Here to Hold
This is about a man who doesn't necessarily fancy himself as a religious person, but when his wife leaves him, he doesn't know what else to do so he goes into a church and prays for her return. The picture I was trying to get across here was a man kneeling in front of lit candles at the altar and begging God to help him. It reminds me of something Johnny Paycheck might have done. I've written hundreds of songs, but I think verse 2 of this one might be among the best I've written. It's also meant to be really sang; it's not a soft, melodic-toned song at all.
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The church door swung wide open
And I walked to the front and I prayed
Dear Lord, I said loudly, I ain't been in a while
And not sure you remember my name
A woman I love has gone missing
And she left everything but my heart
She won't pick up the phone, nobody's seen her
And it's still breaking me all apart
All I ask is you bring her back to me
I'll stay here and wait, Lord, I ain't fit to leave
(Chorus)
As I kneel here tonight
In dying candlelight
My body, my soul both grow cold
My hands wanna move
But don't know what to do
Without that girl here to hold
Mother Mary, pray for this sinner
Saint Dismas, speak to Saint Paul
Tell him we couldn't steal her heart back again
Hell, Jude, he couldn't find her at all
Miracles do happen, they tell me
But like bad things, always come in threes
She stopped holding on, the love fled from her eyes
Then finally she just left me
And I pray, dear God, can you change her mind
If Heaven's eternal, you got nothing but time
(Chorus x2)
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