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Hold It Together (studio version)

from Chimera I by Chris Pureka

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This is one of my favorite songs from the 2001 (self-titled) EP. Since that recording is so old and lo-fi, I wanted to breathe new life into it with a higher quality studio recording. Additionally, this version features a full band and much more mature vocals by yours truly.

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Hold It Together


I’m looking in the wrong direction
I'm getting myself lost
yes, desperation has its costs
and I thought I knew better
Oh, the things I thought
the things I wanted to be
the things I'm not, the things I'm not

and I’m coming to terms with the lines on my brow
and how I put them there myself
and I've come to terms with the fact that we
don't get what we want, and that's why we want it from the start
that's why we want it, that's why

what a beautiful mess you've made
are you proud of yourself?
did you it would just go away if you stayed out late enough?
so as least you can say, nobody's happy now
and there's nowhere else to go but down

it's too late to be noble
it's too late for compromise
throw another lie on the fire and cover your eyes
I said cover your eyes
no, it's not a crisis
no, it's not life or death
it's just another day inside of your head
inside your head, inside my

what a beautiful mess you've made...

the burden, the blame, the prices we pay
don't have the strength to stick around
hold it together now
driving down south to recenter myself
don't have the strength to stick around
hold it together now...
hold yourself together...
hold yourself now
pull yourself together…

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from Chimera I, released April 3, 2009
Recorded at Slaughterhouse Studio, Westhampton, MA, 2005, 2006. Engineered and mixed by Mark Alan Miller. Produced by Chris Pureka.

Featuring Jesse Freidin (drums), Sebastian Renfield (bass), and Merrill Garbus (vocals).

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Chris Pureka Portland, Oregon

Singer-Songwriter based in Portland, OR.

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