[Verse 1]
When I get back here
That building will be high as anything
Didn't you know
It was all that we had?
You won't know me now
But by the taste of my neck
How did you like it?
I wanted to breathe again
How's your daughter?
She lived down the road from me
I always felt for her
We didn't know it
[Chorus]
Now
I can be kind to anyone
I can hold it in the light
Only if you want me to
You
Just sit and look a while
Hold it up
Hold it up
[Verse 2]
Peaceful harbour
Only where the mind breaks it up
I used to come walking here
When I needed to fill my cup
Drunken sailor
Fill up that old 80s bar
We danced here before it (hmm)
We'll do it again
[Chorus]
Now
I can be kind to anyone
I can hold it in the light
Only if you want me to
You
Just sit and look a while
Hold it up
Hold it up
[Bridge]
Play your guitar
For me, lady
You can hold it up
Hold it up (to the light)
Knowing nothing
Gives me that old hazy heart
I can be anything
You've ever wanted
[Chorus]
Now
I can be kind to anyone
I can hold it in the light
Holy if you want me to
You
Just sit and look a while
Hold it up
Hold it up
Hold it up
Hold it up to the light
[Outro]
I see her flying
She must be going somewhere
I can believe in it
Hold It Up was written by Nadia Reid.
Hold It Up was produced by Tom Healy.
Nadia Reid released Hold It Up on Mon Jan 20 2025.
I remember I wrote this in lockdown in our house we’d bought at the end of 2019 in a suburb of Dunedin. It was right on the hill, like a treehouse, on a very lovely, lush section… It’s the idea that I can be kind to anyone now, tenderness towards the whole world, of being in love with the world. It’...