Loving You Was Holy
By Jackmsimpson on April 18, 2026 9:34 pm
Another week of finishing off beginnings from previous weeks and writing sessions.
I quite like this one, trying out some new vocal harmony approaches, and making vocals more of a focus than guitar work. Guitar is tuned to EGDGBe - basically standard but with the A string down a step - no reason, just thought it could break me out of a rut and it worked!
think I might've been a bit heavy on the reverb in some places, but hey - it's all in the sense of fun and experimentation.
Thanks again for listening and for any comments! Have a great week!
Lyrics:
looking at me now
would you believe yourself
if the guy stood in front you
was screaming out for help
its coming from those places
were we dare not think to look
if we admit defeat here
the what’s ours has been took
if loving you was holy
then loosing you was hell
thinking all the reasons
for the hand that we were dealt
if after all these years
you can’t look at me straight
iI guess I dodged a bullet
of a self I’d live to hate
I’m still ringing from this summer
from the heatwave and the fights
we kept playing all this sad songs
like it would ever make things right
my friends say I look different
like someone who just survived
they just see empty spaces
that used to be my better side
if loving you was holy
then loosing you was hell
thinking all the reasons
for the hand that we were dealt
if after all these years
you can’t look at me straight
iI guess I dodged a bullet
of a self I’d live to hate
bridge
If i could turn the clocks back
I wouldn’t fix a single thing
Id just hold you in the door way
til the dawn began to sing
but we’re just ghosts inside a memory
haunting rooms we don’t belong
i’ll keep humming through the heartache
until we’ve written our last song
if loving you was holy
then loosing you was hell
thinking all the reasons
for the hand that we were dealt
if after all these years
you can’t look at me straight
iI guess I dodged a bullet
of a self I’d live to hate
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