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Still Holding Out For You Lyrics
Never thought I'd be in this place
It's someone else's life I'm living
Wish I were living a lie
The hardest part is when the bough breaks
Falling down and then forgiving
You didn't kiss me good-bye
I'm choking on the words I didn't get to say
And pray I get the chance one day
I still run, I still swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
I can hear you smile in the dark
I can even feel you breathing
But daylight chases the ghosts
I see your coat and I fall apart
To those hints of you I'm clinging
Now's when I need them most
I should get up, dry my eyes and move ahead
At least that's what you would have said
I still run, I still swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
Faithfully, I trace your name while you sleep
It's the only true comfort I feel
I still run, I still swing open the door
I still think you'll be there like before
I still run, I still swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
It's someone else's life I'm living
Wish I were living a lie
The hardest part is when the bough breaks
Falling down and then forgiving
You didn't kiss me good-bye
I'm choking on the words I didn't get to say
And pray I get the chance one day
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
I can even feel you breathing
But daylight chases the ghosts
I see your coat and I fall apart
To those hints of you I'm clinging
Now's when I need them most
I should get up, dry my eyes and move ahead
At least that's what you would have said
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
It's the only true comfort I feel
I still think you'll be there like before
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
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I agree that this song is about someone who had died. "I'm still holding out for you" seems like she's not ready to move on. And "I'm choking on the words I didn't get to day, And pray I get the chance one day" sounds like maybe they will meet again in heaven. I think thats what it means anyway.
Even if the relationship is over, if you're still in love with that person, you'll always have a glimmer of hope that they'll someday be there to tell you they still feel the same.
Sounds more like the loved one in the song has died, rather than just broken up with the narrator. That's how I always took it, though either way works.
Mmmm I think I agree with phydeaux420...I think it's about a loved one who has died.."Faithfully, I trace your name while you sleep It's the only true comfort I feel"....the "sleep" could be refering to the never ending sleep..death. But it still is a very sweet song..I think it's adorable.
I think I'm going to have to disagree on the thought of this song being about a lover dying. Simply because of the line "I'm still holding out for you." I see that as still having hope that the other person might come back...and ya can't come back if you're dead. Plus the line that says, "I'm choking on the words I didn't get to say And pray I get the chance one day." You can't actually tell someone something when they are dead. I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong. But I think that this song just represents a breakup.
@Goldylockz22 Actually I'd have to say that it fits perfectly to a loved one dying. Having been I that situation myself " holding out for you" meaning no matter who she's with or what she's doing he's all she thinks about. It's not possible to live another when you're in love with a ghost. And to pray that she gets the chance to one day say all those things she didn't get a chance to means that she hopes she'll see him again in heaven.
@Goldylockz22 Actually I'd have to say that it fits perfectly to a loved one dying. Having been I that situation myself " holding out for you" meaning no matter who she's with or what she's doing he's all she thinks about. It's not possible to live another when you're in love with a ghost. And to pray that she gets the chance to one day say all those things she didn't get a chance to means that she hopes she'll see him again in heaven.
I think this song is about someone who died, also. "Daylight chases the ghost" The ghost is the person she hears smiling in the dark.