Nolan Pierce’s new single Hold sounds like the quietest truth you never say out loud.
Built from falsetto sighs, understated percussion, and a saxophone that fades in like memory and disappears just as fast, the song sits in the space between love and its echo.
Where his earlier single i don’t lose sleep for you anymore played with denial as a form of survival, Hold is something darker: a song about addiction to absence.
“It’s not about heartbreak,” Pierce shared. “It’s about pretending you’re not breaking.”
That sentiment bleeds into every part of the track, from the minimal Latin percussion to the ambient-jazz textures that swirl without ever truly settling.
There’s an edge of mystery woven into the production. His falsetto glides over a fast-paced beat that shouldn’t work with such a gentle melody, yet it lands flawlessly.
Then there’s the sax, entering at intervals, peeking through the bridge, disappearing again like a recurring thought you can’t shake.
It’s all precision that holds your attention without ever raising its voice.
Written in a single sitting, Hold captures the moment you realise you’re no longer clinging to a person, but to the version of yourself that only existed around them.
Hold is a slow emotional spiral built around a motif of silence, memory, and the ghosts we choose to keep.
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See the HOLD Lyrics from Nolan Pierce
Intro
Hold… till I break
Close… you got me all in my head
Your touch is smoke, it fades in my veins
Hold… till I break
Verse
Fell for the warmth of your silent tone
Pretended nothing’s wrong through the phone
Your touch is tied to my bones
I fall slow… every time I’m alone
Pre-Chorus
Got drunk on the hush in your quiet replies
Played brave, but I fed myself pretty lies
Now I’m chasing the rush behind your eyes
But I wake up alone every time
Chorus
Hold… till I break
Close… you got me all in my head
Your touch is smoke, it fades in my veins
Hold… in my veins
bridge / drop
(soft vocal loop, saxsophone, piano, organic house, latino house, ecstatic, mushroom jazz house )
Bridge (half-whispered)
I don’t wanna feel this way
But I’d rather love than stay
In a night that never says my name
Final Chorus
Hold… till I break
Close… you got me all in my head
Your touch is smoke, it fades in my veins
Hold… till I break
Hold… till I break