"Hold Me Down" is an unreleased song by Chappell Roan, intended to be released as a single, possibly for her scrapped 2018 album.
Background[]
Somewhere around 2017-2018, Roan saved multiple cover art ideas for the song on her now-unavailable Pinterest account, under a board named "Hold Me Down Cover Art ideas", confirming that the song was once meant to be a single.[2] It's presumed that the song could have been intended for Roan's scrapped 2018 album.
A snippet of the song leaked on November 8, 2024, with the full version later leaking through a trade of unreleased music on November 9, 2024.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I wish I didn't remember
A regular feeling
Was off the cusp of December
We're almost dreaming
Now you looked when you were above me
I pictured heaven
Man of the house
Unlucky now
[Verse 2]
I got cold when you had me naked
Right from the shower
And I wonder what you were thinking
In our final hours
And our skin was hard to the touch
And I was helpless
It was dangerous,
The two of us
[Chorus]
And it's been nobody
And now no one's held me like you do
And I wonder what you're thinking when you're loving someone new
And it gets me in the hotels
All I think about is you
Every bed my body lays in
I feel used to
[Post-chorus]
And can't help but wonder what you'd taste like now
What would it feel like now?
How do you breathe like now?
And can't help but wonder if you're cold right now
Like I am bold right now
If you held me, would you still hold me down?
If you held me, would you still hold me down?
[Verse 3]
I guess I'd call you my savior
Like neon fire
Wish my dress dropped to the carpet
I'll show you desire
And I don't know where your head is
Man with the power
Your hand made in
And you have me now
[Chorus]
And it's been nobody
And now no one's held me like you do
And I wonder what you're thinking when you're loving someone new
And it gets me in the hotels
All I think about is you
Every bed my body lays in
I feel used to
[Post-chorus]
And can't help but wonder what you'd taste like now
What would it feel like now?
How would you breathe like now?
And can't help but wonder if you're cold right now
Like I am bold right now
If you held me, would you still hold me down?
If you held me, would you still hold me down?
[Outro]
If you held me, would you still hold me down? (down, hold me down)
(Hold me down, down)
If you held me, would you still hold me down?
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