Hold On

All the emotion
Ripping right through your heart
Well, it's love and devotion
A quiver, a shake, a shuddering start

For treasures of silver
For apples of pure gold
For pleasures like silk and skin
The best can lose their soul

Hold on, hold out

All the reaction
To what you can't control
Well, it's lost satisfaction, is
Like oil through hands that want more

For treasures of silver
For apples of pure gold
For pleasures like silk and skin
The best can lose their soul

Hold on, hold out
Hey, little baby
Take back that whisper
Take hold of a real good shout
Give it all a little bit of whisker
No smooth skin to slip right out
Hold on, hold out

To the hungry man
Every bitter thing sweet
To the angry man
Victory, defeat
The soul divided
Is the soul that falls
Empty words in an empty hall

To the hungry man
Every bitter thing sweet
To the angry man
Victory, defeat
The soul divided
Is the soul that falls
Get next to your soul
The source of it all

Hold on, hold out
Hold on, hold out

Take back that whisper
Take hold of a real good shout
Give it all a little bit of whisker
No smooth skin to slip right out
Hold on, hold out