Solved: early 90s up tempo female vocalist

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  1. edgeay said:

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    Hi everyone,

    This song is on a mix tape I made ’93 or ’94 with my boyfriend's CDs. He is long gone, but the tape is still well-loved and I decided I have to recreate it in digital to preserve it. And the lyrics are turning up nothing on the net -

    As I said, early 90s, probably 92-95. Female vocalist, but I seem to remember it is a band rather than a singer. (I believe the name of the song is Hold On – this is the chorus, more or less – but I keep turning up Jamie Walters (that guy from 90210) and Wilson Phillips in searches.)

    Here are the lyrics. It's up tempo. The first verse has just a guitar line under it, then a rhythm guitar is added for the next, then percussion – it builds up. The “yeahs” at the end are long and drawn out in a full throaty wail over the full instrumentation (I know this can’t be the right term but you know what I mean). It’s almost Cranberries-ish. Yes, I would say that’s the closest comparison. Cranberries. But not the Cranberries. D’oh!



    The river’s running low

    Where it used to overflow

    I imagine something more

    Will I live without you at all



    All my memories blend and bleed

    Empty arms reach out weak with need

    And I fall

    Yet my cold and tired (something) to hold on

    Hold on, hold on



    The fire in your eyes burns so bright

    All my fears they’ve gone all my wrongs made right

    No more fears weighing down all my inspiration all this (something) to hold on

    Hold on, hold on



    (The river the fire filled within your eyes flower reaches blue as I wait for you)



    Some sadness will we know

    In the cold breath of our lost time

    I will run through the years wild and free my heart will be strong to hold on



    Aohhhh hold on



    Yeah yeah yeah

    Yeah yeah yeah
     
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  3. anderton said:

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    HOLD ON

    the river’s running low
    where it used to overflow
    I imagined something more
    will I live without you at all

    all my memories blend and bleed
    empty arms reach out, weak with need
    and I fall yet my cold and tired arm strains
    to hold on
    hold on, hold on

    the fire in your eyes burns so bright
    all my fears they’ve gone
    all my wrongs made right
    no more tears weighing down
    all my inspirations have been strung
    to hold on
    hold on, hold on

    the river, the fire live within your eyes
    the power reaches through
    little waves of blue
    the sorrow and sadness will be low
    in the cold breath of our lost time
    I will come through the years
    wild and free my heart will be strong
    to hold on
    hold on, hold on
     
  4. edgeay said:

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    THANKS SO MUCH - this is so thrilling! now to find the album...

    kudos again!