The Hold

[Guitar and electric violin]

[Verse 1]
(Woman) I’m standin’ in the doorway of a life I ain’t lived  
Boots full of dust and a heart that won’t give  
Every sunrise whispers, “Girl, you could go”  
But the wind keeps hummin’ secrets only you know  

[Guitar grittier, drums build up]
[Pre‑Chorus]
We ain’t stuck, we’re just  
caught in the breath  
Between what we want  
and what ain’t happened yet  

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[All instruments driving]
[Chorus]
(Woman) I’m in the hold…  
(Man) Yeah, I feel it too. 
(Woman)Where the heart don’t break  
but it don’t break through  
(Man) I’m standin’ still  
but I’m shakin’ inside  
(Woman)Like a storm that’s waitin’  
for the green light to rise  
(Man) If the world calls time,  
I won’t obey  
(Man and woman) I’m in the hold…  
but I ain’t lettin’ go.

[Verse 2]
(Man) I’m drivin’ down a highway that don’t end or begin  
Radio static sayin’ things I swear sound like your skin  
Got a map full of maybes and a tank full of ache  
But I’m holdin’ this line ‘cause I know what’s at stake  

[Guitar grittier, drums build up]
[Pre-chorus]
(Man) We ain’t stuck, we’re just  
caught in the breath  
Between what we want  
and what ain’t happened yet

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
(Woman) If you’re comin’, love, then come like thunder  
Break this silence clean in two  
(Man) I’m right here, breathin’ under  
Everything we didn’t do!!! 

[Guitar solo 8 measures then drops out 1 measure, Then full instruments driving]

[Verse 3]
(Man)Got a promise in my pocket that I folded too tight  
(Woman) Tryin’ not to lose it in the dark of the night  
(Man) But your name keeps burnin’ like a porch‑light flame  
(Woman) And I swear I hear you whisper every time it rains  

[Final Chorus — Duet]
(Woman) I’m in the hold…  
(Man) Then I’ll stand with you  
(Woman) I’m half undone…  
(Man) But I’m seein’ it through  
(Woman) One heartbeat more and I might break—  
(Man) Then lean on mine, for heaven’s sake  
(Together) If the world calls time,  
we won’t obey  
We’re in the hold…  
but we ain’t lettin’ go. 

[Pre-Outro  vocal ad libs]

[Outro instruments slow]
(Woman) I’m in the hold…  

(Man) Yeah, I feel it too

[Spoken in a longing tone by woman]
I'm waiting...
[Spoken in a soothing voice by man]
I'm almost there.
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Metal core, country, male and female