Biography:
The Hold Steady is an American rock band based in Brooklyn formed by vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn (ex-Lifter Puller) in 2004. Wanting to capture the sound of bands such as The Replacements and The Grifters, Finn recruited guitarist Tad Kubler (also ex-Lifter Puller), drummer Judd Counsell, and bassist Galen Polivka. In 2005 the band grew to include Franz Nicolay (of The World/Inferno Friendship Society) on keyboards and Bobby Drake took over on drums following Counsell's departure.
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Other songs:
- 212 Margarita
- A Slight Discomfort
- Cattle And The Creeping Things
- Cheyenne Sunrise
- Chill Out Tent
- Chillout Tent
- Constructive Summer
- Dont Let Me Explode
- Entitlement Crew
- Esther
- First Night
- Hot Soft Light
- Lord Im Discouraged
- Magazines
- Modestos Not That Sweet
- Most People Are Djs
- Party Pit
- Southtown Girls
- Stay Positive
- Stuck Between Stations
- T
- The Bear And The Maiden Fair
- The Weekenders
- We Can Get Together
- Yeah Sapphire
- You Can Make Him Like You
- Your Little Hoodrat Friend
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[Verse 1]
C Am
In the middle of a mission I met Esther in the kitchen
G Am
Drinking something blue it looked like Windex
C
She could shake but couldn't really sing, Sharpened like a feral thing
G Am
Helped me with my part when I lost interest
E F
She said her name was Esther I said baby that sounds biblical
C G
Ain't she the one that came up after Vashti?
C
Yeah and then some other stuff
Am
At some point there I fell in love
G Am
Then she heard a song she liked and lost me
[Chorus]
C Am
The party ended suddenly, suddenly it's over
F
That left me an Esther all alone and getting older
C Am
All alone and getting older smoking in the street
F
Now everything is Esther and it's been that way all week
C Am G Am C G Am
[Verse 2]
C Am
The times that we were powerless were times that I remember best
G Am
When it first came on it felt just like a blanket
C
Once we had a little bit we pretty much just wasted it
G Am
Traded in our tickets for drinks and little trinkets
E F
The scene back in the city was the opposite of freedom
C G
We were always so damn broke it was this whole dependent fallacy
C Am
They started shooting so the songs of the future
G Am
Esther always wants it how it used to be
[Chorus]
C Am
Songs all ran together and the kids ran outta liquor
F
That's when me and Esther started staring at each other
C Am
Started staring at each other feeling pretty sweet
F
Now everything is Esther it's been that way all week
C Am
The parties fall to pieces the endings are so heavy
F
Feels like no one's watching when we're this deep in the valley
C Am
When we're this deep in the valley you can see so many stars
F
When Esther told her story we were sitting in the car
[Bridge]
Am F
She said her folks were never close
C
They had me 'cause they had to
G
No one named me Esther
F
That came up a little later
C
It was after some detective
G
Came around here with some questions
Em
I went out to Colorado
F
Was mostly in the motels
C
Started living pretty reckless
G
Started calling myself Esther
Em E
I just felt like someone different
[Instrumental]
C Am F x2
[Chorus]
C Am
Felt like someone different and I never could forgive
F
All the movies in our heads about the lives we wanna live
C Am
The lives we wanna live are all free of pain and fear
F
Now Esther's getting cigarettes and me I'm buying beer
C Am
Felt like someone different felt like someone else
F
She almost died in Denver, she did it to herself
C Am
She did it herself, there's only her to blame
F
Of course I call her Esther I don't know her other name
C Am
She's never going home her folks were never close
F
We mostly watch the TV crack the windows when we smoke
C Am
Her aura is amazing her room is kind of bleak
F
I met Esther at a party got together for a week
C Am F
C Am
In the middle of a mission I met Esther in the kitchen
G Am
Drinking something blue it looked like Windex
C
She could shake but couldn't really sing, Sharpened like a feral thing
G Am
Helped me with my part when I lost interest
E F
She said her name was Esther I said baby that sounds biblical
C G
Ain't she the one that came up after Vashti?
C
Yeah and then some other stuff
Am
At some point there I fell in love
G Am
Then she heard a song she liked and lost me
[Chorus]
C Am
The party ended suddenly, suddenly it's over
F
That left me an Esther all alone and getting older
C Am
All alone and getting older smoking in the street
F
Now everything is Esther and it's been that way all week
C Am G Am C G Am
[Verse 2]
C Am
The times that we were powerless were times that I remember best
G Am
When it first came on it felt just like a blanket
C
Once we had a little bit we pretty much just wasted it
G Am
Traded in our tickets for drinks and little trinkets
E F
The scene back in the city was the opposite of freedom
C G
We were always so damn broke it was this whole dependent fallacy
C Am
They started shooting so the songs of the future
G Am
Esther always wants it how it used to be
[Chorus]
C Am
Songs all ran together and the kids ran outta liquor
F
That's when me and Esther started staring at each other
C Am
Started staring at each other feeling pretty sweet
F
Now everything is Esther it's been that way all week
C Am
The parties fall to pieces the endings are so heavy
F
Feels like no one's watching when we're this deep in the valley
C Am
When we're this deep in the valley you can see so many stars
F
When Esther told her story we were sitting in the car
[Bridge]
Am F
She said her folks were never close
C
They had me 'cause they had to
G
No one named me Esther
F
That came up a little later
C
It was after some detective
G
Came around here with some questions
Em
I went out to Colorado
F
Was mostly in the motels
C
Started living pretty reckless
G
Started calling myself Esther
Em E
I just felt like someone different
[Instrumental]
C Am F x2
[Chorus]
C Am
Felt like someone different and I never could forgive
F
All the movies in our heads about the lives we wanna live
C Am
The lives we wanna live are all free of pain and fear
F
Now Esther's getting cigarettes and me I'm buying beer
C Am
Felt like someone different felt like someone else
F
She almost died in Denver, she did it to herself
C Am
She did it herself, there's only her to blame
F
Of course I call her Esther I don't know her other name
C Am
She's never going home her folks were never close
F
We mostly watch the TV crack the windows when we smoke
C Am
Her aura is amazing her room is kind of bleak
F
I met Esther at a party got together for a week
C Am F
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