In "Me Holdin' On," Brett Young keeps finding small traces of a lost love inside his truck, a lipstick stained Coke bottle, toe prints on the windshield, a pink hairband, and insists he knows she is gone. The repeated phrase about just holding on becomes a quiet admission that these objects are how he refuses to let the relationship fully end. He tells himself he will be fine, but the evidence around him says otherwise.
Me Holdin’ On Lyrics by Brett Young
There’s an empty bottle of Coke with her lipstick stain
Under the seat on the passenger side
When I’m driving down the road, going way too fast
And hit the brakes, it’ll roll back out sometimes
I’m not crazy, it ain’t like I don’t know she’s gone
Yeah, it’s over and I know it’s been way too long
Pay it no mind, I’m gonna be fine
That’s just me holding on
Sometimes when the setting sun hits the windshield right
You can still see the prints from her toes
In the cupholder, there’s one little pink hairband
That she untied and she slid over her clothes
I’m not crazy, it ain’t like I don’t know she’s gone
Yeah, it’s over and I know it’s been way too long
Pay it no mind, I’m gonna be fine
That’s just me holding on, yeah
I keep holding on
I keep holding on
I’m not crazy, it ain’t like I don’t know she’s gone
Yeah, it’s over and I know it’s been way too long
Pay it no mind, I’m gonna be fine
That’s just me holding on
Yeah, pay it no mind, I’m gonna be fine
That’s just me holding on
