Hold Me Still (Demo)

趁著連假下雨的時間，寫了人生第一首英文歌《Hold Me Still》
不過我的英文普普，如果有文法錯誤請鞭小力一點
而且其實歌詞有一半以上是ChatGPT的功勞XD

這首歌的緣起是因為之前在一個活動上接觸到「蝴蝶擁抱法」
這個有點算是心理治療的領域的東西
覺得其實我們不只是在身體上
而是在心理上也應該提醒自己
在日常生活中多多擁抱自己
大概就是以這樣的初衷而寫了這首歌

不確定是不是最近剛聽完Bee Gees的〈Greatest Hits〉專輯
最早的Chords Progression和定升D調都很像《How Deep Is Your Love》這首歌
（不過後來因為個人的音域，把Key調到F major）
但就還是在Ending保留了How deep is you love…這段歌詞

另外可能受到方大同最近離世的影響
我自己反思這首歌好像從節奏和選和弦的風格
也有點方大同《小小蟲》的感覺
而結尾的那段If the world forgets my name…….
我早上以為是靈感，但後來發現：
其實這是方大同《那沙漠裡的水》結尾用的手法

[Verse 1]
I wake up scrolling through the noise
A hundred lives, a thousand toys
They’re laughing loud, they shine so bright
And I forget my own small light
I paint a smile, I play along
But something feels a little wrong
I push the doubt and hide the ache
Like I’m not allowed to break

[Pre-Chorus]
But every shadow knows my name
And every crack still holds a flame

[Chorus]
So I hug me when I fall
Wrap my arms around it all
Through the fear, and through the fight
I’m the one who stays each night
I’ve been down, I’ve been cold
But I still own all my soul
If the world forgets my name
I’ll still love me - just the same

[Verse 2]
Some days I dance, some days I hide
Some nights I barely make it right
But every tear and every grin
They all belong beneath my skin
I’ve learned to sit with what I feel
To let the joy and sorrow heal
If I need to laugh, I let it through
When I hurt, I cry it too

[Bridge]
It’s not always clear, it’s not always clean
But life is more than just the in-between
I don’t have to rush, I don’t have to prove
Just have to stay and let me move

[Ending]
If the world forgets my name
I’ll still love me just the same
Is you love, how deep is your love?
Is you love, how deep is your love?