Lyric discussion by hellycat 

Cover art for Holding Out lyrics by Sharon Van Etten

Just a couple of corrections straight from the album insert:

I was floored by your humble outlook on the world around you, who and all you are. I was floored by the way you take me seriously, even when I'm joking.

Damn, damn, damn, damn.

I'm not tired and I'm tired of not calling out on the street I was holding out Holding out, 'cross the table I was holding out, trying to find a lover like that. Holding out, like the wind I was holding out, staying still, hoping no one else would see me. Hoping calm, replacing silence, drying palms. Do I need a reason to hold you now? 'Cause I'd hold you now, yeah I'd hold you now. One more night, all I need is one more day. Holding out, for something that feels okay, and the right thing to do is wait.

Holding out, holding out, holding out for you.

I am strange, reading fairy tales at a young age. Circumstance, now I kick myself in the pants. And then you came to me in a faraway way, and I'm bringing you something I want you to have, it's the biggest part of my heart that I still got.

Hoping arms... no... I'll be holding out.

I'll be holding out, holding out. I'll be holding out, holding out. Holding out, holding out for you.