Holy – English Lyrics

• By: Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the layers of meaning in Justin Bieber's "Holy," a song that beautifully blends pop with gospel influences. Explore how the lyrics intertwine themes of love, faith, and personal redemption, offering a glimpse into Bieber's spiritual journey. Learn how music can express deep emotions and connections, whether to a partner or to faith, through this compelling song.

[English]

♪ ♪

♪ I HEAR A LOT ABOUT SINNERS ♪

♪ DON'T THINK THAT I'LL BE A SAINT ♪

♪ BUT I MIGHT GO DOWN TO THE RIVER ♪

♪ CAUSE THE WAY THAT THE SKY OPENS UP WHEN WE TOUCH ♪

♪ YEAH IT'S MAKING ME SAY ♪

♪ THAT THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ♪

♪ ON GOD ♪

♪ RUNNIN TO THE ALTAR LIKE A TRACK STAR ♪

♪ CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND ♪

♪ CAUSE THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY ♪

♪ I DON'T DO WELL WITH THE DRAMA ♪

♪ AND NO I CAN'T STAND IT BEING FAKE (OH NO) ♪

♪ I DON'T BELIEVE IN NIRVANA ♪

♪ BUT THE WAY THAT WE LOVE IN THE NIGHT GAVE ME LIFE ♪

♪ BABY I CAN'T EXPLAIN ♪

♪ THAT THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ♪

♪ ON GOD ♪

♪ RUNNIN TO THE ALTAR LIKE A TRACK STAR ♪

♪ CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND ♪

♪ CAUSE THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY ♪

BOSS: IT'S SAD FOR ME TO HAVE TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BUT, UH

WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANT

I KNOW, IT'S NEW TO THE CURRENT AND ON GOING GLOBAL SITUATION

YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES

THERE IS SIMPLY NO WAY WE CAN KEEP AFLOAT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME

I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE HIGHLY VALUED

WE'RE GOING TO... I'M TRULY SORRY

♪ THEY SAY WE'RE TOO YOUNG AND ♪

♪ THE PIMPS AND THE PLAYERS SAY DON'T GO CRUSHING ♪

♪ WISE MEN SAY FOOLS RUSH IN ♪

♪ BUT I DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ THEY SAY WE'RE TOO YOUNG AND ♪

♪ THE PIMPS AND THE PLAYERS SAY DON'T GO CRUSHING ♪

♪ WISE MEN SAY FOOLS RUSH IN ♪

♪ BUT I DON'T KNOW (CHANCE, THE RAPPER) ♪

♪ THE FIRST STEP PLEASES THE FATHER ♪

♪ MIGHT BE THE HARDEST TO TAKE ♪

♪ WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WATER ♪

♪ I'M A BELIEVER ♪

♪ MY HEART IS FLASHY ♪

♪ LIFE IS SHORT WITH A TEMPER ♪

♪ LIKE JOE PESCI ♪

♪ THEY ALWAYS COME AND SING YOUR PRAISES ♪

♪ YOUR NAME IS CATCHY ♪

♪ BUT THEY DON'T SEE YOU HOW I SEE YOU ♪

♪ PARLEZ AND DESSI ♪

♪ CROSS TWEEN TWEEN HESSI ♪

♪ HIT THE JET SPEED ♪

♪ WHEN THEY GET MESSY GO LEFTY ♪

♪ LIKE LIONEL MESSI ♪

♪ LETS TAKE A TRIP AND GET THE VESPAS ♪

♪ OR RENT A JET-SKI ♪

♪ I KNOW THE SPOTS THAT GOT THE BEST WEED, WE GOING NEXT WEEK ♪

♪ I WANNA I WANNA HONOUR YOU ♪

♪ BRIDE'S GROOM I'M MY FATHER'S CHILD ♪

♪ I KNOW WHEN THE SON TAKES THE FIRST STEP THE FATHERS PROUD ♪

♪ IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE WATER HE WILL PART THE CLOUDS ♪

♪ I KNOW HE MADE YOU A SNACK LIKE OSCAR PROUD ♪

♪ SUFFERING TO BE SO PROUD GOTTA CLEAN IT UP ♪

♪ FORMALIZE THE UNION AND COMMUNION HE CAN TRUST ♪

♪ I KNOW I AIN'T LEAVING YOU LIKE I KNOW HE AIN'T LEAVING US ♪

♪ I KNOW WE BELIEVE IN GOD AND I KNOW GOD BELIEVE IN US ♪

♪ CAUSE THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

EY, YOU FOLKS ALRIGHT?

YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD.

WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING?

UUH, WE DON'T REALLY - WE DON'T REALLY KNOW

I TELL YOU WHAT I'M UH, I'M HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF A WARM MEAL

IF YOU GUYS ARE UP FOR IT?

♪ (OOOH, OOOH OOOH OOOH) ♪

BUENAS NOCHES

DADDY!!

♪ THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY ♪

♪ ON GOD ♪

♪ RUNNIN TO THE ALTAR LIKE A TRACK STAR ♪

♪ CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND ♪

♪ ON GOD ♪

♪ RUNNIN TO THE ALTAR LIKE A TRACK STAR ♪

♪ CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND ♪

♪ ON GOD ♪

♪ RUNNIN TO THE ALTAR LIKE A TRACK STAR ♪

♪ CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND ♪

♪ CAUSE THE WAY YOU HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME ♪

♪ FEELS SO HOLY ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
holy /ˈhoʊli/ B2	adjective - dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
sinners /ˈsɪnərz/ B1	noun - a person who transgresses against divine law by committing an immoral act or thought to be a transgression.
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
altar /ˈɔːltər/ B2	noun - a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings.
star /stɑːr/ A1	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ B1	noun - an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.
fake /feɪk/ B1	adjective - not genuine; counterfeit.
nirvana /nɪrˈvɑːnə/ C1	noun - (in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
young /jʌŋ/ A1	adjective - having lived or existed for only a short time.
fools /fuːlz/ B1	noun - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.
step /step/ A1	noun - an act or movement of putting one leg forward in walking or running.
father /ˈfɑːðər/ A1	noun - a man in relation to his child or children.
heart /hɑːrt/ A1	noun - a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be one, two, or four chambers (atria and ventricles) .
clouds /klaʊdz/ A1	noun - a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.
weed /wiːd/ B1	noun - a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.

Key Grammar Structures

• I HEAR A LOT ABOUT SINNERS. DON'T THINK THAT I'LL BE A SAINT.

  ➔ Future Simple (Will) - expressing a decision or intention made at the moment of speaking.

  ➔ The speaker uses "I'll" (I will) to express a spontaneous decision not to be a saint.

• CAUSE THE WAY THAT THE SKY OPENS UP WHEN WE TOUCH. YEAH IT'S MAKING ME SAY.

  ➔ Present Continuous - describing an action happening now (making me say).

  ➔ The phrase "it's making me say" uses the present continuous tense to show that the sky opening up is currently causing the speaker to express something.

• I DON'T BELIEVE IN NIRVANA. BUT THE WAY THAT WE LOVE IN THE NIGHT GAVE ME LIFE.

  ➔ Past Simple - used to describe a completed action in the past (gave me life).

  ➔ The verb "gave" is in the past simple, indicating that the act of loving in the night happened in the past and had a completed effect on the speaker's life.

• THEY SAY WE'RE TOO YOUNG AND THE PIMPS AND THE PLAYERS SAY DON'T GO CRUSHING.

  ➔ Imperative (Don't + verb) - Giving a negative command or advice.

  ➔ "Don't go crushing" is an imperative sentence telling the listener not to fall in love (crushing) in this situation.

• WISE MEN SAY FOOLS RUSH IN. BUT I DON'T KNOW.

  ➔ Present Simple - Expressing a general truth or proverb.

  ➔ "Fools rush in" is a proverb and is stated using the present simple tense to convey its general validity.

• MIGHT BE THE HARDEST TO TAKE WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WATER

  ➔ Modal Verb 'Might' - Expressing possibility or uncertainty

  ➔ Using 'Might' indicates there is a possibility the step is the hardest, but it is not certain.