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The Ninth Wave
Heavy Like a Headache
Hard Not to Hold You

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Hard Not to Hold You

Release date: 18th March 2022

From Heavy Like a HeadacheTrack 52:58

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About This Track

"Hard Not to Hold You" is a track by The Ninth Wave, from the album Heavy Like a Headache, released 18th March 2022. The track is 2:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Ninth Wave

The Ninth Wave

Lyrics

Hard Not to Hold You

It's hard to say that
I've forgotten how to disappear
I'll hide from my thoughts
In the hope that beauty fades
Am I enough?
I'm scared of everything I shouldn't be

Should I change myself enough
So you stop wanting to know me?

It's hard not to hold you
And I'm sad to say
That I can't console you
When there's nothing to face
Oh, I'd like to know you
When you've finished your thoughts
It's not easy feeling helpless
Oh, I'd like to hold you
Oh, I'd like to hold you

So I'll feign a smile and bury everything I think
Just tell me who I've to lie to?
(It's hard, I know, it's hard, I know it's hard)
More tainted nights
They comе, and then they go
But I just want to know wherе to stand?

It's hard not to hold you
It's hard not to hold you
It's hard not to hold you
It's hard not to hold you

It's hard not to hold you
And I'm sad to say
That I can't console you
When there's nothing to face
Oh, I'd like to know you
When you've finished your thoughts
It's not easy feeling helpless
Oh, I'd like to hold you
Oh, I'd like to hold you

Oh, I'd like to hold you
It's hard not to hold you
Oh, I'd like to hold you

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Track details

From Heavy Like a Headache

2:582022

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Album

Heavy Like a Headache

18th March 2022

Track number

5

Release year

2022

1Intro
0:35
2Maybe You Didn't Know
3:40
3Heron on the Water
3:34
4Interlude
0:27

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PivotalHeavy Like a Headache

Everything Will Be FineHeavy Like a Headache

Heavy Like a HeadacheHeavy Like a Headache

Heron on the WaterHeavy Like a Headache

Song for LeavingHeavy Like a Headache

IntroHeavy Like a Headache

The Morning RoomHeavy Like a Headache

Maybe You Didn't KnowHeavy Like a Headache

These Depopulate Hours (Reprise)Heavy Like a Headache

SomeHeavy Like a Headache

What Makes You a ManHeavy Like a Headache

InterludeHeavy Like a Headache

Piece and Pound CoinsHeavy Like a Headache

These Depopulate HoursHeavy Like a Headache

Everything Will Be Fine (Driving Version)

Come Down Forever

There’s Nothing I Hate More Than Small Talk

I'm Only Going to Hurt You

I’m Only Going to Hurt You

Flower Into Wounds

Everything That You Have Left

Human Behaviour

All the Things We Do

This Broken Design

First Encounters

Used to Be Yours

Love You ’Till the End

Love You 'Till the End

Sometimes the Silence is Sweeter

A Wave Goodbye to the People Who Said I'd Win

Collapsible People

We Can't Go Anywhere Else

New Kind of Ego

Reformation (Demob Happy remix)

The Ninth Wave — Pivotal (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:10]
The Ninth Wave — Everything Will Be Fine (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:02]
The Ninth Wave — Heavy Like a Headache (from Heavy Like a Headache) [2:40]
The Ninth Wave — Heron on the Water (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:34]
The Ninth Wave — Song for Leaving (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:46]
The Ninth Wave — Intro (from Heavy Like a Headache) [0:35]
The Ninth Wave — The Morning Room (from Heavy Like a Headache) [2:43]
The Ninth Wave — Maybe You Didn't Know (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:40]
The Ninth Wave — These Depopulate Hours (Reprise) (from Heavy Like a Headache) [0:32]
The Ninth Wave — Some (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:35]
The Ninth Wave — What Makes You a Man (from Heavy Like a Headache) [3:54]
The Ninth Wave — Interlude (from Heavy Like a Headache) [0:27]
The Ninth Wave — Piece and Pound Coins (from Heavy Like a Headache) [2:24]
The Ninth Wave — These Depopulate Hours (from Heavy Like a Headache) [2:52]
THE NINTH WAVE — Everything Will Be Fine (Driving Version)
THE NINTH WAVE — Come Down Forever
THE NINTH WAVE — There’s Nothing I Hate More Than Small Talk
THE NINTH WAVE — Abattoir
THE NINTH WAVE — And The Weight
THE NINTH WAVE — I'm Only Going to Hurt You
The Ninth Wave — I’m Only Going to Hurt You
The Ninth Wave — Happy Days!
THE NINTH WAVE — Flower Into Wounds
THE NINTH WAVE — Everything That You Have Left
THE NINTH WAVE — Unspoken
The Ninth Wave — Human Behaviour
THE NINTH WAVE — Imitation
THE NINTH WAVE — All the Things We Do
The Ninth Wave — This Broken Design
The Ninth Wave — First Encounters
The Ninth Wave — Used to Be Yours
The Ninth Wave — Half Pure
The Ninth Wave — Love You ’Till the End
THE NINTH WAVE — Love You 'Till the End
The Ninth Wave — Sometimes the Silence is Sweeter
THE NINTH WAVE — A Wave Goodbye to the People Who Said I'd Win
THE NINTH WAVE — Collapsible People
THE NINTH WAVE — We Can't Go Anywhere Else
THE NINTH WAVE — Swallow Me
The Ninth Wave — New Kind of Ego
THE NINTH WAVE — Pale White
The Ninth Wave — Liars
THE NINTH WAVE — Heartfelt
The Ninth Wave — Reformation (Demob Happy remix)
The Ninth Wave — Reformation
The Ninth Wave — Human Touch
The Ninth Wave — Only the Young

Everything Will Be Fine (Driving Version)
First Encounters
Half Pure
Happy Days!
Human Behaviour
I’m Only Going to Hurt You
Love You ’Till the End
This Broken Design
Used to Be Yours
A Wave Goodbye to the People Who Said I'd Win

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5Hard Not to Hold You

2:58

6These Depopulate Hours

7The Morning Room

8Everything Will Be Fine

9These Depopulate Hours (Reprise)

10What Makes You a Man

11Piece and Pound Coins

12Heavy Like a Headache

15Song for Leaving

Credits

Writer: THE NINTH WAVE
Producer: THE NINTH WAVE