Album Diaries | Hold On

Song: “Hold On”

Album: Saturday Sunrise 2023

Written: Spanish Fork 2012

Topic: Looking for light during the darkest hours

The inspiration for this came during my separation from Stephen during our twelfth year of marriage. It was such a hard time, and I remember trembling each and every day for four months. Learning to state my needs, let alone stand up for them in a way that affected everyone around me, most especially my children, was an enormous part of me coming into my own. 

Over the last decade since I wrote this song, we have been though so many difficult things together. This is a song that I wrote during a hard moment without recognizing how many future moments it would get me through. I hope it gets you through some of yours. This song definitely fits the reoccurring theme throughout this album is that the storm will end and the sun will rise again. Hold on Rachel, relief is around the corner.

The tunnel is long, full of the unknown

There is no light, can’t find my way home

Crumbling I melt, losing all sense of self

So lost and blind, folding all inside my mind

I only see red, inside of my miserable head

I wanna be free, why’s it so out of reach

Hold on, Again

Glimmering light interrupts, 

I don’t wanna give up

Where’s that compass come from, 

Big mystery from above

Though I’m lost at night, 

Gonna keep lookin’ for light

Hold on 

Lookin’ for light

Hold on

Hold on

Lookin’ for light

Hold on 

Keep lookin’ for light

Written and performed by Rachel Adell

Produced by Craig Sayer