Hold It Together

You got the earth shifting under your shoes
You've got the blues but you can't get blue
You've got to hold it together
You've got to hold it together
You've been feeling the cracks coming on for a while
You're hiding the facts with a wink and a smile
You've got to hold it together
You've got to hold it together

'Cause you can't go falling apart
Every time life goes breaking your heart
You look as composed as a piece of fine art
But you're coming unglued
And you know it

A zombie at work, a stranger at home
You stare at the screen until they leave you alone
Trying to hold it together
You've got to hold it together
You used to call friends, now you follow their posts
Every message they send makes you feel like a ghost
You've got to hold it together
You've got to hold it together

'Cause you can't go to pieces and cry
Every time someone tells you goodbye
You're keeping a stiff upper lip and dry eye
And it's getting you through
'Cause you

You know all the tricks, you know how to hide
What you can't fix, you bury inside
Until it takes root and changes your mind
Till the old you's nowhere to find

Life used to give you something new every day
Now you just live with what it's taken away
But you've got to hold it together
'Cause you ain't a martyr, this isn't a test
You ain't any different, you're just like the rest
And you've got to hold it together
You've got to hold it together