I agree with it being about friends. They need each other and even though they're apart they can still help one another can keep "holding on." This song is absolutely beautiful and extremely addicting.
I really like this song...I mean, not the lyrics or anything in particular, just the whole song just sort of comes together really nicely =] but then again...I like most simple plan songs =]