Eric Israel - Hold on Tight lyrics

Never seemed to find bliss inside ignorance Time stole the innocence, I noticed how we're living by our differences Separate, instead taking how we're all the same Use the common bonds and together break the ball and chain Cause we're all still residents of square one Unaware of what our struggles we share and how far we've really come Still no where near done, still got a lot the race that we've gotta face They don't care about where you're from They don't ask who started last, they're just worried who finished first They don't factor who had it worst when they pick the winner, no curve In the system; the further in that I get the clearer the image appears And it turns simplest step to set of infinite stairs Aware of the veil of perception worn But it's either take the umbrella they hold, or weather the storm In the cold alone on my own, and I know it's wrong But was over tryna hold on to the hope when the rope is gone I was stuck in traffic on the road going to Nowhere But that's when I noticed that I'm not alone here So when the wind blows, instead of falling down I think of you, spread my wings and let it take me off the ground By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top I climbed the tree to see the world When the gusts came around to blow me down I held on as tightly as you held onto me Felt like I was existing in a world that really isn't mine, walked the thinnest line Between light and shadow where it's shattering a brittle mind That battles to a finish line that's nothing but an ending With a sugar coated title and wonder, is this depending Or supporting? are we fixing or distorting? Sort as risk or reward when the thrill itself is awarding? The more that it's reinforcing a difference, the more it's a**uring with it This isn't the same predicament all of us forced to live in That we're not in it together, that we fight it alone But looking close we're more alike than we know Holding on to the same hope as we climb that in time it'll all be worth it Find peace of mind one peace at a time beyond the surface Digging further and reaching deeper, believe we're on the verge Of the peak and see you'll find it right when you're no longer searching A journey to see it all, climbing the tallest tree The problems that seemed so big on the ground I can hardly see They get smaller with every branch that I pa**, watching how far To the top I still gotta climb or the bottom if I would fall While we're all climbing in the same direction working separately How much less would the effort be merging our strength together To lesson the weight we carry alone? Holding on tight to each other as we get blown by the wind and gravity's hold On us pulls, we'll push to top of the tree together Move the leaves aside to see it better and say By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top I climbed the tree to see the world When the gusts came around to blow me down I held on as tightly as you held onto me [Voice clip] By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top I climbed the tree to see the world When the gusts came around to blow me down I held on as tightly as you held onto me So this is for the people sitting at the bottom Awaiting my return or thinking I forget them Let them know the second that I hit the very top I'll throw a rope down, bring 'em up, and sit beside them Sitting at the bottom Thinking I forget them Hit the very top, I'll throw a rope down, and sit beside them This is for the people sitting at the bottom Awaiting my return or thinking I forget them Let them know the second that I hit the very top I'll throw a rope down This is for the people sitting at the bottom Awaiting my return or thinking I forget them Let them know the second that I hit the very top I'll throw a rope down, bring 'em up, and sit beside them and say By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top I climbed the tree to see the world When the gusts came around to blow me down I held on as tightly as you held onto me