Hold On

There's this classic scene from Harold and Kumar when they steal the monsterjeep of this hooligan gang and discover that the playlist in the jeep is full of sappy songs. So after they mock and laugh, they listen to the songs, and at one point, Wilson Phillips' 'Hold on' comes on and they cannot help but sheepishly ,tentatively, exuberantly sing along to it. I don't know why, but the scene always cracks me up.

Maybe it's because i remember my older sis teaching me how to sing it (and harmonise along) with her when she was in secondary school and i was in primary school.
Maybe it's because I've sung so many songs in so many cars with a feeling of karaoke-gone-mad exuberance.
Maybe it's because the song has always seemd such an epitome of teenage-girl-much.

But last night, it played in my friend's car - and - Oh my. I never knew its lyrics would mean so much to me.

Hold On - Wilson Phillips

I know this pain
Why do lock yourself up in these chains?
No one can change your life except for you
Dont ever let anyone step all over you
Just open your heart and your mind
Is it really fair to feel this way inside?

Some day somebodys gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things'll go your way
Hold on for one more day

You could sustain
Or are you comfortable with the pain?
You've got no one to blame for your unhappiness (Tell me about it!)
You got yourself into your own mess
Lettin your worries pass you by
Don't you think its worth your time
To change your mind?

I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and
Break free the chains
Yeah I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and you
Break free, break from the chains