Intro: D# Gm Fm A# Verse:G# A# Two months is too littleD# Gm They let him go, they had noG# A# Sudden healingG# A# To think that providence wouldD# Gm G# Take a child from his mother while she praysA# A# Is appalling G# A# Who told us we'd be rescuedD# Gm G# What has changed and why should we be savedA# From nightmaresG# A# We're asking why this happensD# Gm G# To us, who have died to liveA# It's unfair Chorus:A# D# Gm G# This is what it means to be held, how it feelsA# D# Gm When the sacred is torn from your lifeG# And you surviveA# D# Gm G# This is what it is to be loved, and to knowA# D# Gm That the promise was when everything fellG# A# A# We'd be held G# A# This hand is bitternessD# Gm G# We want to taste it, let the hatred numbA# Our sorrowG# A# The wise hand opens slowlyD# Gm G# To lillies of the valley andA# Tomorrow Chorus:A# D# Gm G# This is what it means to be held, how it feelsA# D# Gm When the sacred is torn from your lifeG# And you surviveA# D# Gm G# This is what it is to be loved, and to knowA# D# Gm That the promise was when everything fellG# A# A# We'd be held -key change- BridgeDm A F C If hope is born of sufferingDm A F C If this is only the beginningDm A Can we not wait for one hourDm A# Watching for our Savior Chrous:F# A#m D#m This is what it means to be held, how it feelsC# F# A#m When the sacred is torn from your lifeD#m And you surviveC# F# A#m D#m This is what it is to be loved, and to knowC# F# A#m That the promise was when everything fellD#m C# We'd be held Interlude: F# A#m D#m C# F# A#m D#m This is what it is to be loved, and to knowC# F# A#m That the promise was when everything fellD#m C# C# We'd be held Interlude: F# A#m D#m C# F# A#m This is what it means to be held Outro: D#m C# F#
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