Hold On Hope
Guided by Voices · Do the Collapse [1999]
Every street is
Dark and folding
Out mysteriously
Well that's the chance we take
To be
Always working
Reaching out for
A hand that we can't see
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Invitation
To the last dance
Then it's time to leave
That's the price we pay
When we deceive
One another
Animal mother
She opens up for free
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Look at the talk box
And in frustration
At the station
There hides the cowboy
Look at the talk box
And your frustration
At the station
There hides the cowboy
His campfire flickering
On the landscape
But nothing goes on
Time still goes on
Through each life of misery
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Chorus x2
Dark and folding
Out mysteriously
Well that's the chance we take
To be
Always working
Reaching out for
A hand that we can't see
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Invitation
To the last dance
Then it's time to leave
That's the price we pay
When we deceive
One another
Animal mother
She opens up for free
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Look at the talk box
And in frustration
At the station
There hides the cowboy
Look at the talk box
And your frustration
At the station
There hides the cowboy
His campfire flickering
On the landscape
But nothing goes on
Time still goes on
Through each life of misery
Everybody's got a hold on hope
It's the last thing that's holding me
Chorus x2