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I Held You Down

from Lovespeech by Communism

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From the album Lovespeech, available Feb 3 2023

lyrics

I held you down when I was trying to love
I held you up to a bright light so you couldn’t see
I held you back from what you could have been doing
I held you so far out away from me

I could have just held you
I could have just helped

I held you still when you surrendered your power
I held you under an inescapable spell
I held you high above everybody else
You were crying felt like dying it didn’t go very well

I could have just held you
I could have just helped

Oh what I thought we were
And what you felt there
Whoa so sad such different things

Oh when the lights go down
Nobody else around
Whoa your deep dark memory sings

As we grow and we are further away
And we know a little more every day
I can own my part in what we became
And I know I hope I won’t do it again

I could have just held you
Away from me
I could have just held you
You got away from me
I could have just helped

credits

from Lovespeech, track released February 3, 2023
Communism:
Don Kerr - drums, lead vocals
Kevin Lacroix - bass, synthesizers, vocals
Kurt Swinghammer - guitar, vocals
Craig Small - visuals

Bed tracks recorded by Scott Lake at Subterranean Sound
overdubs recorded at each of our home studios
Mixed by Dean Droulliard at The Hepbourne Lab
Mastered by Jeff Carroll at Bluefield Mastering

Composed and produced by Don Kerr
Arranged by Communism

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Communism Toronto, Ontario

Wake up
Help people
Sing what you mean
Mean everything you sing
Your own story
With your own voice
Rock from your heart
The right song at the right time can change a mind, an election
Make or find reasons to dance beyond yourself
You may have 80 years but that is one small window
Communism is each of us offering our best to everyone
Fail and start again
Keep learning
To love
All of it
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