Don't Hold Me – English Lyrics

• By: Dean Lewis
• Album: A Place We Knew

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Dean Lewis's "Don't Hold Me," a poignant acoustic-pop track that offers a window into expressing deep emotional vulnerability and self-doubt. The song's clear, heartfelt lyrics and narrative style make it an excellent choice for language learners to grasp authentic emotional expression in English, and to explore how personal experiences are articulated through song. Its relatable themes of past regrets and the desire to protect loved ones from one's own struggles make it a special and universally understood piece of music.

[English]

Have you ever wished you could rewind

And pick up all the pieces of the life you left behind

Have you ever lived on borrowing time

Knowing your mistakes are chasing you down from behind

But, don't hold me, 'cause I am falling back down

And I wouldn't wanna see you

Hit the ground

Little darling, you found my heart in the lost and found

But the scars they still follow me around

I know it's hard to replace

But the feelings that you had for me, will one day be erased

And you will learn to move on

Like footprints in the snow are lost when the winter's gone

But, don't hold me, 'cause I am falling back down

And I wouldn't wanna see you

Hit the ground

But little darling you found my heart in the lost and found

But the scars they still follow me around

And the dark surrounds your heart and you're in free fall

Oh you must let go of me

'Cause if you keep me you will lose it all

So darling don't please, please

Don't hold me 'cause I am falling back down

And I wouldn't wanna see you hit the ground

Well little darling you found my heart in the lost and found

But the scars they still follow me around

They follow me around

No, oh, oh

They follow me around

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rewind /ˌriːˈwaɪnd/ B2	verb - To make a tape or film go back to an earlier part; to go back in time or to an earlier event.
pieces /piːsɪz/ B1	noun - Parts of something; small amounts of something.
left /lɛft/ A2	verb - Past simple and past participle of 'leave': to go away from a place or a person; to allow something to remain in a place.
borrowing /ˈbɒrəʊɪŋ/ B2	verb - To take and use something that belongs to someone else and return it later; (in context) living on time that is not truly one's own, with consequences looming.
mistakes /mɪˈsteɪks/ A2	noun - Actions or opinions that are not correct.
chasing /ˈtʃeɪsɪŋ/ B1	verb - To run, drive, etc. after someone or something in order to catch them.
hold /həʊld/ A2	verb - To have something in your hand, arms, etc.; to keep someone or something in a particular position or state.
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ A2	verb - To drop down from a higher place to a lower place; to lose balance and drop to the ground.
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - The solid surface of the earth.
darling /ˈdɑːrlɪŋ/ B1	noun - A person who is loved very much. adjective - Loved very much.
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - Not able to be found; not knowing where you are. verb - Past participle of 'lose': no longer having something; unable to find.
scars /skɑːrz/ B2	noun - Marks left on the skin after a wound or injury has healed; lasting effects of a bad experience.
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ A2	verb - To go or come after someone or something; to move along behind someone or something.
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ B1	verb - To take the place of someone or something; to put something back in its previous place.
feelings /ˈfiːlɪŋz/ A2	noun - Emotions or physical sensations.
erased /ɪˈreɪst/ B2	verb - Past simple and past participle of 'erase': to remove something completely; to make something disappear.
footprints /ˈfʊtprɪnts/ B2	noun - Marks left on the ground by a foot or shoe.
surrounds /səˈraʊndz/ B2	verb - Third person singular present of 'surround': to be all around someone or something.
fall /fɔːl/ A2	verb - To drop down from a higher place to a lower place; to lose balance and drop to the ground. noun - An act of falling; a sudden drop.
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - To no longer have something; to be unable to find something.