Holding On, Holding Out

[Verse 1] You were written as holograph in type in the setting of the sun I heard it coming in the waning of the light That my time was nearly come So I and your mother We set about to write in the language of our love How you were born high above the tree line Beating heart was like a drum [Chorus] Oh, holding on and holding out For a muddy pool in the summer drought Oh, holding honor, hold your doubt 'Cause I don't believe it's too late to save us now So, honey, here's to holding out [Verse 2] Holding out for sunrise in the valley of my mind darkening my eyes I'm not creeping up on death I'm transferring the light, transferring the life Well I was building up a fortress To protect you all you life so that you would never want But I can't build them like they used to That I realized that fear will come to haunt [Chorus] Oh, holding on and holding out For a muddy pool in the summer drought Oh, holding honor, hold your doubt 'Cause I don't believe it's too late to save us now So, honey, here's to holding out [Bridge] The rains never came Seems like we all got that same far-off dusty stare The rains never came Ain't it funny just thinking that somewhere out there It's probably pouring on somebody's teatime affair [Chorus] Oh, holding on and holding out For a muddy pool in the summer drought Oh, holding honor, hold your doubt 'Cause I don't believe it's too late to save us now Oh, holding on and holding out Oh, holding on and holding out Oh, holding on and holding out 'Cause I don't believe it's too late to save us now 'Cause I don't believe it's too late to save us now