Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele & Erroll Garner
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele
Adele & Chris Stapleton
In Adele’s cover story interview for the November 2021 issue of Vogue (US), interviewer Abby Aguirre previewed “Hold On” from Adele’s upcoming 30 album. The track was described by Aquirre as “a joyous anthem” with “gospelly” organ. The track ends with an amateur choir consisting of Adele’s friends s...
[Intro]
Hold on
You are still strong
Love will soon come
Just hold, hold on
[Verse 1]
Oh, what have I done yet again?
Have I not learned anything?
I don't want to live in chaos
It's like a ride that I want to get off
It's hard to hold on to who I am
When I'm stumblin' in the dark for a hand
I am so tired of battling with myself, with no chance to win
[Chorus]
(Hold on)
Let time be patient
(You are still strong)
Let pain be gracious
(Love will soon come)
Just hold, hold on
[Verse 2]
I swear to God, I am such a mess
The harder that I try, I regress
I'm my own worst enemy
Right now, I truly hate bein' me
Every day feels like the road I'm on
Might just open up and swallow me whole
How do I feel so mighty small
When I'm struggling to feel at all?
[Chorus]
Just hold on (Hold on)
Let time be patient
You are still strong (You are still strong)
Let pain be gracious (Love will soon come)
Just hold on (You, just hold on, you, just hold on)
Hold on (You, just hold on, just hold on)
[Bridge]
Sometimes, loneliness is the only rest we get
(Just hold on, just hold on)
And the emptiness actually lets us forget
(Just hold on, just hold on)
Sometimes, forgiveness is easiest in secret
(Just hold on, just hold on, just hold on, just hold on)
[Chorus]
So just hold on, ooh
Let time be patient and (You are still strong)
Let pain be gracious
Love will soon come, baby
If you just hold on
[Outro]
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on (Hold on)
Just let time be patient
'Cause you're still strong, you're still strong (You are still strong)
Just be gracious
Love will soon come
If you just hold on
(You, just hold on, you, just hold on)
Just be patient, just be patient (You, just hold on, you, just hold on)
(You, just hold on, you, just hold on, you, just hold on)
(Just hold on, just hold on)
Hold On was produced by Inflo.
The song debuted at #49 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the week ending December 4, 2021.
Adele’s friends April McDaniel and Jedidiah Jenkins—credited on the album as Adele’s Crazy Friends—formed a choir that sings during the outro of the song. In the interview for Novembar 2021 Issue of Vogue USA, they said:
McDaniel: It was an out-of-body experience.
Jenkins: When we all arrived at th...