This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Hold on
Hold on
(Hold on) don't you ever be sad?
Lean on me when times get bad
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on
Said, I'm coming
Hold on, I'm coming yeah yeah
Hold on
Hold on baby, yeah yeah yeah
Hold on
(Hold on) I'll stay closer than any brother
If you let me I'll be closer than any other
And when the day comes and you're down
On a river of trouble and about to drown
Hold on
Said, I'm coming, yeah, yeah
Hold on, you know I'm coming
Hold on (I'm a woman)
Lord, I'm your woman, I'm coming, hold on
(beep-beep!) you reach out to me for satisfaction
Call my name for quick reaction
Yeah
Hold on
Hold on baby
(Hold on) hold on baby, hold on, I'm coming, yes I am
(Hold on) don't you ever be sad
Lean on me yeah, when times get bad
When the day comes and you are down
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Hold on
Little Jack Horner was sitting in the corner
Eastin' his Christmas pie, you know?
The dude stuck in a thumb and pulled out a plum
And said "what a funky boy am I"
The Queen of hearts, she made some tarts
All on a summer's day
The King of hearts, my man called for the tarts
And they just greased and funked away
(I'm a woman, I'm coming)
I'm a woman (hold on)
I'm a woman, I'm coming
I'm coming, hold on (beep-beep)
What do you need (hold on)
You knew it was coming
Hold on, I'm coming
Hold on, I'm coming (all you gotta do now is hold on and look for me)
Hold on, I'm coming (it's a struggle today, y'all)
Hold on, I'm coming (all alone, is you in trouble baby, yeah?)
Said, I'm a woman, hold on
Boogie!
It's funky, it's funkified (said I'm your woman, baby hold on)
(Hold on) hold on (beep-beep!)
Boogie!
It's funky it's funkified
Hold on, I'm coming, hold on
Hold on!
Hold on
(Hold on) don't you ever be sad?
Lean on me when times get bad
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Just hold on
Said, I'm coming
Hold on, I'm coming yeah yeah
Hold on
Hold on baby, yeah yeah yeah
Hold on
(Hold on) I'll stay closer than any brother
If you let me I'll be closer than any other
And when the day comes and you're down
On a river of trouble and about to drown
Hold on
Said, I'm coming, yeah, yeah
Hold on, you know I'm coming
Hold on (I'm a woman)
Lord, I'm your woman, I'm coming, hold on
(beep-beep!) you reach out to me for satisfaction
Call my name for quick reaction
Yeah
Hold on
Hold on baby
(Hold on) hold on baby, hold on, I'm coming, yes I am
(Hold on) don't you ever be sad
Lean on me yeah, when times get bad
When the day comes and you are down
In a river of trouble and about to drown
Hold on
Little Jack Horner was sitting in the corner
Eastin' his Christmas pie, you know?
The dude stuck in a thumb and pulled out a plum
And said "what a funky boy am I"
The Queen of hearts, she made some tarts
All on a summer's day
The King of hearts, my man called for the tarts
And they just greased and funked away
(I'm a woman, I'm coming)
I'm a woman (hold on)
I'm a woman, I'm coming
I'm coming, hold on (beep-beep)
What do you need (hold on)
You knew it was coming
Hold on, I'm coming
Hold on, I'm coming (all you gotta do now is hold on and look for me)
Hold on, I'm coming (it's a struggle today, y'all)
Hold on, I'm coming (all alone, is you in trouble baby, yeah?)
Said, I'm a woman, hold on
Boogie!
It's funky, it's funkified (said I'm your woman, baby hold on)
(Hold on) hold on (beep-beep!)
Boogie!
It's funky it's funkified
Hold on, I'm coming, hold on
Hold on!
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Hold On! I'm Comin' Lyrics as written by Isaac Hayes David Porter
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