When I met you, I was just a kid Holes in my pockets, didn't care where I'd been Then you picked me up, said "baby let's get clean" You don't turn around when you walk away You don't close your eyes when you hear 'em say "Those city lights will blind you if you stare" This is how it feels to hold onto love (hold on) This is how it feels to hold onto love You told me when you were 23 You'd rather stop your heart than watch it bleed But I'm still dyin', lyin' on your floor Looking up, tryna find the stars But it's hard to sleep through all these scars When you told me to shine, that's when you set me free Yeah, yeah This is how it feels to hold onto love (hold on) This is how it feels to hold onto love The years keep comin' Oh, the years keep comin' And I keep callin', howlin' out your name Make it end, or make it begin again I will make it end, or make it begin again Hey, hey ♪ This is how it feels to hold onto love (hold on) This is how it feels to hold onto love (hold on) (This is how it feels) you've got to hold, baby (To hold on) you've got to hold onto love (hold on) This is how it feels to hold on Oh I'm in love (hold onto love)