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Artist: The War On Drugs
Canonical path: /the-war-on-drugs/holding-on
Related lyric paths: 6
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Holding On
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Holding On
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Once I was alive and I could feel
I was holding on to you
And I redefined the way I learn to talk, it's only human
I went down a crooked highway
I went all outside the line
I've been rejected, now the light has turned and I'm out of time
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding on my line, I keep keeping on
Once we were apart and I could see red
Never trying to turn back time
Never meant to bring my pain into the frame and into your life
But I'm headed down a different road now
Can we walk it side by side?
Is an old memory just another way of saying goodbye?
Ain't no way I'm gonna last
Hiding in the seams, I can't move the past
Feel like I'm about to crash
Riding the same line, I keep keeping on
And he never gonna change
He never gonna mind
I keep moving on the path, yeah
Holding on to mine
When you talk about the past
What are we talking of?
Did I let go too fast?
Was I holding on too long?
Ain't no truth to someone's lies
As silent as the sea
I've been holding on too long?
But you're right in front of me
Ain't no moon is gonna cast, shadows on my scene
I keep moving with these changes, yeah, ooh
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