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Hold On Love

by Azure Ray

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1.
when i was a child a story was told about the devil and a girl so bold he offered her riches a fortune of gold and lovers abound but she lifted her soul she lifted her soul clean oh clean and like the story was told on a dark country road the same man appeared to me but I reached i reached through the rain to the devil's feet now twenty years later to the place i return where i scorned the angels for a passion that burned there set in the tree a knot twisted and turned the face of a creature hell bound so long ago could my mind have played jokes on me as darkness sets in unavoidable sin the truth i try not to believe that i reached i reached through the rain to the devil's feet i reached i reached through the rain to the devil's feet
2.
follow blind heavy eyes hold position you were right on time it was a lucky prediction move on move on it's like the clock is pacing the break of dawn our hearts still racing move on move on no there's nothing changing don't undermine my new resolution just to find a different light a new direction move on move on now the records skipping i won't forget i won't forget the way you said move on move on there's no point in waiting
3.
We Are Mice 03:49
it's all in the eyes the wreckless way we dream to die our past is our future the present lies somewhere between our hearts and minds for those with no future we'll touch hands on the street smile and keep moving on towards the heat so keep this a secret our lot in life they are elephants we are mice we'll walk this earth somnambulent kin with broken hearts that cannot mend losers first and second men we'll do our best to blend in you could reach out for my hand and i yours deliver water to soothe the burn we'll drink our tears and thirst for more it's our lot in life they are elephants we are mice so keep this a secret keep this a secret we are mice
4.
Look To Me 03:56
lay your head in my lap let the sound of my laugh comfort you now here in the cold your face gets wet as the drink slips from my hand the faster i drive the harder i cry don't worry i'll get us there and i look down at you you look up at me we're a real fucked up family we make it home this place is a mess the smell of cologne mixed with all that we own not much i must confess i hold your hand as you slip from me as i watch your breath i say to myself one day this will all end and i look at you you look at me we're a real fucked up family all night i feel it inside but i know you're right as i begin to pack without raising your eyes i hear you sigh oh you'll be back because i look to you and you look to me we're a real fucked up family
5.
riding on these waves holding on to what you say everything will be okay it will work out one way but i've drifted way to far my arms my legs have grown too tired and could you be inspired now i'm just tired and on a swing you push me hard so i'll come back to where you are and you know i'm never far no decisions nothing and i knew that it would ring tonight i'll take the bus or the next flight i won't give up on what feels right if you see these tears fill in my eyes it's just the wind that makes me cry if you could feel this pain inside it's from the drinks we drank last night it's from the drinks we drank last night the shadow of our past projects on clouds of dust and gas the ones where my eyes will rest a silhouette of loneliness if you see these tears fill in my eyes it's just the wind that makes me cry if you could feel this pain inside it's from the drinks we drank last night it's from the drinks we drank last night
6.
now i've travelled across the ocean with the same shoes just longer hair i still carry that picture in my wallet from the photo booth yeah it's still there just give me some kind of sign is this the right place or the right time now i've landed in the midwest where you lived so long ago remember i was always freezing and now i'm covered up in snow please give me some kind of sign is this the right place or the right time
7.
If You Fall 03:03
let's talk and we'll fill the air with imagery that lasts forever so this is love that's a lovely thought you have to care for it to keep it together if you fall will you get up you're stuck in a dream will you wake up and if you fell in love will you hold on to it and if it's cold will you stay warm you drift too far will you swim towards the shore and if you fell in love will you hold on to it let's sing and we'll fill the air with melodies that blend together you speak so sweet with words so delicate a glass i hope will never shatter if you fall will you get up you're stuck in a dream will you wake up and if you fell in love will you hold on to it and if it's cold will you stay warm you drift too far will you swim towards the shore and if you fell in love will you hold on to it
8.
i told them all the ones i love i'm leaving and i may not return see lately i've been overcome a feeling i fear has just begun the pain i feel deep inside that haunts us all that we will die never really knowing how it feels to be alive through mountains and overseas through misery and disease a spectator i played my part but nothing could move this heart until i held the boy's hand the little one spoke like a man he showed me death and said this is how you know you're alive a kingfisher in flight you'll rise above this sea of doubts into a world full of clouds alive
9.
Dragonfly 02:13
immovable tower come crashing down an uncertain hour in this little town will you step to the edge move on in the dark let a new man have your old heart you could spend your life putting blocks back in place with each trembling hand covering up the face that seeks high places greedy dragonfly so show a new man your old smile indomitable portrait that hangs in your mind waiting to be unveiled in your darkest time so step to the edge move on in the dark let a new man have your old heart let a new man have your old heart
10.
you didn't say the words i would have said you couldn't help the doubt that filled your head it's just an ordinary try we learn to live we live to die just accept and don't ask why my lips they form a crooked smile giving a sign of no reply and when you wake up freezing in a room dark and empty well keep singing along i'm not what you write in your books and no i'm nothing like a song and will you answer me i already know i asked you to answer but i already know and can you come back home you already know you don't ask because you already know it's an unfamiliar song you said you'd like to sing along but you couldn't change the key i can't sing it doesn't suit me when i wake up freezing now half believing it was this i feared because it's not just the words that you whisper in my ear and will you answer me i already know i asked you to answer but i already know and can you come back home you already know you don't ask because you already know will you come back home
11.
to Make Blue drive away just get on the interstate and slip through this closing gate pulled into this cheap hotel i called just to wish you well you said don't let love break you down well just show me how and let me never be broken tomorrow a new point of view these white lights will bend to make blue now this can all look new to you are you still living there walking the streets with your hollow stare you say there's loneliness everywhere so we have nothing to loose and music plays all day long and sorrow looks beautiful and lovers seem mystical tomorrow a new point of view these bright lights will bend to make blue now this can all look new to you
12.
Hold On Love 03:17
hold on love even when i cry all night even when I say i don't love you just hold on love so my head gets a little cloudy and the drink goes straight to my heart then the words come like a runaway train in the dark just hold on love even when i scream and fight even when i swear i don't love you just hold on tight when the darkness falls over like a storm cloud in my head something inside says it's easier to push you away but stay and hold on love even when i cry all night even when i swear i don't love you just hold on love just hold on love just hold on love

