In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
(Didn't make you stay when I should've)
(Think if we could fade then I would've)
(Held the whole world in our hands)
(Need what we were, we were standing)
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
It's so hard to hold on
Don't think I can go on living like this oh no
I'm just trying not to do wrong, but I can't move on
I wish I could, but I just can't
I just can't do it
Everybody telling me it's all in my head
Yeah, but they just don't know
Your love was like a gun
It was filling my heart with lead
Trying just to push through for my family
Pain is bringing me to my knees call it, "Your Majesty"
I can't even scream
Runnin out of oxygen, no I can't breathe
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
Hopeless
Absence of light, every day is a night
Coping
Music is my life, therapy of mine
I don't really have control
No, no, no, I'm here all alone
Cuz I didn't make you stay when I should've
I think if I could fade, then I would've
But we held the whole world in our hands
Need what we were, we were standing
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
(Think if we could fade then I would've)
(Held the whole world in our hands)
(Need what we were, we were standing)
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
It's so hard to hold on
Don't think I can go on living like this oh no
I'm just trying not to do wrong, but I can't move on
I wish I could, but I just can't
I just can't do it
Everybody telling me it's all in my head
Yeah, but they just don't know
Your love was like a gun
It was filling my heart with lead
Trying just to push through for my family
Pain is bringing me to my knees call it, "Your Majesty"
I can't even scream
Runnin out of oxygen, no I can't breathe
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
Hopeless
Absence of light, every day is a night
Coping
Music is my life, therapy of mine
I don't really have control
No, no, no, I'm here all alone
Cuz I didn't make you stay when I should've
I think if I could fade, then I would've
But we held the whole world in our hands
Need what we were, we were standing
Hold On
Running out of options, tears are leaking like a faucet, and I
Go On
Wishing I could stop it, and I feel like I've lost it, and uh
Oh God
Are you watching down on me yeah, wishing you could scream out
"Hold On?"
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Hold On Lyrics as written by Colton Holmes
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