After ten plus years of periodic collaboration on poetry, art and music projects, Adam Stolorow (vocals, keyboards) and Baxter Holland (bass) arrived in Brooklyn by way of late 90’s Providence and the requisite diet of utopian thinking and freak flag waving. What started in Chicago as an experimental ripple of drums, cheap keyboards and onstage loops between Stolorow and drummer Matthew Berland in 2004 became a focused vibrational wave by the time it reached the coast. Increasingly, the Miracles sound threatens to burst living through the brick and asphalt of the metropolis.
With the addition of Chicago transplant Gabriel Fowler on drums in 2006, the re-formed trio went almost immediately into New York’s legendary and now defunct Funcity studio to record “Pioneers” with producer Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Unrest), which the band self-released as a limited edition silkscreened 12” in 2007. The Funcity session was followed by visits to Brooklyn’s Civil Defense studio, where the band recorded Colony Collapse (Creative Capitalism) with Jeremy Scott in 2007 and 2008. Fowler left the band in 2008 to pursue other projects and Amanda Huron (Vertebrates, DC) rotated into the mix, writing, touring and recording the Ovum EP (Creative Capitalism 2010). Drummer Chris Carson joined the band in late 2009.
Miracles work in skyscrapers but worship like beasts.
You Really Got a Hold on Me
Miracles Lyrics
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But I love you
See that I'm always
Thinking of you
Oh, oh, oh,
You treat me badly
I love you madly
You've really got a hold on me
I don't want you,
But I need you
Don't want to kiss you
But I need you
Oh, oh, oh
You do me wring now
My love is strong now
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby
I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
I want to leave you
Don't want to stay here
Don't want to spend
Another day here
Oh, oh, oh, I want to split now
I just can quit now
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby
I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me
In the song "You Really Got A Hold On Me" by Miracles, the lyrics express a complex and conflicting relationship between the singer and the person they are addressing. The first verse begins with the singer stating that they don't like the other person, but they love them and are always thinking of them. They acknowledge that they are being treated badly, but they still love this person madly, and they have a hold on them. The second verse continues with the conflicting emotions when the singer declares that they don't want the other person but that they need them. The other person has done them wrong, and yet, their love is strong. The chorus emphasizes that the singer wants this person to hold them, which perpetuates the cycle of being held onto.
The final verse expresses a desire to leave and split from this person, but the singer can't seem to quit them. They have a hold on them emotionally, and the singer can't break free from this person's grip. The repetition of the phrase "You've really got a hold on me" throughout the song emphasizes how powerless the singer feels in this relationship.
Overall, the lyrics of the song portray the struggle of loving someone who is treating you badly and having a grip on you that you can't seem to escape. The lyrics capture the emotions of being conflicted, wanting to leave, but also wanting to be held and loved by this person.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't like you
I dislike you
But I love you
However, I am in love with you
See that I'm always
Notice that I continuously
Thinking of you
Have thoughts about you
Oh, oh, oh,
Expression of emotion
You treat me badly
You don't treat me well
I love you madly
Despite that, my love for you is intense
You've really got a hold on me
You have a significant emotional influence on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby
You have a substantial emotional impact on me, darling
I don't want you,
I do not desire you
But I need you
However, I depend on you
Don't want to kiss you
I do not want to kiss you
But I need you
However, I require your presence
Oh, oh, oh
Expression of emotion
You do me wring now
You mistreat me at present
My love is strong now
Despite that, my love for you intensified
I love you and all I want you to do
I love you, and my only request is
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
To hold me tightly
I want to leave you
I desire to end our relationship
Don't want to stay here
I do not want to remain in this situation
Don't want to spend
I do not want to use
Another day here
Any more time in this circumstance
Oh, oh, oh, I want to split now
Expression of emotion indicating the desire to leave now
I just can quit now
I can no longer resist the urge to end our relationship
You've really got a hold on me
You have an undeniable emotional influence over me
You've really got a hold on me, baby
You have a significant emotional impact on me, darling
You've really got a hold on me
You have a substantial emotional influence on me
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: William Robinson Jr.
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@johnligaya59
I don't like you, but I love you
Seems that I'm always thinking of you
Oh, oh, oh, you treat me badly
I love you madly, you really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me, you really got a hold on me, you really got a hold, baby
I don't want you, but I need you
Don't want to kiss you, but I need you
Oh, oh, oh, you do me wrong now
My love is strong now you really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me, you really got a hold on me, you really got a hold, baby
I love you and all I want you to do is just hold me
Hold me, hold me, hold me
Tighter
Tighter
I want to leave you, don't want to stay here
Don't want to spend another day here
Oh, oh, oh, I want to split now, I can't quit now
You really got a hold on me, you really got a hold on me, you really got a hold, baby
I love you and all I want you to do is just hold me, please
Hold me, squeeze, hold me, hold me
You really got a hold on me
You really got a hold on me
I said you really got a hold on me
@tenishapierre234
Who's here for 2024?❤
@fartkerson
Gasms, baby. Gasms.
@jacquelinegreene3368
I’m here 2024 and 71 yrs old love it 😊 1:59
@julieford148
Me
@NellieNellie-mt8ju
Meeeee...!!! 💃🏽
@joolsfactor
One of the greatest songs ever written.
@kaikai9122
Probably
@chrischanin767
No doubt about it!
@robertgivens7341
I was born in 92 but the only music that really moves my spirit is oldies like these thank the lord for such great musicians 🙏🏼💯
@eliserice8788
Same❤