Hold Yourself (Hozier)

Everybody always told me that life was made of compromises and that not everything was always perfect. When you have no experience with life, you're forced to believe everything you're told. That was until I met Ashley, two years ago. She made me reconsider my cynicism, at least at the beginning.
I had quit everything when I met her, just so I could spend time with her. I became a retail worker, working long hours almost everyday to pay the rent we needed to live together. I built a routine I became sick and ashamed of. And after two years, I realised that what my parents had told me was true: nothing was perfect, but it didn't mean it wasn't worth putting efforts into.

(This story is inspired by Hozier's song Cherry Wine, and it's going to be in Andrew's point of view.)