"Hold On I'm Coming" is a promise shouted over a rhythm that sounds like a train. Sam & Dave recorded it in 1966 as a Stax classic about someone who will not let you drown alone. The message is simple: you are not alone. Help is already moving toward you. Hold on a little longer. The song understands that the hardest part of any crisis is the time between asking for help and feeling it arrive. The promise is that the wait will not be long.