Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes. Hold back the river so I. Can stop for a minute and see where you hide. Hold back the river, hold back. Hold oho, oho, oho, Oho, oho, oho, oho. Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander. Let us hold each other. Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander.
James Bay told NME how the music of an American rock band fed through into this song: "I was listening to Kings of Leon and the key track was 'The Bucket,'" he said. "I loved the repetitive, relentless guitar and the pace of it, the rush at the end is the same as where I take 'Hold Back The River' - that was the inspiration."
The river in the song represents the challenges of life that we all face at one point or another, such as leaving home, dealing with change, and coping with hardship. In the chorus, Bay sings, "So hold back the river, let me look in your eyes. Hold back the river, so I can stop for a minute and be by your side.".Tried to keep you close to me But life got in between Tried to square not being there But think that I should have been Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river, so I Can stop for a minute and see where you hide Hold back the river, hold back Once upon a different life We rode our bikes into the sky But now we call
Tekst piosenki. [Verse 1: James Bay] Tried to keep you close to me. But life got in between. Tried to square not being there. But think that I should have been. [Chorus: James Bay] Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes. Hold back the river so I.wCe20.