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Songs For Soldiers

by Hold On Another Day

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    Songs For Soldiers is a 12-track compilation, designed as a support system for soldiers and their loved ones. This is the physical copy of the CD. For every CD sold, one will be donated to Operation Gratitude.

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1.
When you are lost or feeling down, I'm gonna wrap my arms around you. I'm gonna wrap my arms around you, I'm gonna wrap my arms around you, right around you. I'm gonna wrap my arms right around you.
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I may seem like a pest to call you on such short notice to say I'm comin' home. I packed my bags a week before and left a note on your front door that said I'm comin' home. Oh my God, I nearly died when I saw you in that dress I felt alive for the first time since I left home. I even bought new clothes that didn't smell like smoke and late last night I wrote this song for you it's called I'm comin' home.
3.
When your heart is bent to weigh down a train, Hold on. When your soul is shipwrecked and you’re miles away, Hold on. When your fortress is an eggshell Full of haunted cracks you cannot weld. There's no mercy sleep under stolen sheets, In a stillborn dream when your tank is empty. When your path is dark and your compass gone When your map is torn, torn. In all your life you never thought you'd end here, Hold on. All the glass is in pieces and the maids are in tears, Hold on. Now you're waiting for a rescue But no snow white horse shows up for you. There's no mercy sleep under stolen sheets, In a stillborn dream when your tank is empty. When your path is dark and your compass gone When your map is torn, torn. Minefield crossroads, watch the time flow Crossless martyrs, just gets harder. Voiceless whisper, tongue played twister Mirror, mirror, wish you were here. There's no mercy sleep under stolen sheets, In a stillborn dream when your tank is empty. When your path is dark, and your compass gone. When your map is torn, torn. There's no mercy sleep under stolen sheets, In a stillborn dream when your tank is empty. When your path is dark, and your compass gone. When your map is torn, torn.
4.
I wrote this song to sing with you if you ever felt the need 'Cause a heavy song wouldn't go so well if you needed just to breathe... A little air to lift the weight from the shoulders of a saint Is the least that I could do to help you through the day. When I close my eyes and sing I can see the shades we're singing in. And my ears begin to ring with the harmony you bring again. A little air to lift the weight from the shoulders of a saint. Is the least that I could do to help you through the day.
5.
On my days alone, my head's at home, but it's here. I can walk in the sand, but with a gun in my hand, what's real? These dreams every night of this prison where I fight for you. Don't feel sorry for me, just thank God you're free...for life. My sense of safety fills my thoughts. I ain't afraid I wear that Cross. I can just pretend I'm anywhere but here... Here.. The mothers of the lost for the war and what it cost, for what? Like the kid from the west who trained like the rest, but he died. What would Jesus say since you have it your way, well he cries. The poor man fails, but the rich man bails when there's a fight. My sense of safety fills my thoughts. I ain't afraid I wear that Cross. I can just pretend I'm anywhere but here... Here.. Anywhere but here... Your saving plan from this dumb man so do what you can and sign right here. Your strategies of overseas well by the way, they're lost on me. You wouldn't go, wouldn't send your own, so please Sir bring them home. Don't you wish you were a teacher? Or you wish you were a writer? Don't you wish you were a father? I know you wish you were... Anywhere but here.. Here... Anywhere but here...not here I anywhere...anywhere but here. I wake up to find out my head's all inside out. Me, I'll be ok. Remembering my discipline as JVM gives me protection. From the evildoers this side of hell. This is our lives.. It's my life. Mr. President, gimme back my cousin.
6.
Baby, come a little bit closer to me ‘Cause life it doesn’t always come so easily. Time is running by, it’s time for you to go. But no matter how far you are I want you to know. When you’re lonely, look out your window. See that starry sky? I can see it too, you know. Through the oceans and the miles it takes to go. I can feel you, through that starry sky. And I, I’m so satisfied To feel you stand by my side. And every star in the sky Is the best goodnight. We’ve seen our way through heaven And the gates of hell. We’ve found our way together And damn, we did it well. We’ve cried away the secrets We’ve got nothing left to tell. I know you like I know me And there’s nothing better than. When I’m lonely, look out my window. See that starry sky? I can see it to, you know. Through the oceans and the miles it takes to go. Can you feel me through that starry sky? And I, I’m so satisfied To feel you stand by my side. And every star in the sky Is the best goodnight. It’s the best goodnight. it's the best goodnight. Well now, baby, good night.
7.
My heart is open every day and every night Cause that’s the only way to live, I say. And you need to breathe, To disconnect from all the things that Make you feel lost. And I swear to you I will prove this World wrong, yeah. Hold on to that fire, fills you up Feel the burn called desire. So live for now, forget the past and that’s okay. Its for you, its for me, it’s the only way to set us free. Failure to realize every moment is your moment: The greatest mistake you’ll ever make. But you can’t erase what haunts you now, no. What can you say? “That was then, and this is now” So disconnect and breathe, you’ll feel alive again. So live for now, forget the past and that’s okay. Its for you, its for me, it’s the only way to set us free What do you say? Does freedom start today? So live for now, forget the past and that’s okay. Its for you, its for me, it’s the only way to set us free.
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I’m writing you this letter To help me remember My life is more than this bloody war I vowed to serve my country I vowed to be your husband And both I would die for I’ve been deployed overseas Forever it seems Staring at your picture gets me through But now more than ever I wish we were together So I could tell you I love you But they’ll be sending me home soon So I can tell you face to face But hold on to this letter Just in case On a sunny day by the sea Got down on one knee You made my life with your reply I was the luckiest man alive Had the world’s most beautiful bride To share a first dance on the fourth of July I can fight another day Through gunfire and grenades Because you’re saving me with these memories Across miles of oceans Above bright white explosions Your love is the courage in me But they’ll be sending me home soon So I can thank you face to face But hold on to this letter Just in case I heard this morning Our baby girl was born Give her a kiss for me Say that daddy loves you And I hope she understands I missed her birthday for her country But they’ll be sending me home soon So I can meet her face to face But hold on to this letter Just in case
9.
I wish I could write to them what charms a heart and keeps it , What loves a human being after all is said and done. But I could never find a person willing to risk judgment, To love and understand although we fall. A million people will all tell you they would love to be your friend, But they’ll reel you in and spit you out to dry. Reveling in all of this, I sware in all the midst of this that I find you have never been surprised. ‘Cause there is only, only, only You. There is only, only, there is only You. There is only You. Sometimes when I cry at night I see you in the room , Fighting for what’s left of my heart. I could not describe what it must have been like for you, Broken spirit while your body was torn apart. But sometimes I don’t see you and it’s difficult to hear, I’m wrestless and I’m curling up in fear. I run further from the love that runs stronger than my bitterness, And my God I beg you to be near. ‘Cause there is only, only, only You. There is only, only, only You. There is only You. I will find You when I’m distant, find You when ashamed, I will find You when I don’t even think you’re here. I will find you when the others have all tried to break my strength, I will find you when all love has disappeared. ‘Cause there is only, only, only You. There is only, only, only You. There is only You.
10.
You saved me I wish I could have saved you. But lately I'm only strong enough to save myself. So blame me, And I won't blame you. 'Cause lately it's alright. But oh, be Like I want you to be. Be Like your record is free. Be Just like those words you told me. Be Like a man. I'm bleeding, When I'm just pleading. Believing, That you're the only one who loves me. So I'm needing A little bit of your healing. Because I'm breathing Like I've only got a breath to go. Be Just like the greatest surprise. Be-fore all the intimate ties. Be Throughout the scripture's disguise. Be Like a man. You saved me. I wish I could've saved you. But lately I'm only strong enough to save myself. So blame me And I won't blame you. 'Cause lately it's alright. Be Like I want you to be. Be Like your record is free. Be Just like those words you told me. Be Like a God. And I will be a man Yes... I will be a man.
11.
I could be an astronaut, the space that I take up. Or a cowboy riding endlessly until the sun has had enough. Weightless in my waking life, twisting with the stars; A horizon filled with city lights makes the landscape cold and hard. I try so very hard to be the best I can, and love with all my heart at every chance I get. If I fall back down, If I fall back down again; Ill brush my self right off and stand up tall while facing all prevailing winds. I could be in Wisconsin diggin’ in the dirt, or on top a mountain in Vermont looking down on to the earth. All that time that gravity has been tuggin’ at my shoes makes me want to fly away so far into the sky so big and blue. I try so very hard to be the best I can, and love with all my heart at every chance I get. If I fall back down, If I fall back down again; Ill brush my self right off and stand up tall while facing all prevailing winds. So no no don’t you worry. Some day I’ll settle down, but this fire in my belly is burning hot right now, cause I’m wandering.
12.
Paul and Sylas were bound in jail Had no money for their bail Keep your eyes on the prize, Hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold On Paul and Sylas thought they were lost The dungeon shook and the chains come off Keep your eyes on the prize, Hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold On Got my hands on the gospel plow Won't take nothin for my journey no With my eyes on the prize, Hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, Hold on Keep your eyes on the prize Hold On

