McLachlan, Sarah - Hold On Lyrics






Hold on
Hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
you know that only time will tell
What is it in me that refuses to believe
this isn't easier than the real thing
My love
you know that you're my best friend
you know I'd do anything for you
my love
let nothing come between us
my love for you is strong and true
Am I in heaven here or am I...
at the crossroads I am standing
So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll
see another day and we will praise it
and love the light that brings a smile
across your face
Oh god if you're out there won't you hear me
I know that we've never talked before
oh god the man I love is leaving
won't you take him when he comes to your door
Am I in heaven here or am I in hell
at the crossroads I am standing
Now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll
see another day and we will praise it
and love the light that brings a smile
across your face...
Hold on
hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell





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  1. a.... ....

    I'm pretty sure there's no other vocalist I would rather stare at while listening to her music than Sarah. That face, those eyes, the raw emotion and soulful expressions. Woman... You've made me melt since I discovered you in 1993

  2. D.... Z....

    One time a lesbian.. then she chose to go back to being straight

  3. m.... ....

    Hold on
    Hold on to yourself
    For this is gonna hurt like hell
    Hold on
    Hold on to yourself
    You know that only time will tell
    What is it in me that refuses to believe
    This isn't easier than the real thing
    My love
    You know that you're my best friend
    You know that I'd do anything for you
    And my love
    Let nothing come between us
    My love for you is strong and true
    Am I in heaven here or
    Am I
    At the crossroads I am standing
    So now you're sleeping peaceful
    I lie awake and pray
    That you'll be strong tomorrow
    And will see another day
    And we will praise it
    And love the light that brings a smile
    Across your face
    Oh God
    If you're out there won't you hear me
    I know we're never talked before
    And oh God
    The man I love is leaving
    Won't you take him when he comes to your door
    Am I in…

  4. P.... 2....

    Factoring in her incredible songwriting, vocal, and marketing talents...adding her beauty only convinces me we have Fae in our midst. And that pleases me to no end.

  5. C.... S....

    Anybody just put on the Sarah Mr Laughlan music when you want to cry and eat a bucket of ice cream??

  6. M.... F....

    Whoa, I just got to S15:E11 of Grey’s Anatomy where there’s a remake of this song, and I just bawled cuz this song pulls on every nerve, same today as it did 20 years ago. Oh man, I N T E N S E. 💗

  7. t.... ....

    It hurts like hell sometimes.

  8. C.... J....

    Hold on

  9. J.... B....

    This song was my therapy when my daughter was battling cancer at age 13. I'd put in the CD & have a good cry.

  10. N.... F....

    Her songs are so captivating

  11. K.... C....

    Beautiful on so many levels.

  12. T.... E....

    I pray everyday but I pray for something real 🙏 and yes I feel but 💔 and I'm not letting anyone put up me I'm praying for my friend and it's pretty much everything that can be.on my mind

  13. t.... ....

    Little kid with the wrist rocket is a badass.
    He's a protecting angel.

  14. R.... M....

    Iv'e always liked this song. Inspirational. Haunting. Gut wrenching.
    She's one of the finest of the last three decades! Best out of Canada.

  15. A.... W....

    Fun fact, this song is why Hold On by All That Remains is called Hold On

  16. C.... R....

    No one even knows

  17. K.... S....

    Her songs remind where I was in a dark place of heartbreak and her words gave a teenager like me such strength.

  18. n.... a....

    honey, please

  19. L.... L....

    Hold on

  20. A.... B....

    2018 now, how I didn't discover her before? Great Singer!

  21. C.... O....

    This song is beautiful in every way possible

  22. C.... O....

    This version seems to have more instrumentation than the album version (particularly at the “oooh God, the man I love is leaving”)

  23. L.... C....

    my kids grew up with Sarah 90s mum

  24. k.... 8....

    Is Sarah McLachlan gay? Something about her just makes me think carpet muncher

    k.... 8....

    Does that bother you?

  25. M.... M....

    Preferred the piano version on THE FREEDOM SESSION album

  26. S.... ....

    One of the greatest songs by possibly the greatest singer of all time.
    If I believed in Gods & Goddesses, she would be one of them...
    ;-)

  27. A.... G....

    This woman is beyond words! She has a voice that sends chills thru my soul. Absolutely amazing! This is music at it's finest...

  28. T.... E....

    Perfect .....in every way !!!

  29. n.... ....

