Something to Hold

Intro

Hmm

Ah

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Blinking in the salt air

Pale skin turning red

Waiting on a cold dock

Missing what you never said

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Verse 2

Rusted iron gates

Swinging in the wind

Summer always leaves me thin

Hungry for a way back in

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Bridge

Tie the rope

Fix the sail

Loose the anchor

Moving on a different scale

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Verse 3

Lantern on the water

Flickers then it's gone

Every year the tide comes back

And I am still holding on

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Verse 4

Letters in a drawer

Faded at the fold

I have read them all so many times

I know them by the cold

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Bridge 2

Count

Instrumental Break

Strings swell

Verse 5

Morning finds the harbor

Grey and slow to wake

Someone's painted over

Every mark I meant to make

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Violin Solo

Verse 6

Coats along the railing

Hats against the rain

I have learned the names of every ghost

That walks this town again

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Bridge 3

Set the table

Light the wick

Leave the door unlocked tonight

If the wind comes through the window

I will let it stay a while

Guitar Solo

Instrumental Break

Full orchestra

Verse 7

Chalk lines on the pavement

Washed out by the tide

I have carried every version

Of the person I could not hide

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Verse 8

Wind against the shutters

Salt along the sill

I have grown so used to waiting

That the waiting keeps me still

Pre-Chorus

Broken boats on the shoreline

Empty rooms in the hall

Lately I just stay quiet

Lately I feel it all

Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Bridge 4

Fold the map

Blow the candle

Let the long night have its way

Every road runs to the water

Every water runs away

Violin Solo

Cello Interlude

Final Chorus

Give me something to hold

Let the story grow old

Give me something to hold

Just to keep out the cold

Outro

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

Give me something to hold

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

Just to keep out the cold

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

Let the story grow old

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

Give me something to hold

Instrumental Outro

Strings fade