Intro:
EbGmCmBbVerse :1
(Key of Bb)EbBb
Two months is too little
GmCm
They let him go, they had no
AbBb
Sudden healing
EbBb
To think that providence would
GmCmAb
Take a child from his mother while she prays
Bb
Is appalling
(same chords progression)
Who told us we'd be rescued
What has changed and why should we be saved
From nightmares
We're asking why this happens
To us, who have died to live
It's unfair
Chorus:
N.C. EbGmCm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
BbEbGm
When the sacred is torn from your life
CmBb
And you survive
EbGmCm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
BbEbGm
That the promise was when everything fell
CmBb
We'd be held
Verse: 2
(same chords as Verse 1)
This hand is bitterness
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb
Our sorrow
The wise hand opens slowly
To lillies of the valley and
Tomorrow
Chorus:
N.C. EbGmCm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
BbEbGm
When the sacred is torn from your life
CmBb
And you survive
EbGmCm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
BbEbGm
That the promise was when everything fell
CmBb
We'd be held
Bridge:
(Key of C)AmFCG
If hope is born of suffering
AmFCG
If this is only the beginning
AmE
Can we not wait for one hour
CDm
Watching for our Savior
Chorus:
(Key of Db)
N.C. GbBbmEbm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
DbGbBbm
When the sacred is torn from your life
EbmDb
And you survive
GbBbmEbm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
DbGbBbm
That the promise was when everything fell
EbmDb
We'd be held
Instrumental:
GbBbmEbmDb (x2)
ChorusGbBbmEbm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
DbGbBbm
That the promise was when everything fell
EbmDb
We'd be held
Outro:
GbBbmEbmDbGbBbm
This is what it means to be held
EbmC# end with Gb
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