holding back the years thinking of the fear i ve had so long when somebody hears listen to the fear that s gone strangled by the wishes of pater hoping for the arm of mater get to me sooner or later nothing ever could yeah i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on holding back the years chance for me to escape from all i know holding back the tears yeah there s nothing here has grown i ve wasted all my tears wasted all those years nothing had the chance to be good nothing ever could yeah yeah yeah alright i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on  i wasted all my tears wasted all those precious years nothing had the chance to be good nothing ever could yeah yeah and i ll i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on i ll keep holding on