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It Hurts So Much To Hold

from Youth by Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six

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To read Louis Barabbas' song commentary visit bedlamyouth.com/lyrics-commentary/it-hurts-so-much-to-hold/

lyrics

It seems to me
Like you’ve got some plans
Up your sleeves,
But I’ll be damned
If all those little things
Don’t come to call again,
Demand to be let in,
Haunt us all now and then.

But hate wears a harness of hope,
Round its ears, round its eyes
Round its throat.
It feeds on what we know
And spits it right back out.
It hurts so much to hold
But I ain’t about to let go now.

Our love was like an island
But an island with no shore.
You kept passing me those apples
But all I ever get is the core.
Some day you’re going to go,
But don’t desert me now.
It hurts so much to hold
But I ain’t about to let go now.

And if there’s one thing that I know
It’s that the heart will drive you mad,
Just look at all the happy endings
Wandering round looking so sad:
They’re waiting down below
For love to dig them out.
It hurts so much to hold
But I ain’t about to let go now.

A slave to the age sold us a lie
With a cold and craven chorus
Congregated close behind.
The song started low
But ended very loud
It hurts so much to hold
But I ain’t about to let go now.

credits

from Youth, released March 3, 2014
Louis Barabbas (writer) - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Matthew Cleghorn - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tom Cleghorn - Drums, Backing Vocals
Fran Lydiatt - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Biff Roxby - Trombones (bass and tenor), Backing Vocals
Dan Watkins (engineer) - Bass Guitar

Also featuring
Hannah Miller - Vocals
Sam Moffitt - Trumpet

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Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six Manchester

Between 2006-2016 the Bedlams relentlessly peddled their peculiar brand of Dirt-Swing, capturing the imaginations of every species of listenership, winning support from the likes of Supergrass, The Mighty Boosh, Har Mar Superstar, UB40, Mark Steel, The Hell’s Angels and BBC Radio, inspiring stage invasions, dancing in the aisles and a confused mixture of exhaustion and bonhomie wherever they went ... more

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