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Done Holding On
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Nov 5, 2026 updated
Crazy Love album
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Song Meaning
Hawk Nelson tells a confession story in "Done Holding On," starting with "Chapter 1, here's my story," and warning that it is probably not the one you want to hear. The narrator's world was "spinning round and round" until hope hit the ground. Secrets and lies blurred together over time, and he was too blind to see that love is not a controlling hand.
The chorus is a plain release: giving up secrets, giving up faults, admitting emptiness, and realizing it took a whole life to see he was wrong. The second verse turns to a mirror, where he stares at someone he can barely recognize while regrets fade like silhouettes. The line "the son has come, I wanna be free" points to Christ as the source of that freedom. The closing repeat, "done holding on," lands as relief rather than defeat.
Confessing instead of hiding matches Psalm 32:5 and 1 John 1:9, where acknowledged sin is met with forgiveness.
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Chapter 1, here's my story
Probably not the one you wanna hear
My world was spinning round and round
Until my hopes they hit the ground
Feels like I've disappeared
I kept it hidden in my secrets
My lies became a blur over time
I was just too blind to see
The truth was staring back at me
Love is not a controlling hand
I'm giving up my secrets, I'm giving up my faults
Telling you I'm empty, should have know all along
It's taken me my whole life to realize I'm wrong
I'm giving up my secrets, I'm done holding on
Staring backwards like a mirror
At someone I can barely see
The shadows of my past regrets, they disappear like silhouettes
The son has come, I wanna be free
I'm giving up my secrets, I'm giving up my faults
Telling you I'm empty, should have know all along
It's taken me my whole life to realize I'm wrong
I'm giving up my secrets, I'm done holding on
Done holding on