Somehow it Holds Together (2024 Version)

Robert James

Written during the 2020 50/90 Challenge and rerecorded for yet another batch of Quarantine Tunes.

I think I like this better than the original, though I think the sound quality might have been better the first time around. I’m too close to it to know for sure. I will say that the vocals are impossible with major editing, especially in the chorus where I forgot to leave room for breathing. Sorry about that.

The rhythm guitars are my Les Paul Custom into a Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian into a Klon KTR into both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox MV50, both running direct out into my USB interface. The leads are my ES-335 Pro into the same two pedals into a nearly cranked Fender Deluxe Reverb.

Chorus

here the voice as it speaks inside you

come along for the ride if you will

there’s a way we can make it through this

some how it holds together

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its a look from around a corner

everything falls into disorder

given time we can all ignore them

some how it still gets better

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verse

talk me through it

there’s a deeper meaning

let me know when

when it all comes to you

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verse 2

look right through me

as it all breaks open

what do we see

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bridge

I try to find out

what it all means

I try to feel it

Where I should be