Harder to Hold https://suno.com/s/gG1hD6IpwvTdEHUn “Harder to Hold” (v5) [Verse 1 – Grandfather] Granddad raised barns from oak fit tight, Beams that stood through storm and night. Saved silver coins in a jar on the shelf, Knew what he earned was as hard as he was himself. He’d say, “Son, this land will feed your kin, Listen well. Treat it right. Don't give in. But watch this world, it shifts like sand, Check the measures made by man.” [Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my children lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away. [Verse 2 – Father] My daddy drove steel tractors that roared, But the welds cracked sooner than the ones before. He saved his dollars, but they thinned each year, Even buried in the yard, they all disappeared. He’d shake his head and curse the day, Said, “Nothing thats build seems built to stay. The barns fall faster, the money don’t last, What I hand to you melts away too fast.” [Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my children lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away. [Verse 3 – Son] Now I walk these rows where the soil runs thin, The barns are fabric, they cave right in. The pay I bring home just fades to mist, A life built on nothin’ is no life to give. But I’ve seen a light in the morning sky, Orange glow risin’, a fire that won’t die. If I can hold that flame through the cold and the years, The work I leave here will not disappear. [Final Chorus] Somethin’ harder to hold, That the years can’t steal, Somethin’ steady and true In a world that don’t feel real. I don’t want my children lost in decay, I just want to pass on what won’t wash away.