Still Holding On

01/22/25

[C4]It’s over
you gotta go
[F2]it’s over
you gotta [C2]go
[G1]I’ve had enough
[F1]of your crying
[C1]you gotta [G1]go

1/13/25

NO no no. Anybody can write/sing “it’s over”. BB King would never say it’s over, he would say THE THRILL IS GONE. How do you write a breakup song?

I let go
you’re hanging on
you don’t know
I’ve let go

unattached, grounded, different directions, separate happiness, he doesn’t know because we don’t talk/communicate? When I talk I don’t feel heard?boring. what about infidelity? Ghosting? Not returning phone calls, you should get the hint. 1 date? 1 week? and he’s in love and I’m trying to get away? Give vivid examples of why he aint the one? Litter. I hate people who litter. Giving unbelievable excuses of why you can’t pick me up and why I have to drive (you didn’t really own a car that burnt up in a roadside fire, did you?) Every time you say something I’m scanning for inconsistencies because there’s a lot of them in every thing you say. Open your mouth, it’s a lie. pathological liar I’m scared of, not going anywhere near you.

Why you hanging on to something not there
It was never there, I gave you nothing
all in your head made out of thin air
you don’t understand what is ghosting

we went to the park for one lunch picnic
you threw your bottlecaps in the grass
walked away from all your trash
did it, wish it, photographic, electric, quick fix, lick, automatic, realistic, psychoanalytic, mystic, addict, parasitic, is sick, sadistic, critic,
No no no, again, being too literal here. Don’t pursue this thread.

but really? if there was nothing to begin with, then what is it exactly that you are letting go of? The hope of beginning a relationship? only to be extremely disappointed after 1 date?

A B A B C B
A B B B A B

[G4]I let go
you’re holding on
[C2]you don’t know
[G2]that I let go
[D]it’s all wrong
[C]so I’m gone
[G]why are you still holding on?

8 counts of the “I” chord, 2 counts of the “IV” chord, and 2 counts of the “V” chord

change hanging on to holding on

your mind is deaf when I say
stayed, remained, unsaved, ashamed, blamed, shades, staged, fade, chained, claim, flamed, profaned, SAY, (in the end) you need to go away
Why can’t you see my feelings
I sing, things, stealing, be is, leave is, seen is,
unseen things,

Why can’t you see my feelings?
your mind is deaf when I say
wake up to notice things
it can’t always be your way

12 bar blues

[G4]I let go
you’re holding on
[C2]you don’t know
[G2]that I let go
[D]it’s all wrong
[C]I’m so gone
[G]why are you still holding on?

[chorus]
[C]I don’t string along
[D]you don’t belong
[C]not on me
[D]you can’t read the
[G]writing on the wall

Why can’t you see my feelings?
your mind is deaf when I say
wake up notice things
can’t always be your way