    This is my truth in song

  30. L.... D....

    *"Hold On" Lyrics*

    Hold on
    Hold on to yourself
    for this is gonna hurt like hell

    Hold on
    Hold on to yourself
    you know that only time will tell

    What is it in me that refuses to believe
    this isn't easier than the real thing

    My love
    you know that you're my best friend
    you know I'd do anything for you
    my love
    let nothing come between us
    my love for you is strong and true

    Am I in heaven here or am I...
    at the crossroads I am standing

    So now you're sleeping peaceful
    I lie awake and pray
    that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll
    see another day and we will praise it
    and love the light that brings a smile
    across your face

    Oh god if you're out there won't you hear me
    I know that we've never talked before
    oh god the man I love is leaving
    won't you take him when he comes to your door

    Am I in heaven here or am I in hell
    at the crossroads I am standing

    Now you're sleeping peaceful
    I lie awake and pray
    that you'll be strong tomorrow and we'll
    see another day and we will praise it
    and love the light that brings a smile
    across your face...

    Hold on
    hold on to yourself
    for this is gonna hurt like hell

  31. P.... E....

    This song I listened to while my husband lay in ICU clinging to life. He passed away but this song expressed everything I was feeling.

    P.... E....

    I'm sorry for your loss, Peggy. What a perfect song for that moment. I believe she wrote this for a friend who's husband had a terminal illness.

  32. J.... P....

    THIS IS SO REMARKABLE, IT LACKS COMPREHENSION

  33. B.... ....

    *_She's not a Trump supporter. I like her even more now. Beauty, talent and brains! What an incredible artist._*

    B.... ....

    BizWiz Could care less what
    Canadians think of our Country.

    B.... ....

    Someone with the level of heart,compassion and love that Sarah has would never support a jerk like Trump.

    B.... ....

    Ian Israel
    Unum Sanctum Catholicam Apolosticam Ecclesiam.

    B.... ....

    @Ethereal Catholic Huh!?

  34. S.... A....

    YOUR VOICE IS BEAUTIFUL, INSPIRING MUSICS

  35. 8.... ....

    I know it hurts like hell losing Chester Bennington. RIP Chester.

  36. K.... G....

    her voice is so beautiful

  37. K.... P....

    3:02 omg

  38. p.... e....

    Wonderful indeed
    Sarah is a wonder

  39. E.... D....

    I think this song was done because of two people she knew, a couple, the husband was fighting for his life against cancer. Don't quote me but I think I heard this at one of her concerts. She's an inspiration, I could never get sick of these songs.

    E.... D....

    Erika Damico it was AIDS. I don't know the whole story but the song was written about losing someone to AIDS.

    E.... D....

    Could be about both .sad song

    E.... D....

    It came from a documentary Sarah watched called A Promise Kept. About a husband dying from HIV and his wife caring for him. That is what Sarah herself says it is from.

  40. C.... ....

    This song. :(

  41. A.... M....

    this has got to be the most gut wrenching song I've ever heard. it is never gets old.

    A.... M....

    the other version she does of this is even more heartbreaking

  42. R.... Z....

    Happy Birthday Sarah .....28 th of Jan

  43. M.... l....

    Too personal to share what the song means to me. I looked at the year U release this song and I discovered you and I are born on the same day so on January 28 .! As it's coming up , Happy birthday to us !! I will share this though , The song (Hold On ) was played for me.One night of great choice,A crossroad.The Song remains with me ..!  And accountability for the choices I made .. Thank you for that Sarah M sincerely...

    M.... l....

    my birthday too we are born the week of the genius Mozart's s is the 27 th I am a musician also

  44. M.... l....

    Too personal to share why I like your Song ( Hold On ) looking up the year it was released, I discovered that we are born on the same day. So Sarah if you read this on January 28 happy birthday to us both and your song (hold on) Yeah it seems I should share something ..To me it represents A single night a moment of great choice.( Hold On ) playing in the background.ThankU So much Sarah M

  45. W.... J....

    DEAR SARAH A DREAT NIEW NUMBER I LOVE THIS THANK YOU
    THOMAS

  46. I.... B....

    Not the first great song in career of Sarah and - I'm more than sure - not the last one, with a huge pleasure I give "thumb up"!

  47. O.... �....

    nice Doc.

  48. M.... S....

    The ONLY good part is "Pray-ee-eh's it"(spelled phonetically for the daft). Other than that, what a terrible track. Definitely have heard that she's a bitch before...she wears 'pretentious' on her sleeve.

