Intro: Eb Gm Fm Bb
Verse:
Ab Bb
Two months is too little
Eb Gm
They let him go, they had no
Ab Bb
Sudden healing
Ab Bb
To think that providence would
Eb Gm Ab
Take a child from his mother while she prays
Bb Bb
Is appalling
Ab Bb
Who told us we'd be rescued
Eb Gm Ab
What has changed and why should we be saved
Bb
From nightmares
Ab Bb
We're asking why this happens
Eb Gm Ab
To us, who have died to live
Bb
It's unfair
Chorus:
Bb Eb Gm Ab
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
Bb Eb Gm
When the sacred is torn from your life
Ab
And you survive
Bb Eb Gm Ab
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
Bb Eb Gm
That the promise was when everything fell
Ab Bb Bb
We'd be held
Ab Bb
This hand is bitterness
Eb Gm Ab
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb
Bb
Our sorrow
Ab Bb
The wise hand opens slowly
Eb Gm Ab
To lillies of the valley and
Bb
Tomorrow
Chorus:
Bb Eb Gm Ab
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
Bb Eb Gm
When the sacred is torn from your life
Ab
And you survive
Bb Eb Gm Ab
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
Bb Eb Gm
That the promise was when everything fell
Ab Bb Bb
We'd be held
-key change-
Bridge
Dm A F C
If hope is born of suffering
Dm A F C
If this is only the beginning
Dm A
Can we not wait for one hour
Dm Bb
Watching for our Savior
Chrous:
Gb Bbm Ebm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
Db Gb Bbm
When the sacred is torn from your life
Ebm
And you survive
Db Gb Bbm Ebm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
Db Gb Bbm
That the promise was when everything fell
Ebm Db
We'd be held
Interlude: Gb Bbm Ebm Db
Gb Bbm Ebm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
Db Gb Bbm
That the promise was when everything fell
Ebm Db Db
We'd be held
Interlude: Gb Bbm Ebm Db
Gb Bbm
This is what it means to be held
Outro: Ebm Db Gb