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Hold Steady

by Mark Holland

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I was strongly moved to write a song about what the media dubbed the 'Arab Spring' that began in December 2010. Somewhere, someone or a group of people decided to take a stand because the value of life had been seemingly overtaken along the way by the cost of living under oppression. Thousands of people rose up against a force so much bigger than them, recognising that if they could truly stand together they might just be able to change the destiny of their country. I saw an interview on the BBC with a Libyan man who said he was fighting for his children and that he wasn't scared to die for the change everybody was fighting for. They believed they could change the future for their children and the generations after, even if the price was unthinkable. I don't think I'll ever be in that situation, but I wanted to imagine what that must be like.

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Don't think you've got it yet but I'm not on your side
Been living on this earth for long enough to know that this ain't right
Tried to understand it all before but I guess I'll never know
If innocence is really such a crime there's nowhere left for us to go

And you might try to take my hopes away
But I'll take them to the border with the rest and start again

Just don't write me off
I'll come back to fight you when I'm ready
I'll hold steady

You can point that thing at someone's head and make them kiss your shoes
You can kill a man for what he said but either way you're gonna lose
Get my family out of here and leave them in safer hands
Then I'll go back and use a gun to speak the only tongue you understand

I know that I might die before we take you down
But do you really think an iron fist will stop us now?

Just don't write us off
We'll come back to fight you when we're ready
We'll hold steady

I know that I might die before we take you down
But do you really think an iron fist will stop us now?

We’ll hold steady
We’ll hold steady
We’ll hold steady

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released April 17, 2012
Lyrics and Music written by Mark Holland

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Mark Holland London, UK

Mark Holland is a Singer/Songwriter from Hampshire, UK. He and his band have performed on the stages of many prestigious London venues including The Troubadour, The Bedford, The Dublin Castle and Bull & Gate. His songs are played on radio stations across the world and he continues to write music with the aim of truly moving people. ... more

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