    M.... S....

    The way she words her songs and sings them is proof enough that she deeply cares about the things she sings about. No one who is singing just for the publicity, money, or reputation can sing songs like that. Being someone who is feeling hell on so many different levels, I WOULD KNOW!! She has shown time and time again how far she is willing to go to help people, and you know what, if it wasn't for this song I might have died today. If you can give me solid evidence that she's as horrible as you say, then produce it. If you can't, then you shouldn't believe it yourself. Don't decide and publicize your stance on thing based on things you "have heard".

    M.... S....

    YOU SHOULD STOP LISTENING TO MUSIC. EVEN GREAT MUSIC CAN'T HELP PEOPLE LIKE YOU !!

  49. T.... M....

    She is...

  50. m.... m....

    Your eyes looks as though you are SO MUCH. In pain!!!

  51. t.... b....

    so <3 this song means alot to me

  52. G.... L....

    She's nothing but mystic beautiful, delicately feminine and eager to please (starving, sick, unloved) children in numerous parts of the world w. donations, i.e. using her funds she built 12 medical clinic's in Africa's densest housing location (800,000 living in shanties, mud shacks in Kibera, Kenya which is only as big as Manhattan island). She's cosmic/mystic/divine feminine of the sweetest sort. Sings her heart out about every slightest breath of love, sometimes hurt by men, it seems. I've never been hurt by a woman yet, having never left a serious (weeks even) relationship (only had one - ended in marriage) myself... was always the one who left - for further, more personally liberating locations on the Pacific Rim. Now I'm merely one of those Sarah-like aspiring universal types,, too, albeit doing African global music and also a Lila Downs-meets-an-E. African duo of singers (Tsedenia Gebremarkos and Gigi, both of Ethiopia), at the moment (plus some Sarah-like water bass/water-worlds of love type music now, which is how I describe all the music I write. In the universe of all minds, first comes all encompassing feminine (universal mothers, sweethearts), then native, then all else, no?

  53. M.... M....

    She is a real bitch.  That's why her husband left her.  She also treats her fans like shit.

    M.... M....

    You're just mad because she's not a Trump fan, haha! Go listen to Ted Nugent, Meatloaf and Creed, lol.

  54. S.... ....

    Not sure I like this version :(

  55. M.... B....

    Since Eve violated "Original Sin", not Adam, who was Eve really engaged to First...

    M.... B....

    She's Canadian, our sun shines on our continent first...Moses, Ten Commandments..

  56. F.... ....

    where did the original version go I cant find it and this change in key really upsets me!

    F.... ....

    +Fun4Jane Can't agree more.

    F.... ....

    Thank you.  I thought I was missing something till I saw your comment.  This version seems to have a more faster beat to it and the video just does not match up to that beat.

    F.... ....

    Yep, I noticed as well. Post the link if any of you find it. Glad we've got a little crew who gets this, haha! Although this isn't bad at all. I just want the original version.

    F.... ....

    https://youtu.be/vHpKMudNfyw

    F.... ....

    I like the "live at the mirrorball" version

  57. D.... G....

    she sings like an angel.

    D.... G....

    Angel's often do.

    D.... G....

    You're absolutely right!

  58. M.... ....

    Amazing. Such power and emotion

  59. P.... M....

    this is it thx to everyone yes lord can i get a amen

  60. J.... C....

    the lyrics to this song are brilliant...... glad I found her music whenI WAS  younger  ....!!!!!!! 

    J.... C....

    @Joe Cee Me, too. I've loved her for over 20 years. <3

    J.... C....

    me three!

  61. A.... C....

    not once can I get through this song without choking up! I don't know how she gets through it herself! =)

  62. F.... o....

    Thank SARAH McLACHLAN for your positive energy, and your unfailing heart. Michael. through your song Hold On, i have been able to deal with the lose  of my twin brother JOE McSWAIN. THANK YOU for your Love, kindness and knowing all will be better the next day.

    F.... o....

    I love you Joe. Almost two years now, I know 

    F.... o....

    Shiobhan Smith, I may not know your story but because you liked my post, I Michael will pray JESUS brings peace to where there is emotional pain, and comfort to a long hard day. May the JOY of the Lord be with you tonight and forever more, with great love and joy!!! Michael

  63. I.... J....

    Am I in heaven here or am I...
    at the crossroads I am standing..

