Intro: D#5 G5 C5 Bb5 Verse (Key of Bb) D#5 Bb5 Two months is too little G5 C5 They let him go, they had no G#5 Bb5 Sudden healing D#5 Bb5 To think that providence would G5 C5 G#5 Take a child from his mother while she prays Bb5 Is appalling 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 Chrous: (N/C/) D#5 G5 C5 This is what it means to be held, how it feels Bb5 D#5 G5 When the sacred is torn from your life C5 Bb5 And you survive D#5 G5 C5 This is what it is to be loved, and to know Bb5 D#5 G5 That the promise was when everything fell C5 Bb5 We'd be held Verse: 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 Bridge (Key of C) A5 F5 C5 G5 If hope is born of suffering A5 F5 C5 G5 If this is only the beginning A5 E5 Can we not wait for one hour C5 D5 Watching for our Savior Chrous (Key of C#) (N/C/) F#5 Bb5 D#5 This is what it means to be held, how it feels C#5 F#5 Bb5 When the sacred is torn from your life D#5 C#5 And you survive F#5 Bb5 D#5 This is what it is to be loved, and to know C#5 F#5 Bb5 That the promise was when everything fell D#5 C#5 We'd be held F#5 Bb5 D#5 C#5 2x F#5 Bb5 D#5 This is what it is to be loved, and to know C#5 F#5 Bb5 That the promise was when everything fell D#5 C#5 We'd be held F#5 Bb5 D#5 C#5 F#5 Bb5 This is what it means to be held D#5 C#5 end with F#5
