Holding You

Template:Infobox song "Holding You" is the seventh track on the album Wake Me.

Background

"Holding You" is one of Grey Daze's earliest songs. The guitar parts were written by the band's first guitarist, Steve Mitchell, before they even had a vocalist.^[1]

On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on Wake Me, the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.^[2] "Holding You" was among the songs that made the album.

Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Holding You". The album, however, was shelved due to lack of funds to finish the studio time.^[1]

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Holding You	Wake Me	3:28	1994	1994
Holding You	"Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session	3:36	October 06, 1994		Recorded live at David Knauer's studio. Released on LPLive for free download on October 31, 2015.
Holding You	Album Pre-Production Live Session		February 18, 1996		Unreleased. Recorded live at David Knauer's studio.

Personnel

Grey Daze

Jason Barnes - Guitar
Chester Bennington - Vocals
Sean Dowdell - Drums
Jonathan Krause - Bass

Production

Recorded and Mixed by: David Knauer
Produced by: David Knauer and Grey Daze
Mixed at Anthem Recording
Assisted by: Billy Spoon and Dan Manriquez
Mastered at - SAE by Roger Siedel

Lyrics

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Yeah

Endless hopes, well
That's too bad
Smile happy,
Enjoy my pain

Hoping I can find
What we never had
Never holding you
It makes me

100% is where it lies
Behind the tide
Inside the ocean
Inside your ocean

Frozen is the present past, oh
Made of stone, but breaks like glass, so
Take me now to where I want to go
Thoughts astray but who will know

In a dream, it seems
Just to hold my hand
Shaking, no release
Stop me,
Stop me if you can

Endless hopes, well
That's too bad
Smile happy,
Enjoy my pain
Hoping I can find what we never had
Never holding you, it makes me...

100% is where it lies
Behind the tide
Inside the ocean
Inside your ocean

In a dream, it seems
Just to hold my hand
Shaking, no release
Stop me,
Stop me
Stop me
Stop me if you can