Halleluiah
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| + | Her parents named her Halleluiah, but she was known by her peers as Holly. She was a good little Christian girl until she got high for the first time at a camp on the banks of the Mississippi River, aged 17. From there on her life was a downward spiral of parties, drug addiction and promiscuity. Throughout her journey she battled between her party lifestyle and her Christian faith. Her life is documented throughout many Hold Steady songs. | ||
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| + | "she licked her lower lip and then she kissed that halleluiah chick" | ||
| + | "she don't feel all that sweet. about the places that she sometimes has to go to get some sleep." | ||
| + | "she said i'm sorry people think i'm pretty." | ||
| + | "it really sucks when you get stuck here with these trevors." | ||
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| + | [[Hornets! Hornets!]] | ||
| + | "she said always remember never to trust me. she said that the first night she met me. she said there's gonna be a time when i'm gonna have to go with whoever's gonna get me the highest." | ||
| + | "she said i won't be much for conversation if we go and do the rest of this. she said i've never been much for conservation. i kinda dig these awkward silences." | ||
| + | "she's got those bones brigade videos. she knew them back and forth. she's slept with so many skaters." | ||
| + | "she had the place to herself. she had a couple hundred bux. and he had nothing but the number." | ||
| + | "she said i like the guy who always answers the door. he never asks you what you came to his house for." | ||
| + | ""she said i won't be much for all this humbert humbert stuff. i've never done so much of this." | ||
| + | "i have to try so hard not to fall in love. i have to concentrate when we kiss." | ||
| + | "she mouthed the words along to "running up that hill." that song got scratched into her soul." | ||
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| + | [[Cattle And Creeping Things]] | ||
| + | "i'm pretty sure i heard this one before. you in the corner with a good looking drifter. two cups of coffee and ten packs of sugar. i heard gideon saw you in denver. he said you're contagious." | ||
| + | "she's got a cross around her neck that she ripped off from a schoolgirl in the subway on a visit to the city. | ||
| + | "she likes how it looks on her chest with three open buttons." | ||
| + | "she likes the part where one brother kills the other. she has to wonder if the the world ever will recover." | ||
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| + | "she said: i was seeing double for 3 straight days after i got born again it felt strange but it was nice and peaceful." | ||
| + | "it really pleased me to be around so many people. of course half were just visions but half of them were friends from going thru the program with me." | ||
| + | "later on we did some sexy things. took a couple photographs and carved them into wood reliefs." | ||
[[Separation Sunday]] | [[Separation Sunday]] | ||
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==Appearences== | ==Appearences== | ||
| + | ===[[Almost Killed Me]]=== | ||
*[[Barfruit Blues]] | *[[Barfruit Blues]] | ||
| + | ===[[Separation Sunday]]=== | ||
| + | *[[Hornets! Hornets!]] | ||
| + | *[[Cattle and the Creeping Things]] | ||
| + | *[[Your Little Hoodrat Friend]] | ||
| + | *[[Banging Camp]] | ||
| + | *[[Charlemagne in Sweatpants]] | ||
| + | *[[Stevie Nix]] | ||
| + | *[[Don't Let Me Explode]] | ||
| + | *[[Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night]] | ||
| + | *[[Crucifixion Cruise]] | ||
| + | *[[How A Resurrection Really Feels]] | ||
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| + | ===[[Boys and Girls in America]]=== | ||
| + | *[[First Night]] | ||
| + | ==Basis== | ||
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Current revision as of 10:02, 5 April 2008
Her parents named her Halleluiah, but she was known by her peers as Holly. She was a good little Christian girl until she got high for the first time at a camp on the banks of the Mississippi River, aged 17. From there on her life was a downward spiral of parties, drug addiction and promiscuity. Throughout her journey she battled between her party lifestyle and her Christian faith. Her life is documented throughout many Hold Steady songs.
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Barfruit Blues "she licked her lower lip and then she kissed that halleluiah chick" "she don't feel all that sweet. about the places that she sometimes has to go to get some sleep." "she said i'm sorry people think i'm pretty." "it really sucks when you get stuck here with these trevors."
Hornets! Hornets! "she said always remember never to trust me. she said that the first night she met me. she said there's gonna be a time when i'm gonna have to go with whoever's gonna get me the highest." "she said i won't be much for conversation if we go and do the rest of this. she said i've never been much for conservation. i kinda dig these awkward silences." "she's got those bones brigade videos. she knew them back and forth. she's slept with so many skaters." "she had the place to herself. she had a couple hundred bux. and he had nothing but the number." "she said i like the guy who always answers the door. he never asks you what you came to his house for." ""she said i won't be much for all this humbert humbert stuff. i've never done so much of this." "i have to try so hard not to fall in love. i have to concentrate when we kiss." "she mouthed the words along to "running up that hill." that song got scratched into her soul."
Cattle And Creeping Things "i'm pretty sure i heard this one before. you in the corner with a good looking drifter. two cups of coffee and ten packs of sugar. i heard gideon saw you in denver. he said you're contagious." "she's got a cross around her neck that she ripped off from a schoolgirl in the subway on a visit to the city. "she likes how it looks on her chest with three open buttons." "she likes the part where one brother kills the other. she has to wonder if the the world ever will recover."
"she said: i was seeing double for 3 straight days after i got born again it felt strange but it was nice and peaceful." "it really pleased me to be around so many people. of course half were just visions but half of them were friends from going thru the program with me." "later on we did some sexy things. took a couple photographs and carved them into wood reliefs."
Holly and Jesus
Appearences
Almost Killed Me
Separation Sunday
- Hornets! Hornets!
- Cattle and the Creeping Things
- Your Little Hoodrat Friend
- Banging Camp
- Charlemagne in Sweatpants
- Stevie Nix
- Don't Let Me Explode
- Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
- Crucifixion Cruise
- How A Resurrection Really Feels
