Holding On To You Lyrics

[Verse 2]
Remember the moment you know exactly where you're goin'
'Cause the next moment before you know it
Time is slowin' and it's frozen still

And the windowsill looks really nice, right?
You think twice about your life, it probably happens at night, right?
Fight it, take the pain, ignite it
Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine
And tie it to a tree, tell it, "You belong to me
This ain't a noose, this is a leash
And I have news for you,
you must obey me"

[Chorus]
You are surrounding, all my surroundings
Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain
You are surrounding, all my surroundings
Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes

[Bridge]
Entertain my faith, entertain my faith
Entertain my faith, entertain my faith
Entertain my faith, entertain my faith
Entertain my faith, entertain my faith
Entertain my faith, entertain my faith


[Breakdown]
Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?
Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought
Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?
It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?
Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought
Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?
It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?
Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought
Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?
It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?
Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought
Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?
It ain't the speakers that bump hearts and it's our hearts that make the beat

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About

Genius Annotation

“Holding on to You” was originally featured on Regional At Best (2011) and was later remastered for Vessel (2013). It is the first single the band released under a record label.

Tyler Joseph via Rock Sound:

To have “Holding on to You” kind of be the focus track makes sense to me.

It does stand in the middle of what to expect from us – having to do with a lot of different genres, the melody in this song is digestible and it’s one of my favourite chord progressions I’ve ever done. I like that the chorus only happens twice in the song which is a big no no! You are supposed to do it four or five times especially if you want to see a lot of success and have your songs on Super Bowl commercials.

Q&A

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What did ​twenty one pilots say about "Holding On To You"?
Genius Answer

Tyler Joseph spoke about “Holding on to You” in an interview about the Vessel album:

That was our first selection for a single. A Single is a very odd thing for me to even kind of think about because I come from a background of writing a slew of songs and having it be enough songs to fill up a CD, and that’s what I would put up as a demo and online for people to hear. I’m not used to operating on one song representing who we are. But I guess it’s not a bad representation just because it’s so eclectic…I really do enjoy the song a lot. There’s something about fitting five chords into a progression that gets me excited. And that song has that in the chorus. Or I think it’s the chorus, I don’t know. It’s a song that gives people a good understanding of what I was trying to go for musically at the time. Lyrically, it’s a whole different conversation that’s deeper than I even really know how to get into.

Where did the title come from?
Genius Answer

Tyler Joseph via Spotify:

If I’m being honest, I’ve never been super-pumped on the name. I didn’t really know what else to call it other than just taking the words that I say the most in the song. I always get this weird 80’s rock vibe from the title of the song.

What headspace was Tyler in whilst writing this song?
Genius Answer

Tyler spoke about how he was feeling when writing “Holding On To You” when he did a live performance for SiriusXM. Here he revealed that he was in doubt about continuing making music, but because he was excited about writing this song, he continued to pursue music.

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Recorded At
Rocket Carousel Studio (Los Angeles, CA)
Release Date
July 8, 2011
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