1. HOLD ON

Music holds the secret
To know what can make you whole
It’s not just a game of notes
It’s the sounds inside your soul
The magic of the melody runs through you like a stream
The notes that play flow through your head like a dream

I sing this song for the common man
And for the people in despair
I bring my song into the world
And I sing it everywhere
The simple truth lies waiting here
For everyone to share
So hold on, and I will take you there
Hold on, and I will take you there

The daily routine takes your soul
Lost without a trace
It holds you down, and turns you round
And puts you in your place
Another day, another dollar, another pretty face
Another chance to lose yourself in the endless race

[Chorus:]
Hold on, hold on to your dreams
Hold on, even though it seems
Everyone around you has their little schemes
Listen to your heart, and hold on to your dreams

Can’t you feel the magic, feel it everywhere
Can’t you hear the music, there’s something in the air
There’s a celebration, deep within a song
Celebrate this feeling, you know it can’t be wrong

[Chorus]

Hold On (x4)

Caught up in the routine, you’ve got to break it
Time won’t wait for us, we got to make it
Fate gives you the chance
You got to take it, take it,

Hold on (x6)


2. JUST A GAME

Wizards of a modern age
Cast spells of electric power
But the corporate string that make them dance
Lead up to an ivory tower
There sits the fates in solitude
Far from the public eye
No one ever sees them smile
And nothing makes them cry

Welcome to the kingdom,
The land of bought and sold
A world of real-life fantasy
Where truths are seldom told
Try hard to remember
All that glitter is not gold
You can pay the piper,
But you cannot buy his soul

[Chorus:]
It’s just a game, you’re in it all the way
It’s just a game, don’t let yourself slip away
It’s such a shame, I heard somebody say
It’s just a game and all I can do…is play
(All I can do is play) (x2)

What do you choose now, what do you believe now?
Who are you going to trust?
All your dreams and fancy schemes just crumble into dust
Calm and cool and computerized,
They calculate and collect
We wait and watch and wonder
Just which puppet they’ll select

Like the moth too near the flame
Who learned his truth too late
We’re all too deep into the game
That is the master our fate

The poets and the pipers have got their motives
And you’ve got yours, no doubt
And so the game continues
That’s what it’s about

[Chorus]

All I can do is play (x4)