According to Billboard, Chicago was the leading US singles charting group during the 1970s. They have sold over 38 million units in the US, with 22 gold, 18 platinum, and 8 multi-platinum albums. Over the course of their career they have had five number-one albums and 21 top-ten singles.
There are at least two artists with this name:
1. A popular American rock band
2. A psytrance artist
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3. A Japanese vocalist named CHICACO but weirdly gets redirected here. She's been active in LYDIA GRAVE and the touhou arrangement circle ESQUARIA.
The second Chicago is a psytrance artist, the pseudonym of David Potter Christman. He is a member of 1200 Micrograms
Holdin' On
Chicago Lyrics
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Reachin' for yesterday
'Cause we're frightened of tomorrow
Trying to find
The feeling that's gone astray, far away
I remember the look in your eyes
Love we made unafraid
Now we've opened the window
(Chorus)
Holdin' on
'Cause the memory of you
Is something I just can't erase
Holdin' on
I don't know what to do
'Cause the pieces won't fit into place
But no matter what happens
We can't let it end this way
So far away
So close to something new
But we're holdin' off tomorrow
Maybe someday
We'll find what we need to do, until then
We'll be doing the best that we can
Out of rhyme, out of time
While we're hiding our feelings
We're leaving love behind
(Chorus)
Far away
Reachin' for yesterday
So far away
Something has gone away
So afraid
To find what we had
(Chorus)
The lyrics of Chicago's song Holdin' On seem to be about a relationship that has gone sour, and the two lovers desperately trying to hold on to the memories of what used to be. The first verse sets the mood of the song with the melancholic words, "Walkin' through time/ Reachin' for yesterday/ 'Cause we're frightened of tomorrow/ Trying to find/ The feeling that's gone astray, far away." Here, the singer expresses a sense of loss, of trying to hold on to the past because they are scared of the future. They feel adrift, searching for something that has slipped through their fingers, far out of reach.
The second verse is more specific to the relationship between the two lovers. "Love we made unafraid/ Now we've opened the window/ So let's not close the shade" suggests that the relationship was once strong and fearless, but now something has come between them. They have opened up to each other or to the world, but perhaps this has led to more problems. The chorus repeats twice, and its desperate lyrics express the same sense of loss and confusion as before, "Holdin' on/ 'Cause the memory of you/ Is something I just can't erase/ Holdin' on/ I don't know what to do/ 'Cause the pieces won't fit into place/ But no matter what happens/ We can't let it end this way." The final lines of the song, "So afraid/ To find what we had" leave the listener with a sense of hesitation and uncertainty about the future of the relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Walkin' through time
Moving forward in our lives
Reachin' for yesterday
Nostalgically longing for the past
'Cause we're frightened of tomorrow
Fearful of the uncertainty of the future
Trying to find The feeling that's gone astray, far away
Searching for the love and connection that has been lost
I remember the look in your eyes
Recalling the intimate moments shared with a lover
Love we made unafraid
The uninhibited love that was once shared
Now we've opened the window
Opportunity for change is present
So let's not close the shade
Let's take advantage of this chance to rekindle our love
Holdin' on
Clutching onto the memories of love
'Cause the memory of you Is something I just can't erase
The love once shared cannot be forgotten or erased
I don't know what to do
Uncertainty about the future of the relationship
'Cause the pieces won't fit into place
Unable to find a solution to mend the broken relationship
But no matter what happens We can't let it end this way
Urging to not let the relationship end in despair
So close to something new But we're holdin' off tomorrow
Afraid to embrace new possibilities
Maybe someday We'll find what we need to do
Hopeful to eventually find a solution
Until then We'll be doing the best that we can
Doing everything possible to save the relationship
Out of rhyme, out of time While we're hiding our feelings We're leaving love behind
The relationship is falling apart due to lack of communication and expression of feelings
Far away Reachin' for yesterday So far away Something has gone away So afraid To find what we had
Continuing to reflect on the past and worry about the future of the relationship
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BILL CHAMPLIN, TOM RICHARD SAVIANO
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James
on Oh, Thank You Great Spirit
Great song and a fitting tribute to Jimi from his friend and fan Terry Kath, I've all ways believed the song was kind of a prospective of the dead, coming to the realization that they have crossed over and or no longer burden by all of life's problem's and pain's and are now free from all, and now overcome with gratitude to the Great Spirit , Greater of the universe and of life , GOD, that he is now free to fly the heavenly sky's , but ether way death or just a good night's sleep, great song.