Hold Me One Last Time

[Verse 1]
I was shaking when you first held me
Hands cold
Trying not to show
You pulled me right into your heartbeat
Said
“Baby
Just let it go”
[Chorus]
Hold me one last time
Like the first
Like the only
Let me drown in the memory
Of the way you used to know me
Never in this life
Will I find a love like yours again
So I’m begging on this floor
Hold me one last time (amen)
[Verse 2]
I gave you every open moment
Every secret
Every scar
Loved you louder than my breathing
Now I’m talking to the dark
[Chorus]
Hold me one last time
Like the first
Like the only
Let me drown in the memory
Of the way you used to know me
Never in this life
Will I feel that wildfire in my veins
‘Cause I can’t love like I loved you
I can’t love like that again
[Bridge]
I won’t ever show my heart
The way I laid it down for you (oh no)
You took the best of what I had
Now there’s nothing left to prove
[Chorus]
So hold me one last time
Like the first
Like the only
Let me fade inside your arms
While the past runs right through me
Never in this life
Will I love the way I did back then
So baby
For the last time
Hold me once
Then let it end

Slow, smoky electric blues ballad in 6/8, male vocals. Clean guitar with a touch of spring reverb, warm upright bass, brushed snare and ride cymbal. Verses stay hushed and close-mic’d; chorus blooms with organ swells and stacked harmonies on the title line. Tasteful guitar fills answer vocal phrases, final chorus pulls back to near-whisper before a lingering, bent-note outro., blues