Why hold me tight deserves more and is an underrated piece [THREAD]

Lets start with origins, Tae was first credited for music composition when he co-wrote and co-produced the masterpiece Hold Me Tight, tae lyrical genius

Can we just take a moment of silence to appreciate the piano. It already sets the theme of the song - loneliness and the sense of feeling eerie really kicks in. The feeling of being lonely is supposed to make you on edge however ironically it feels so comforting like a warm hug

Yh i want to cry when i hear jk in the beginning and when joon starts vocalising while rapping i CANT, here joon seems to discuss with himself what seems to be after a break up, the contemplation of everything that went wrong and what could he have done better +

To avoid the results that occured. Joon beautifully talks about the loneliness he feels and how he tried to cope with a drink only to be filled with more loneliness, he also brings up a trash bag making sound in the wind which i believe him inferring to +

Even the trash bag somewhat has a purpose. He begs for the other person to come back and ‘hug him’ to complete him -> fill the lonely gap that cant seem to be fixed with a drink

(my soul will not rest till i see it live )This yoonkook bit i feel like it mirrors two people in a relationship finally admitting that they cant seem to exist without each other even though they are harsh to each other -> post breakup convo echoing joons previous thoughts

Imagine eating cds for breakfast cant relateand PRODUCTION (i could go off and rant about it but then this thread would be too long) like without even looking at lyrics you know this bit is so passionate, here the vocal line repeat and beg the need to be hugged, a place +

of comfort which in line goes with how the song starts as soothing. They describe the person they desire as a scented flower who still shines which i perceive as the one person being their optimistic guide through life, the light in the darkness and without them they cant +

breathe, the comparison to flowers photosynthesising as they help produce o2 for us to breathe is so big brain so this one person is their ecosystem (is my brain getting ahead of me or..) the reason for their existence, however this can be very toxic

HE NEVER MISSES, this verse fr extreme here hobi raps about how hes useless and just a corpse without the person he wants to be there with them. He describes how even a clear sky and flower scented wind scares him - things that should make us happy -> his sense of +

Happiness is distorted and says hes ready to be cut by the ‘rose-like embrace’. Here he acknowledges that even though they complete him, he is bound to be hurt by the ‘thorns’ but he’s ready to risk it all in order to feel worthy we see a rose from far as a pretty +

Flower until we come close to actually touch it and we hurt ourselves which portrays exactly how hobi feels, however he is acknowledging this, yet still wanting to go further highlighting this dependent relationship and his tone seems to portray the conflict and pain he feels

OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE PRODUCTION>>>>> im gonna cry when yoongi starts singing and rapping yoongis verse shows how he is the only optimistic one in the relationship hoping for something to last but he describes the break up as evident like a high tide about to +

Crash onto shore -> their relationship will ‘crash’ and they will have to return back to their normal lives, however earlier shown by rapline verses this is impossible. All yoongi asks for silence and to just be held, because he knows once the words are spoken, all of it ends

COS STUDIO VERSION WONT DO JUSTICE JIMIN CD EATER HIS HIGH NOTE!;&::!?? Can i just scream and not analyse

Here we finish off with the chorus once again with vocal line asking to be held just one more time this song really is so emotional, and comes to an abrupt end just like the end of a bad relationship, i feel like from start to end +

It takes us through the journey of the relationship itself and adds to the storytelling through the lyrics. Joon raps about the break up, hobi raps about the idea of rekindling and yoongi raps about the reality of never getting back the relationship or sense of comfort they had

Hold me tight fits so closely to HYYH theme, discussing youth as the most beautiful moment in life however the discomfort and feeling worthless once it slips underneath our feet and we have to confront the real world -> youth being our false sense of comfort like the relationship

Had to include this vid cos seeing tae happy but like fr hes a lyrical genius and the fact that he produced this masterpiece when i say HYYH top album