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Hold Me Close


Lyrics:
 

I was a child
Who used to dream
Of sailing all the seas
With you endlessly

But time calls
And children have to grow up
And life pulls
The sand beneath our feet

Hold me close
In this moment
I'll hold you close
Feel you breathe
'Cause all we know
Is this won't last forever
And all I know
Is you with me

Rough ocean waves
Can crash into our lives
And change the course
Of ships overnight

And I know
That dreams can turn to embers
But I know
That embers turn to flames

Hold me close
In this moment
I'll hold you close
Feel you breathe
'Cause all we know
Is this won't last forever
And all I know
Is you with me

Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh, oooh

All we know
Is memories last forever
And all I know
​Is you with me





Copyright 2020 
Lyrics and melody by Kelsey Gallant

Produced by Cameron Gallant and Kelsey Gallant at Blobfish Studios

The Story Behind The Song:

Like many of my songs, this one started with a music track put together by my brother Cam, and I sang a "sketch track" to it -- melody with very few lyrics. Afterwards, I started working on coming up with the lyrics. 

Of all my songs to date, this one was the hardest to come up with the right lyrics for. I think mostly what made it so hard was the fact that the lines are so short, so whatever I wanted to say had to be said in very few words. I wanted to tell a meaningful story, but I was limited in how I could convey it.

I also had trouble deciding what I wanted the song to be about. I knew it would be called "Hold Me Close" and I had the idea that it would have something to do with memories, with an element of sadness and/or nostalgia, but it took me quite a while to get to the current iteration. I had a few storylines that I considered, but I was never fully committed to any of them. 

This storyline came into my mind when I was thinking about how good things were in my life at that very moment, but how life is full of inevitable changes and the moment I was enjoying wouldn't last forever. I remember a time several years ago at the beach, thinking similar thoughts and coming up with the metaphor about time being the waves that pull the sand out from under our feet no matter how much we try to hold on. The song is about how life is unpredictable, everything is temporary, and things will always change, but it is a reminder to hold on to the beautiful moments while you have them, rather than worrying about what it will be like once they are over.


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A beautiful moment - Easter 2020
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