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As a departure from 2001's self-titled debut and 2002's Burn & Shiver (both released on WARM Records), as well as 2002's November EP on Saddle Creek, Hold on Love was built on a bold approach taking the ethereal aspects of Azure Ray's past work and mixing them with a more upbeat and enlivened technique. Still so visceral and intimate you can hear lips pulling apart and piano hammers striking, Hold on Love travels the aurally deeper road with layer upon layer of all-encompassing sound. And where love and loss dripped from each word on past albums, Hold on Love finds hope to round out their message.

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released October 7, 2003

2003 Saddle Creek

Special Thanks
eric bachmann, andy lemaster, mike mogis, everyone at saddle creek, brian causey at warm, everyone at mct bold, matthew kaplan, eric dimenstein, chris lawson, lori lovoy and jason, ian the intern, rob laroche, todd and conor, the taylors and the finks, justin oberst and heather green (for the cribs), 6 feet under (the best show of all time), hassan lemtouni, leslie (for the website), clark baechle, ben armstrong, scott and jacque, elizabeth dixon and fam, david golden!, and all of our friends everywhere...thanks!
Credits
all songs written by Azure Ray
Azure Ray is Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor

produced and arranged by Eric Bachmann
recorded at Presto! in lincoln, nebraska
engineered by Andy LeMaster
mixed by Andy LeMaster and Eric Bachmann
additional engineering by Mike Mogis

The Devil's Feet mixed by Mike Mogis
additional instrumentation and audio treatments by Eric Bachmann and Andy LeMaster

drum programming on The Devil's Feet and We Are Mice by Clark Baechle

live drums by Ben Armstrong
pedal steel on Look To Me by Mike Mogis

mastered at Studio B by Doug Van Sloun

artwork by Chris Lawson
photographs of Azure Ray by Lori Lovoy
layout by Jadon Ulrich

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