I think about where this began
I'm still who I was
A child inside of a man
All heart with no guts
And for so long I stay strong
I was hoping they'd say I belonged
Dying under the surface
Filling in emptiness with a song
I'm always running so hard
Away from the next ghost
Don't let them get close
But it was always there
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
And all that is sacred is safe
'Cause I'll hold onto that kid with my dying faith
And here's what I'd say to him now
Don't listen, hold your ground
And though I've let go of the pain
I remember
How you wrote me off once and for all
Thought I'd surrender
But I just dust myself off
The opinion that matters is mine
Because under the surface
I believe there's a love we can find
I'm always running so hard
Away from the next ghost
Don't let them get close
But it was always there
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
The way you held your ground
And all that is sacred is safe
'Cause I'll hold onto that kid with my dying faith
And here's what I'd say to him now
Don't listen, hold your ground
And all that is sacred is safe
(Now I'm sinking to the surface)
'Cause I'll hold onto that kid with my dying faith
(Now I'm sinking to the surface)
And here's what I'd say to him now
(I'm sinking through it all)
Don't listen, hold your ground
('Cause if I'm to rise, then I must fall)
Don't listen, hold your ground
