Album: Critically Ashamed (2006)

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• I remember the times we spent together
  On those drives
  We had a million questions
  All about our lives
  And when we got to New York
  Everything felt right
  I wish you were here with me
  Tonight
  
  I remember the days we spent together
  Were not enough
  And it used to feel like dreamin'
  Except we always woke up
  Never thought not having you
  Here now would hurt so much
  
  Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
  I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
  And every night I miss you
  I can just look up
  And know the stars are
  Holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight
  
  I remember the time you told me about when you were eight
  And all those things you said that night that just couldn't wait
  I remember the car you were last seen in
  And the games we would play
  All the times we spilled our coffees
  And stayed out way too late
  I remember the time you sat and told me about your Jesus
  And how not to look back even if no one believes us
  When it hurt so bad sometimes
  Not having you here
  
  I sing
  "Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
  I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
  And every night I miss you
  I can just look up
  And know the stars are
  Holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight"
  
  I sing
  "Tonight I've fallen and I can't get up
  I need your loving hands to come and pick me up
  And every night I miss you
  I can just look up
  And know the stars are
  Holdin' you, holdin' you, holdin' you tonight" Writer/s: Steve Augustine, Trevor Mcnevan
  Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

• JwIt is for his girlfriend that died in New York right after the dinner, where he proposed. They were jumped by thugs and she was shot or stabbed (not sure).
• Heather from Brown City, MiIt's not about his brother. It's about his girlfriend or fiancé who died.
• Daniel from Lake Mills, Iawhen i listen to this song i think it means like no matter how bad you mess up the person that loves you the most here or not will be there to hold you.. tho some bad things happen and we dont know why we can look up and always know they are there for them
• Mark from Ithica, NyThis is written about the lead singers fiance who died in 9/11 on their wedding day. The song is dedicated to her.
• Knowlet Mownick from New York City, Nyi agree w/ u below me. by the way i love this song.
• Kelly from Terryville, CtThis song is about the lead singers brother dying and how he misses him and when he gets sad he looks up to heaven and knows his brother is up there and he wouldnt want him to be sad about his death; and also looking back on memories that they had when they where children.
  It's a very touching song, and many people mistake it for a song about missing someone like relationship wise, i guess you can look at it that way but its not the meaning fm staic had.
  I love this song.
• Morgan from Huntsville, AlThis is about death taking the one you love. He's saying that the stars hold her, so she must have went to heaven, he beleives. She is the one who converted him to christianity, and he is very grateful to her. But she was also his love.

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