Hold On

[Chorus: Stu Campbell]
Hold on
When it's coming on so strong
When everything goes wrong
Just remember to hold on
Remember to...

[Verse 1: BW]
Stop, now you ain't gon' believe me?
Stories of my life that have left me bleeding?
The times I lied and received a beating
And promised myself I would not repeat it
Looking somewhere for a hidden meaning
Something to combat the bitter feelings
The want to hurt me, I deserve to feel things
And life would be easier without the breathing

I get tired, say that I'm weak
Let the physical define me
Maybe mentally I find peace
Talk about the strength in my mind, like it's life's key
Now I'm lookin' at a live feed
People that I know across the world, and it reminds me
The callin' of the Father, maybe if I can be bothered, then I'll listen and I'll follow and for Him I'd sacrifice me

Screaming insults at the mirror
See my eyes, a no-emotion stare
Check my mind, there's no emotions there
And the God I find is just silent, I swear
When He's silent I'm scared
Worried that He, like myself, doesn't care
Worried that somehow my actions impair
A relationship without which I couldn't bear

[Chorus: Stu Campbell]
Hold on
When it's coming on so strong
When everything goes wrong
Just remember to hold on
Hold on
When it's coming on so strong
When everything goes wrong
Just remember to hold on
Whenever you...

[Verse 2: BW]
What? Now you gon' look at me differently?
Just 'cause I told you what things that I think can be?
Just 'cause you know that depression has grip on me?
Just so you know, my mental ain't everything
You might be the death of me
Runs in the family, everyone here can see
How did I get here, and how can I better me?
Questions you ask, I answer in elite degree

Excavate
Cut it out, the bad blood, medicate
Negativity and sad run in my veins
Thinking maybe I'll begin to make
Mental improvements I won't need to fake
I don't need the hate
Building up inside of me, it seethes away
I don't see the way
For God's leading in my life to ever be that great

Hey
I'm supposed to live by faith though
Even when I doubt, which may be the case I'll
Take control of my mental state
I'm a spiritual being, I'm more than a gravestone
Positivity can lay low
But all of Hell, they know
Depression is a powerful demon you can bow unto, but damn, he ain't got the last say-so

[Chorus: Stu Campbell]
Hold on
When it's coming on so strong
When everything goes wrong
Just remember to hold on
Remember to stop

[Verse 3: BW]
But sometimes it feels like all of this, it can be more than me
I got God on my side, but it doesn't help much when I cry out and He's just ignoring me
I thought that he
Would back up my plan, and give me support when I fought to free
My mind from this vice, but His timing's not mine
It's perfect, and that's how it ought to be
God
Thank you for all the unanswered
Prayers that were detrimental to your plans for
Me and the best that I cannot imagine
Give me discernment to know what to ask for
(Give me discernment to know what to ask for)
(Give me discernment to know what to ask for)