Hold You Down
Tender Killing: Unraveling the Depths of Emotion in 'Hold You Down'
Lyrics
She wore out the feeling
She exhausted the emotion.
With a tender killing
Using a gentle but destructive approach.
She paid for the blackout
She endured the consequences of a power outage.
I saw it rolling in
I witnessed it approaching.
Was I, was I
Was I...
Watching over you, or just
Guarding over you, or
Watching you fall apart
Observing your disintegration.
Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Did I extend a hand to keep you down,
Or just a hand to hold?
Or merely a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Did I deceive you,
Or keep you from the cold?
Or shield you from the harsh reality?
She came with a warning
She brought a cautionary message.
She left with the morning
She departed with the arrival of morning.
An eye on the doorway
An eye on the exit,
A scar in the early light
A mark in the early light.
Was I, was I
Was I...
Hanging on a word
Clutching onto every word,
Or was I just a messenger
Or merely a messenger?
Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Did I offer a hand to keep you down,
Or just a hand to hold?
Or simply a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Did I deceive you,
Or keep you from the cold?
Or protect you from the harshness?
And in the look upon your face
And in the expression on your face,
There was an element of grace
There was a touch of elegance.
Did I read between the lines?
Did I perceive the unspoken messages?
Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Did I extend a hand to keep you down,
Or just a hand to hold?
Or simply a hand to hold?
Did I, did I pull the wool over your eyes
Did I deceive you,
Or keep you from the cold?
Or shield you from the harshness?
Did I, did I?
Did I...
Did I, did I?
-Did I, did I?
-Did I, did I lend a hand to hold you down
Did I extend a hand to keep you down,
Or just a hand to hold?
Or simply a hand to hold?
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