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Hold The Girl
Hold The Girl

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Hold The Girl

Release date: 15th September 2022

From Hold The GirlTrack 24:06

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"Hold The Girl" is a single by Rina Sawayama, from the album Hold The Girl, released 15th September 2022. The track is 4:06 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Rina Sawayama.

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Lyrics

Hold The Girl

Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold the girl
Hold that girl
Hold that girl
Hold that girl
Sometimes I get down with guilt
For the promises I've broken to my younger self
Moving on, maybe I never will
'Cause I left you spinning on the carousel
Been living without you
Been living without you
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
(You gotta) Hold that girl
(You gotta) Hold that girl (ooh)
(You gotta) Hold that girl
(You gotta)
Sometimes I just wanna run away (run away)
Leave behind that old me, start again (start again)
Then I'll remember who I'm really made of (who I'm made of)
And she's been hide-and-seeking, waiting all alone
Been living without you
Been living without you (oh)
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Close to your heart
Never ever let her go (never let you go)
They'll tell you to sit up, and shut up, and grow up
What the hell do they know?
'Cause the girl in your soul's singing on
And you owe her the world
So hold the girl
Hold the girl
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot about 'em so long ago
Reach inside and hold you close
I won't leave you on your own
Teach me the words I used to know
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
I wanna remember
She is me and I am her
So hold the girl
Hold the girl

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Track details

From Hold The Girl

4:062022Single

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Album

16th September 2022

Track number

2

Release year

2022

1Minor Feelings
2:01
2Hold The Girl
4:06
3This Hell
3:56
4Catch Me In The Air
3:36

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