Hold Fast/Hold Tight

from Everything We Used To Be by Mixtape Saints

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HOLD FAST/HOLD TIGHT

TEAR ME APART MY LOVE, AND START WITH THE STITCHES
BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING WORTH THE CRYING FOR ROUND HERE
BY THE SCARS ALONG MY ARMS,
ANDBY THESE ACHING YEARS OF BASEMENT CHARMS
YOU CAN TELL THAT I’M A KILLER OR A FOOL –
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A FOOL FOR YOU.
YOU’RE THE MEAN, MEAN REDS TO MY COCAINE BLUES.

HEAVY AS THE WATER RUNS PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND MY NECK
PUSH YOUR FINGERS THROUGH THE NOTCHES IN MY SPINE
FELL ASLEEP IN EACH OTHERS EYES CAUSE WE WERE
BARELY BREATHING AND BARELY ALIVE
I WATCHED THE WORLD DROWN IN MY DARKEST DREAMS
AND I KISSED YOU WITH MY HANDS DOWN THE BACK OF YOUR JEANS

MY BABY LOVES A KILLER WHEN THE CLOCKS TURN BACK
THERE’S A STORM CLOUD COMING IN

AND IT’S ALL ALRIGHT
WORST COMES TO WORST WE’LL STEAL A CAR THEN DRIVE
TO THE FURTHEST POINT WHERE THE DAY COLLIDES WITH NIGHT
IF DEATH IS THE COST OF LIVING THEN I CAN’T STAND TO PAY THE PRICE
BUT IT’S ALRIGHT, HOLD FAST, HOLD TIGHT

TOW BIRDS IN A GOLDEN CAGE, I CAN’T SEEM TO STOP THE SOUND
OF METAL ON METAL AND BONE ON BONE
SEPTEMBER BREEDS DISASTER, SHE SAYS THAT AUTUMN BRINGS THE BLUES
AMERICAN GOTHIC, A GIRL AND A GUN AND A PAYPHONE

MY LOVER LOVES A LIAR WHEN THE CLOUDS TURN BLACK
IN THE ARMS OF A HURRICANE

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from Everything We Used To Be, released May 21, 2018

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