Intro: D# Gm Cm Bb Verse :1 (Key of Bb) D# Bb Two months is too little Gm Cm They let him go, they had no G# Bb Sudden healing D# Bb To think that providence would Gm Cm G# 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. D# Gm Cm This is what it means to be held, how it feels Bb D# Gm When the sacred is torn from your life Cm Bb And you survive D# Gm Cm This is what it is to be loved, and to know Bb D# Gm That the promise was when everything fell Cm Bb 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. D# Gm Cm This is what it means to be held, how it feels Bb D# Gm When the sacred is torn from your life Cm Bb And you survive D# Gm Cm This is what it is to be loved, and to know Bb D# Gm That the promise was when everything fell Cm Bb We'd be held Bridge: (Key of C) Am F C G If hope is born of suffering Am F C G If this is only the beginning Am E Can we not wait for one hour C Dm Watching for our Savior Chorus: (Key of C#) N.C. F# Bbm D#m This is what it means to be held, how it feels C# F# Bbm When the sacred is torn from your life D#m C# And you survive F# Bbm D#m This is what it is to be loved, and to know C# F# Bbm That the promise was when everything fell D#m C# We'd be held Instrumental: F# Bbm D#m C# (x2) Chorus F# Bbm D#m This is what it is to be loved, and to know C# F# Bbm That the promise was when everything fell D#m C# We'd be held Outro: F# Bbm D#m C# F# Bbm This is what it means to be held D#m C# end with F#