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Songs For Soldiers is a 12-track compilation, designed as a support system for soldiers and their loved ones. All of the musicians on this album support our troops and one of the musicians is an army veteran. Ultimately, the goal of this project is to help soldiers who may be struggling with self-doubt, anxiety, depression or post traumatic stress disorder. Though we cannot guarantee this compilation will make the lives of soldiers or their loved ones any easier, our hope is simply to remind them to Hold On Another Day.

For every CD sold, Hold On Another Day will donate a CD to Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization which sends care packages to U.S. Military troops deployed overseas and Wounded Warriors recuperating at home. To learn more about Operation Gratitude, please visit their website at www.operationgratitude.com

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released April 1, 2012

HOAD Founder and Executive Producer - Isabel Thottam
Mixtapes For Soldiers Founder and Producer - Emily Smith
Mastering Engineer - AJ Peters
Cover Artwork - Steve Finch
Cover Artwork Concept - Mike Scriven
Cd Template Designer - Madeleine Wojdak
Cd Manufacturer - A to Z media
Non-Profit Partner - Operation Gratitude
Attorney - Shannon Jamieson (New Leaf Legal)
Financial Advisor - Molly Ingoldsby
Artist Relations - Ethan Schiff (Indie Basics)
Music Advisor - Katie DiMartile
Photographer - Cal Bingham
Web Designer - Leah Klein
Web Programmer - Mike Linden
Social Media - Jeeyon Kim

A special thanks to Karl Baehr, Libby Jones, Josh Morrison, Adrian Mollica, Nick Susi, Austin Veldman, Carolyn Blashek, and David Labuguen. We would also like to thank everyone who supports this project, all of the musicians involved and most importantly, all our service men and women, this CD is for you!

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Hold On Another Day is a for-profit, music for a cause business that works with non-profit organizations to connect emerging artists, people and causes through music. Music is power - brighten someone's day with it.

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