Tom Chaplin – Hold On To Our Love Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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Hold On To Our Love

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Hold On To Our Love Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Baby, we've been talking
All so insincere
Just to fill the gap
And maybe we're sleepwalking
Down the road of fear
Straight into a trap

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Time has come between us
Scratched a hole and let the darkness in
A shadow in between us
It's slowly taking over everything

[Chorus]
So we've gotta hold on to our love
Drag our bones from the dust
We have gotta hope, we're strong enough
Whatever the world throws at us
We have gotta hold on to our love

[Verse 2]
So baby, let's go walking
Walking hand in hand
Down the road of fear
Well now's the time for talking
The time to understand
How we wound up here
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Don't let the world defeat us
Tear the future from the hands of time
Two battle hardened dreamers
Setting out across the cold black night

[Chorus]
Yeah we've gotta hold on to our love
Drag our bones from the dust
We have gotta hope, we're strong enough
Whatever the world throws at us
We have gotta hold on to our love

[Bridge]
Hold on to our love
Hold on to our love
Hold, hold on to our love
Hold, hold on to our...
Hold, hold on to our love
Hold, hold on to our love

[Outro]
Yeah whatever the world throws at us
We have gotta hold on to our love
We have gotta hold on to our love

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“My wife Nat has stood by me through thick and thin. She knew me long before fame and fortune, and has had the insight to see beyond my failings. However, by the beginning of 2015, our marriage was in tatters. I could no longer be trusted and was spending most of my time on the run. When I resolved to try and get well, she agreed to meet and so began the long process of winning back her trust. “Hold On to Our Love” is a pleading love letter about trying to get honest. My behaviour had been traumatising for her and I knew that the only way to save our marriage was to allow both of us to express our feelings openly. It remains a work in progress. I realised that if we could survive this crisis then it would make us stronger. I feel that this song encapsulates the idea that if we can conquer this challenge then we can face whatever the world throws at us. We wanted the music to reflect that sense of going from somewhere lost and lonely to a rousing redemptive place of resolution.” – [x]

“My wife Nat has stood by me through thick and thin. My behaviour had been traumatising for her and I knew that the only way to save our marriage was to allow both of us to express our feelings openly.I realised that if we could survive this crisis then it would make us stronger”

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My wife Nat has stood by me through thick and thin. She knew me long before fame and fortune, and has had the insight to see beyond my failings. However, by the beginning of 2015, our marriage was in tatters. I could no longer be trusted and was spending most of my time on the run. When I resolved to try and get well, she agreed to meet and so began the long process of winning back her trust. “Hold On to Our Love” is a pleading love letter about trying to get honest. My behaviour had been traumatising for her and I knew that the only way to save our marriage was to allow both of us to express our feelings openly. It remains a work in progress. I realised that if we could survive this crisis then it would make us stronger. I feel that this song encapsulates the idea that if we can conquer this challenge then we can face whatever the world throws at us. We wanted the music to reflect that sense of going from somewhere lost and lonely to a rousing redemptive place of resolution. – [x]

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Release Date
September 30, 2016
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