Held

Two months is too little.

(Eb)They let him go;

they had (Ab)no sudden (Bb)healing.

(Ab)To think that

Providence would (Eb)take a child from his (Cm)mother while she (Ab)prays is (Bb)appalling.

(Ab)Who told us we'd be rescued?

(Eb)What has changed, and why should we be (Ab)saved from (Bb)nightmares?

(Ab)We're asking why this happens (Eb)to us (Cm)who have died to (Ab)live.

It's (Bb)unfair.

This is what it (Eb)means to be (Gm7)held,

how it (Ab)feels when the (Bb7sus)sacred is (Eb)torn from your life and you survive.

(Ab)This is what it (Eb)is to be (Gm7)loved and to (Ab)know that the (Bb7sus)promise was,

when (Eb)ev'rything (Cm7)fell, we'd (Gm7)be held.

(Ab)This hand is bitterness;

(Eb)we want to taste it, let the hatred numb our (Bb)sorrow.

(Ab)The wise hand opens slowly (Eb)to lilies (Cm)of the valley (Ab)and (Bb)tomorrow.

This is what it

(Dm)If hope is (Bb)born of (Csus)suffering,

(Dm)if this is (Bb)only the beginning,

(C)can we not (Dm)wait for one (A)hour,

watching (F)for our (Bb)Savior?

This is what it (Gb)means to be (Bbm7)held,

how it (Cb)feels when the (Db)sacred is (Gb)torn from your life and you survive.

(Cb)This is what it (Gb)is to be (Bbm7)loved and to (Cb)know that the (Db)promise was,

when (Gb)ev'rything (Ebm7)fell, we'd (Bbm7)be held.

(Cb)This is what it (Gb)means to be (Bbm7)held,

how it (Cb)feels when the (Db)sacred is (Gb)torn from your life and you survive.

(Cb)This is what it (Gb)is to be (Bbm7)loved and to (Cb)know that the (Db)promise was,

when (Gb)ev'rything (Ebm7)fell, we'd (Bbm7)be held.

(Cb)This is what it (Bbm7)be held.

(Dbsus)This is what it (Gb)means to be (Bbm7)held.