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I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG live demo
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They hang on when they’re loved
so long
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Sold a song to Disney at 12, masterminded a family band in my teens, wrote theater/cabaret in NYC in my youth, quit songwriting for a spell, now I’m back!
I love writing songs that capture strong feelings I’ve had about a time, person or place, and that wrap you in those feelings with a sumptuous arrangement and much to surprise the ear. I’m drawn to seductive rhythms and sophisticated chords, and themes of longing, carnality and joy. I want my listeners to be astonished!
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Author
Music and lyrics by Sam Austin
Uploaded
November 04, 2021
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MP3 5.7 MB • 320 kbps • 2:29
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WAV 25.1 MB
Story behind the song
I wrote the chorus of this song some years back after subtle changes in our Norwegian elkhound Juno started giving me a presentiment that our time was running out. I finished it facing the same situation now with our miniature pinscher Pinch. The emergency vet told me they hold on when theyre loved, and my friend Eva Saks (whose rescue specializes in very old dogs with no other options) said her philosophy is Borrowed time? Lend me some more!
Lyrics
They hang on when theyre loved But with each passing day A part of them Seems to say I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG I dont want to leave But soon Ill be gone I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG And theyre still loving life But somehow seem to know The hardest part The letting go I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG I dont want to leave But soon Ill be gone I CAN ONLY HOLD IT BACK FOR SO LONG So long But I wont forget the wonder And I wont forget the joy And I wont forget My beautiful girl My beautiful boy Who once was there In that empty chair Borrowed time? Lend me some more Lend me some more
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