Hold You for a While

from Promises by Dave Thomas Junior

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

On my song, “Hold You for a While,” I wanted to express the need for physical embrace in order for healing. I did a plant medicine ceremony a while ago, and near the end of it one of the participants went around embracing everyone. Being in that state where I was so much more aware of my body's reactions, I realized the power of that human contact in stillness. Everything has been seeming so complicated and unwieldy recently so I wanted to make something with a piece of that stillness inside.

lyrics

And we’re drowning in bullshit
They’ve got studies that show
It’s an argument
You can make if you know

And we all get down sometimes
All this air we gotta breathe
I’m holding on so tight
What the hell is wrong with me

Can I hold you for a while
Can I hold you for a while
Can I try to ease your mind
Can I hold you for a while

Caught in liminality
Never quite where you belong
You’re losing all your memories
In the space that we’re made of

And it’s all so slow moving
But too fast to catch a hold
And I’m so tired of wondering
How it’s gonna go wrong

Can I hold you for a while
Can I hold you for a while
Can I try to ease your mind
Can I hold you for a while

credits

from Promises, track released June 9, 2023

license

about

Dave Thomas Junior New York, New York

late at night with headphones on

contact / help

Contact Dave Thomas Junior

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Dave Thomas Junior, you may also like:

Lilla Gubben
by The Vovos

Noise pop at its finest from this rambunctious Melbourne group that thrives on louder-than-loud guitars and belted-out vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 4, 2024
go to album
Souvenir
by Omni

The Atlanta trio find an appealing balance between their trademark razor sharp wiry riffage and freewheeling groove. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 9, 2024
go to album
I Wish You Could See Yourself Right Now
by Gentle Organisms

The aptly named Gentle Organisms specialize in quietly radiant songs centered on tender melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 2, 2023
go to album
THUNDERCHILD
by Tom John Hall

A solarpunk concept album set in the not-too-distant tomorrow, Tom John Hall uses elegantly wrought art rock to tell a winding tale. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 25, 2023
go to album
Ryan Pollie Quartet
by Ryan Pollie Quartet

Experimental free jazz on the latest from the Ryan Pollie Quartet, combining the sound of the past with futuristic touches. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2023
go to album
Disturbing Dreams
by The Kartetch

Knotty alt-rock with corkscrewing guitars and steely vocals on an album that packs a punch. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 18, 2023
go to album
Summer Moon
by There Will Be Fireworks

Yearning and anthemic post-rock from Glasgow, where marvelously tense verses explode into radiant choruses. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 11, 2023
go to album