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Holding On

from Uneven Slices Of Sky by Iain Clarke

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A song about a couple stuck with each other after many years, knowing that most of the fire and warmth has gone but still trying to cling to each other through fear of what else may be out there. It took a long time to write, as I found it a difficult lyric to get to sound just right. The idea was for Kelly and Chris to duet this, but as it was, we wound with two different voices! Gemma had said that she could hear Jacqui Abbot singing this, and while the voice combination might be reminiscent of The Beautiful South, or her subsequent work with Paul Heaton, they hadn’t been in my time at all when writing. The voices in the chorus really blend in this and there’s a cold darkness in the tone of the whole thing. A winter’s tale.

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North winds come blow, and we shall have snow
Its blanket will cover the night;
Nothing so cold as the ice in a soul locked away.
Where once in your eyes I saw warmth add delight,
I see darkness behind a glass pane;
Nothing left after all of the years I remained.

Holding on when there’s nothing to cling on to
Holding tight when there’s nothing left in you.
Stumbling for something to grasp,
Pray against hope for one day it can last.

When you arrived like a summer’s day,
Like the Milky Way; a patchwork of wonder and light.
Now you sigh, like the morning air, like you’re almost there;
A dream not my real life.

Holding on when there’s nothing to cling on to
Holding tight when there’s nothing left in you.
Stumbling for something to grasp,
Pray against hope for one day it can last.

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from Uneven Slices Of Sky, released December 16, 2015
Vocals by Gemma Jarrett
Vocals and all instruments by Iain Clarke

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Iain Clarke Wakefield, UK

Hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and now residing in Wakefield, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his own right, Iain has played with well received Yorkshire bands including Hobson, Ringo and the Wolf, Late Arrivals Club, Crossland Fold and Nine Violets as well as releasing an album with respected New York artist Marc Teamaker and songs alongside Craig Buchannan as 2018 BC. ... more

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