Holding On

My Grandfather never stopped smiling

Nothing I did could ever make him mad

I wish I could've been there to hold him

When he lost everything that he had

He had a mother and father

They loved the children they raised

How could they know when they said goodbye

It'd be the last time they'd see his face?

Oh, someday, everything I love will be gone

I don't believe in chance

I don't believe in fate

I just believe in holding on

I used to think I was tougher

Than anyone else around

But you never seen anyone suffer

Till you seen 'em put a child in the ground

Only you and I know what we've been through

Only God knows what time we got left

If we grow old together, I hope I go first

So I don't have to bury anybody else

Oh, someday, everything I love will be gone

I don't believe in chance

I don't believe in fate

I just believe in holding on

I never said goodbye to my brothers

We were laughing, and then they were gone

I look both ways before crossing

'Cause I know that the current gets strong

When I was young, I was watching

For the cards my heroes might show

They all took a ride in that coffin

To that one place we all gotta go

Oh, someday, everything I love will be gone

I don't believe in chance

I don't believe in fate

I just believe in holding on

Oh, someday, everything I love will be gone

I don't believe in chance

I don't believe in fate

I just believe in holding on