For a short while, I was a Hoosier. I had just recorded Lost and Found, I had fallen in love and moved in to an apartment in Clarksville, IN. On a day that I had all to myself, I wrote this song. I had no intentions. When I wrote it, I had the idea that there should be another verse. It seemed a bit short. I moved up to New York City shortly after, and I kept playing the song. A third verse never came. At some point, I played this song for Phelim and Andrew, and they loved it. They managed to convince me that a third verse wasn't necessary.
Despite being a really short song, "Hold On" became a staple of the Navigators. We had plenty of epics, so having a palate cleanser came in handy. Phelim, Andrew and I recorded this in Graham Hawthorne's studio with Charlie Martinez engineering. I remember that I had just broken up with my girlfriend, and I was couch-surfing in New York while we recorded this. If you look at the picture above, you can see that I'm not happy about anything. Still, I was happy with how this turned out.
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