James Bay told NME how the music of an American rock band fed through into this song: "I was listening to Kings of Leon and the key track was 'The Bucket,'" he said. "I loved the repetitive, relentless guitar and the pace of it, the rush at the end is the same as where I take 'Hold Back The River' - that was the inspiration." Let us hold each other Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river, so I Can stop for a minute and be by your side Hold back the river, hold back Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river, so I Can stop for a minute and be by your side Hold back the river, hold Lonely water, lonely wat Hold Back The River by James Bay with Lyrics Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander Let us hold each other Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander Let us hold each other Hold back the river, hold back Once upon a different life We rode our bikes into the sky But now we crawl against the tide Those distant days are flashing by Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes Hold back the river, so I Can stop for a minute and be by your side Hold back the river, hold back Hold back the river, let me look in your Hold Back the River Lyrics. Tried to keep you close to me. But life got in between. Tried to square not being there. By saying that I should have been. Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes. Hold back the river, so I. Can stop for a minute and see where you hide. Hold back the river, hold back. Oh, oh-ho, oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, ho-oh, oh-whoa-ho Lonely water, lonely water, won′t you let us wander? Let us hold each other Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander? Let us hold each other Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes .

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