Music Video

Hold on to What You Believe (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Markus Dravs
Markus Dravs
Producer
François Chevallier
François Chevallier
Engineer
Sam Navel
Sam Navel
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ruadhri Cushnan
Ruadhri Cushnan
Mixing Engineer
Fluid Mastering
Fluid Mastering
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I, I can't promise you that I won't let you down
And I, I can't promise you that I will be the only one around
When your hope falls down
But we're young
Open flowers in the windy fields of this war-torn world
And love
This city breathes the plague of loving things more than their creators
[Verse 2]
I ran away
I could not take the burden of both me and you
It was too fast
Casting love on me as if it were a spell I could not break
When it was a promise I could not make
[PreChorus]
But what if I was wrong?
Oh, what if I was wrong?
[Chorus]
But hold on to what you believed in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
And oh, hold on to what you believed in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
[Verse 3]
And now this land
Means less and less to me without you breathing through its trees
At every turn
The water runs away from me and the halo disappears
I'm not whole when you're not near
[PreChorus]
So what if I was wrong?
Oh, what if I was wrong?
Oh, what if I was wrong?
[Chorus]
But hold on to what you believed in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
And oh, hold on to what you believed in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight
[Outro]
Hold on to what you believed in the light
Written by: Mumford & Sons
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