Reggae

The Holdup - Back Then

Cookie Jar

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This is an EP with four songs that displayed the direction of Iration music for the years 2008/0.  Falling was a great success for us but each of the songs found it's own success.  Recorded, mixed and mastered over a three week period the album displays the diversity of style and musicality of the band.

Wait and See

I'm With You

Electricity

Gyptian - Hold Yuh

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You’ve seen her at a party, she’s doing her rounds 
She likes to get it started, she likes to get loud 
She’s poppin that champagne, she’s taking shots down 
She’s living for the moment, 

She’s a time bomb, trying to take you out, 
The ticking of her heart is the only sound 
She’s a time bomb, about to detonate 
You try to cut her wires but you’re way too late 

Whisky stain on her dress now, she’s wearing it proud 
And there’s nothing you can tell her, cuz she’s starting to shout 
Now she’s spraying that champagne, all over the crowd 
She’s living for the moment 


She’s a time bomb, trying to take you out, 
The ticking of her heart is the only sound 
She’s a time bomb, about to detonate 
You try to cut her wires but you’re way too late

Time Bomb

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It’s hard I know, to let it go 
I treated you so badly 
I’m changing my ways just give me one more chance 
I’m missing your love madly 
Dying inside, I got to let you know that you were my heart. Yeah… 
So I’m making it clear before you’re out that door, I’m not letting this go to chance 

Chorus: Can’t let you go, I won’t let you down, so won’t you turn around x 2 

It’s hard I know, to let it go 
I treated you so badly 
I’m changing my ways just give me one more chance 
I’m missing your love madly 
I’m dying inside to let you know that you were my heart. Yeah… 
So I’m making it clear before you’re out that door, I’m not letting this go to chance

Turn Around

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You, I think it was half past 3 
You spilled your Jim and Coke on me 
Left the party half past 4 
Had to sneak into your dorm 
Left before the sun had shown 
Trippin all over your clothes 
As I shut the door to 213 
I heard your voice from the bed say… 

(Chorus) 
Get back to me, Get back to me 
I’m waiting for you to 
Get back to me, Get Back to me 
I’m waiting for you 

I always living on the fly 
Used to think about you and I 
Hoping someday that we could be 
I'm thinking that some day we should be 
You 
I'm tired of wasting time 
You probably found another guy 
And now I'm messaging your iPhone 
Because you're in another time zone

Get Back To Me

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If you want to learn you got to try 
You got to get it wrong to get it right 
You’re searching for the truth but finding lies 
When all you got to do is look inside you 

Chorus: It’s all in you x 4 

You want to be a star you got to shine 
And use your own light when you need a guide 
You keep getting lost following signs 
When everything you need is right inside you
credits


All In You

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We met at a concert 
You were wearing converse 
I'm not good at playing it cool 
You said I was funny 
I spent all my money 
Then your friend got thrown in the pool 
When we said goodbye 
Know that I can't lie 
I never thought I'd see you again 
Man was I mistaken 
Now my heart is taken 
It's too hard to comprehend 

(Chorus) 
That I'm falling 
Hoping that you feel this way too 
Said I'm falling 
Sitting here waiting for you 

Expert of illusion 
I just kept to using 
Thought I had it all worked out 
Love was just a stage name 
Watched it as it became 
Something I could live without 
Then to my surprise 
You opened my eyes 
I thought I was empty inside 
Now every time you're near 
Stormy skies become clear 
Now there’s nowhere left to hide
credits


Falling

"The Drugs" by The Holdup, local favorites at the Catalyst perform live on 4/20/2012 with Afroman and Vokab Kompany!

The Drugs by The Holdup

Our new song "Summer Nights" is now posted on all of our media sites including myspace.com/iration and here on Facebook. This song is our homage to an average summer day in the life of an Irator. We've gone back to our roots musically to please our early fans as well as all of our new fans. Enjoy!

