Name: Hold on Tight
Duration: P00H03M52S
Description: Every time I try to accomplish something or do something incredible there are always steep obstacles preventing me from ever being successful. Mostly mental but some physical. Written June 11, 2014

Hold on Tight

from Life or Death by The Soakes Lonesome, Dennis Patrick McDonald

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Every time I try to accomplish something or do something incredible there are always steep obstacles preventing me from ever being successful. Mostly mental but some physical. Written June 11, 2014

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Hold on tight, I’m feeling as if I’m gonna slip
It’s a bitter life, I seem to miss by my finger tips
Days passing by, all I know is what I see
No denying, this sad recluse I never meant to be

Flickering fire, seeking the truth I knew before
Walking on a wire, falling further, then I fell some more
Hiding in shadows, flirting with the ghosts I left behind
Lighting the candles, losing all the hope that once did shine

My whole life was turned around
Played for the fool, a rented clown
Dragged through mud then out again
Soaked in blood of the flesh I tend
A troubled man is all I am
Never will I ever give a damn
If I could just somehow embrace my fears
Then throw it all away like I did those years, did those years

I’m holding on tight, feeling like I always did before
For a better life, this time, but I’m falling for sure
Much more frantic from putting it all on the line
So problematic, living with this curse that is all mine

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from Life or Death, released September 30, 2022
Lyrics and music by Dennis Patrick McDonald

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The Soakes Lonesome Richmond Hill, Ontario

I am a survivor of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

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