Hold it in love

the river in your mouth
is pouring out

water takes the

shape of all that it surrounds
yeah I know

I've been trying
so hard to keep in time

with all of the hours in your day

hold it in babe

who let you out among the crowd?
Not like that

these streets will tear you down
how it is

under my skin, now you are

pictures of all you'll ever be

I am not myself

today

I am not feeling

okay

Hold it in love

the river in your mouth
is pouring out

water takes the
shape of all that it's around

yeah I know

I been trying
so hard to keep in time

with all of the sounds
that you make

hold it in babe

come at you from both sides
of your mind
thick and thin these

walls you'll always stand behind
are sick and tired

oh I beg for the world to change
but it don't

oh I lean on you
and that's the thing

I am not myself

today

I am not feeling

okay

And you

showed me hope amidst the helo queen's
in spring

and you

told me life was learning
how to be your friend