Summer Nights

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Automatic is an album that most completely describes our music. It is eclectic in its songs and covers the full range of styles that we pride ourselves in being able to play. Love in all its forms, is and has always fueled our music: love of life and its mysteries, love for your home, love of nature, and of course love between people. Automatic is no different. The title track "Automatic" is a tribute to our fans. We owe them everything. - Micah Pueschel

Lyrics:

This is that full out souped up automatic just can’t quit let the bass hit right on time
Running hard til the end put you in a panic automatic

I know that life is just a test and I’m trying my best to give it nothing less and
I know I do it all for you when I see you staring back with a love that’s true
Sometimes I don’t know how to feel
I try to soak it in
It’s all so surreal and
I’m just a man with a guitar
Words in my mind
A song in my heart

I wanna give it back to you
I know that you can feel it too

This is that full out souped up automatic just can’t quit let the bass hit right on time
Running hard til the end put you in a panic automatic smile knowing you’ll be mine
Full out souped up automatic can’t quit let the bass hit right on time
Running hard til the end put you in a panic automatic

We’re gone travelling so far
Take us in your car
Bump it in the yard
We grow and bring it back to you
Never losing touch with what we’ve been through
Sometimes we get pulled away
Know that we’ll be back
Sorry for the delay
We are all about the luv
You give us the life that we all dreamed of

And we wanna give it back to you
I know that you can feel it too

Chorus

The time has come
The lights are on high
I wanna know I never thought life was passing us by
And the only certainty is that it’s you and me tonight
And we’re gonna give it all til the curtain call
We’re gonna make it alright

Automatic

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Been up all night
Conversation going nowhere
Hit the light
And show me what lips are made for

Pressure is building now
Bottled up and bubbling out
I need you now
Just forgot what we're talking about
Words won't help us figure it out cause
Without a doubt, the time has come to

Show me

Been so long
The feeling is too familiar
Yet nothing's wrong
I know that we both belong here
Pressure is building now
Bottled up and bubbling out
I need you now
Just forgot what we're talking about
Words won't help us figure it out cause
Without a doubt
The time has come to

Show me

Show me
Open up your heart we can Handle this my way
Show me
Show me what our words can't say

Show me

Show Me feat. Lincoln Parish

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"One Way Track" is one of the most complete songs we've done. It's one of the most lyrically unique songs I've ever written. It's one of my favorite songs  to play on an acoustic as well as full band and it's interesting to see the difference in the two. - Micah Pueschel

Lyrics:

Smoke trails and old wives’ tales whispered in the hills where the west was won
It’s been a long time coming can’t tell where I start and where I am done
Maybe it’s best if we stop thinking
Lately I feel my doubt sinking
You’re not sure but my heart is pure and I gotta let you know something

My love is a one way track
We can hop aboard and not look back
My love can hurt or set you free
Just turn a blind eye to reality
My love can
Love is a one way track
Speeding down the rails and I can’t turn back
My love can’t give you guarantees
Just close your eyes and come with me

I’ve always been the one lost in a dream when I should’ve been serious
You’ve always been the type to hold back even though you were curious
Maybe it’s best if we stop drinking
But we can never let the doubt sink in
I’m not sure and it might be the cure but I gotta let you know something

Chorus

We’re too far gone
It’s too right to go wrong
So get on board
Whatever you feel you act on
It’s a one way track
And no we can’t turn back
Headed out straight never hesitate
And I don’t have to tell you that

Chorus

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One Way Track

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'Back Around' is one of the songs I'm most proud of on the new album. It's a bit dark and a bit edgy but it possesses an optimistic heart. The standup piano, sparse bass hits and alternating drum beats give it a style that's hard to define. I think that's why we like it so much. - Micah Pueschel

What you said
I can't seem to get it out of my head
Lost in the thoughts of the past when I go to bed
I thought that I'd move on
You'd just become a brand new song
Miscounted the one that was there to be counted on

This wounded heart of mine can't walk the line
Maybe I'll be better off the 2nd time

Waiting for you to come back around girl
So you can save my world
And when the lights go on in the night I'm not lonely
Back around girl
Change my world
And when the lights go off in the night I'm not lonely

I could've been a better man
I could've tried to understand
But I don't know anything
I lost before I began

This wounded heart of mine can't walk the line
Maybe I'll be better off 2nd time

Chorus

Back Around

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This old song
I'm singing you
I can't stop
I wanna be with you
Same old tune
Same old line
Rivers run
I'm running too
I can't stop
Don't know what i can do
Same old moon
Same old shine

Empty page of paper as i sit here in my room
Waiting for a simple word but nothing's coming through
Want to write about the truth and tell you that I've grown
But no one wants to hear a song about being alone


Nothing i can say that hasn't all been said before
I know I could say it now if you walked through the door
I'd tell you what you mean to me I'd tell you that you are
The only one that makes me wanna pick up my guitar and sing

This Old Song

This song is about taking control of your life instead of waiting for things to happen.  You have to make things happen not wait for them to happen to you.

All This Time

This is a classic "She's gone" tale.  The person you care about has left you all alone and given you no explanation.  The feelings and thoughts that go through your head when you are searching for a reason why.

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