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Single · Out now · Sep 2026

The Life I Kept On Hold

Alex N.O.S

A song about waiting. I kept my life on hold and called it circumstance, waited for a rescue that was never going to come. For years I had good reasons, until every explanation started sounding like my name.

To be fair: some things really couldn't change. But some I only thought couldn't, and after a while both felt exactly the same. Pain became familiar, so familiar I almost called it home.

No sign came, no perfect moment, nothing suddenly became clear. I just chose one direction and moved, away from the place I kept calling safe. No monster, no curse: just a door, and my hand on the handle.

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Lyrics

IntroNo monster...
No curse.
Just another day
I told myself—
Tomorrow.

Verse 1I got good at waiting
Good at calling waiting time
Good at finding reasons
Why the moment wasn't right
One more screen
One more distraction
One more night to disappear
I said I needed answers
But really
I was scared to choose
I blamed the years
The walls
The things I couldn't change
Until every explanation
Started sounding
Like my name

ChorusI kept my life on hold
And called it circumstance
Waited for a rescue
That was never going to come
No sign
No perfect moment
No voice saying
Now
I kept my life on hold
Until I understood—
Waiting was a choice too

Verse 2Some things I couldn't change
Some things I only thought I couldn't
After a while
They started feeling
Exactly the same
Pain became familiar
So familiar
I almost called it home
And every day I didn't move
Made standing still
Feel more like truth
But a reason can explain you
Without becoming
Who you are

BridgeMaybe courage
Doesn't come first
Maybe clarity
Doesn't either
Maybe the door
Never opens itself
Maybe you move
Before you know
Where you're going

BuildSo I stopped asking
When I'd feel ready
Stopped turning fear
Into proof
I didn't need
To become fearless
I needed
To move

Final ChorusI kept my life on hold
And called it circumstance
Waited for the world
To finally give me a chance
No sign
No perfect moment
Nothing suddenly became clear
I just chose
One direction
And moved
I kept my life on hold
Until I finally knew—
The hardest thing to leave
Was the place
I kept calling
Safe

OutroNo monster...
No curse.
Just a door.
And my hand
On the handle.

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NORTH OF SILENCE
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