  64. D.... A....

    For all my Friends Hold on

  65. S.... M....

    I'd like to know where Sara gets her lyrics the words to her song Angel describes my daughters agonizing life to a T. Please let me know if you have lived this and help me come to terms with why..?

  66. S.... M....

    I'd like to know where Sara gets her lyrics the words to her song Angel describes my daughters agonizing life to a T. Please let me know if you have lived this and help me come to terms with why..?

  67. f.... ....

    im amazed

  68. M.... a....

    Reminds me of Tarkan -Kara Toprak, just the beginning bit. I know Sarah came first :)

  69. E.... L....

    This hits home so hard right now, only pain and fear could inspire this beautiful song. The video is fantastic! it's two people trying to hold each up with their strength against the pain and fear

    E.... L....

    Eirena Llewellyn-Crow

    Hi Eirena: Pain? Yes fear? No! "Walk Ye in Glory, with Your Head held high, and fear NO EVIL!" Blessings and Love, Iya

  70. V.... B....

    My child I love you

  71. L.... L....

    I just love her <3

  72. D.... ....

    Actually, I lost a friend recently..to cancer..a sweet lady...nothing romantic....actually the ex-wife of the man that ended up with my ex-wife...very sad.......I had known her for 24 years...but hadn't seen her in 16 years...because of the divorce situations...caught up with her on Facebook...now she is gone...

  73. D.... ....

    She really is something...Just got better with time...The live version on Afterglow Live is just fantastic...Raw and live yet much more refined and natural feeling...an almost perfect country tune really...really sweet!
    We as listeners and distant viewers never really know, but she seems like a really genuinely sweet hard working naturally compassionate woman and a real creative angel......One in a billion voice ....

  74. m.... ....

    awesome album

  75. W.... ....

    Chuck norris is better..

  76. S.... P....

    ...thank you eternally

  77. R.... B....

    this is one of the best sex songs ever...try it

  78. M.... M....

    She is my angel from above, my twin brother just died in October and since then Sarah McLachlan has helped me heal from the inside and out. Her voice calms my soul and helps me remember how precious our lives really are. There has been a hole in my heart since he died, but sarah" song Hold On has been filling it back up with the love that just pours out of her just like the light of GOD that you see in her eyes. Thank You Sarah McLachlan. Michael McSwain

  79. f.... ....

    this is such a beautiful song!!!

  80. a.... g....

    she has been my hero for many years now.

  81. c.... f....

    écouter...se laisser transporter par cette voix...comprendre...entendre...et pourtant si vrai...

  82. A.... B....

    I love this album

  83. J.... E....

    very well put.

  84. f.... f....

    Best living communication (of me)(for all).

  85. J.... H....

    The great spirit, heard it looong ago.

  86. D.... C....

    Lovely church reverb!

  87. n.... r....

    to my aunt andy :) luv you..

  88. J.... W....

    when your partner is dying. loving someone so much, and trying to be there for them. but slowly watching them die.

  89. n.... r....

    For Sandy! I luv you!~

  90. p.... ....

    Great song, what kind of deviant to give it a dislike?!

  91. l.... ....

    my fuel that helps me believe is sadly running out. Though my love is strong and true... the mistakes (not cheating) will never be erased... so I too hope God hears me. As it isn't just about my love but my life as well.

  92. K.... D....

    do you know how she came up with them? She was watching a documentary in Canada about this couple that found out that one of them was HIV+ they decided to stay together and get married, and she stayed with him, loving him and taking care of him...as he grew weaker she stayed strong and wouldn't leave him no matter how bad she wanted too because she loved him

    K.... D....

    😭😭😭

    K.... D....

    WOW THE PER OFF LOVE 🙏

    K.... D....

    didn't know, thanks

  93. d.... ....

    I u and love, in i love you not what i meant, use your own

  94. T.... ....

    lil wayne add on a Sarah Mclachlan video, good deal

  95. T.... O....

    If I had to pick a favorite Sara-Mac song, this would be it.

  96. M.... N....

    she has the voice of a angel too bad she doesnt get the real prps from mane streem music awards only best new artist for fumbling

  97. A.... ....

    I bet she is an amazing kisser :P haha ^^

  98. B.... ....

    That dancer in the back looks so much like Michelle-Barara Pelletier, I wonder if it's her...
    Wonder how did I manage to look beyond Sarah's eyes though