[Verse 1]
Scratch-off ticket for the education lottery
Found him drowned in the creek, face was puffy
They hung his dirty jersey up in a trophy case
Next to his girlfriend in a picture with a varsity face
[Chorus]
I wound up here by holdin' on
Your faceless fear gathers like a mob
Wound up here by holdin' on
I wound up here by holdin' on
[Verse 2]
Started the highway, then ran out of money
So we meet up at the on-ramp, drink 20/20
Weeds grew into the springs of the trampoline
You saw a pitbull puppy pissin' off a balcony
[Chorus]
I wound up here by holdin' on
I wound up here by holdin' on
Wound up here by holdin' on
I wound up here by holdin' on
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Misread your name at the wake
Snack from a vending machine
Like a smack on the ass at the back of a dream
Mounted antlers in the kitchen on a crooked nail
Other killers keep teeth, keep the fingernails
[Chorus]
I wound up here by holdin' on
You reappear before I noticed you were gone
Wound up here by holdin' on
I wound up here by holdin' on
Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) was written by Karly Hartzman.
Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) was produced by Alex Farrar.
Wednesday released Wound Up Here (By Holdin On) on Wed Jun 18 2025.
This song is inspired by a story my friend told me, from when he had to pull a body out of a creek in West Virginia. Someone had drowned but they took a few days to resurface because of the current. ‘I wound up here by holdin on’ is a line from my friend Evan Gray’s poetry book: Thickets Swamped in...