Held By A Song, Healed By Love

There are songs that sound beautiful and there are songs that sound like they were made for you to find them when you need them most. Chord Overstreet’s ’Hold On’ is one of these songs. This song is a ballad that is profoundly deep and achingly human.

Hold On found me when I was going through a terrible patch in my life. I had just broken up with my first ever boyfriend whom I thought was the one. I was young and at the age where I thought everything was going to turn out the way I wanted it. We used to make plans for the future and I had hinged my hopes and dreams around him. Somehow, he became the center of my life—the only one I saw in beautiful colors.

So, when I had to make the dreadful decision to break up with him, it tore me apart. Because I knew he wasn't right for me. It wasn't normal that I placed all my happiness on one person. And he knew I saw him that way—the source of my happiness—and it seemed like he made it his purpose to make sure I never achieved full happiness. So, I broke up with him. After breaking up with him, I slipped into an unstable state where I faced identity crisis and was not just happy. I became a recluse and hardly laughed anymore. I was always angry at everyone like they were the cause of my misfortune. My parents couldn't understand why I changed suddenly. They had always known me as a happy and outgoing child but they didn't know that their daughter had experienced her first heartbreak.

I felt like no one could understand how I felt and what i was going through. And I was drowning in a pool of self doubt and loneliness. I could see how I was hurting my parents with my behavior but through it all, they were the beacon of light amidst the darkness. Though they could never know the real reason for my change, they stood with me. And that's when I found Hold On.

Hold On reminded me about my parents unconditional love for me regardless of my attitude or the circumstances. It reminded me of how they loved me with a desperation that defied reason. Even without knowing much of what was going on, I think they understood a bit of what was going on and chose to love all the softest, broken parts of me back to life.

Hold On is a song that reminds you to stay strong and grasp tightly to the memories and to the people who would give anything to save you. It's a symphony that expresses the emotions and vulnerability of someone who's standing on the edge but begging life, fate or someone they love to give them a little more time. To hold on and stay with them till all the badness goes away. This song has a quiet kind of beauty and forever, it will be my top favorites because it reminds me of a time when unconditional love pulled me from the abyss.

Have you listened to Hold On? What does it remind you of?

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