Verse
F# G#m D#m
When you laughed at my plan
F# G#m D#m
And you mocked all my words
C# B
I knew then you were worse, you'd forgotten to love
B A#
In your hands, in your hands, my heart
[Verse 2]
G# Cm A#
And the sun was unclean
G# Cm Gm
And the morning the same
G# Cm
Contorting in the dark
B*
In the bedroom you made
C#m* B*
B fuss of the stars, too bright for your eyes
A* A#
In your hands, my heart
[Verse 3]
F# G#m D#m
And the morning's your curse
F# G#m D#m
And the sun still unwashed
C#
Oh, we loved till it hurt
B
It was crushing me, love
B
In the night, I knew was the last
A#
In your hands, in your hands, my heart
[Verse 4]
G# Cm A#
And, of course, you went there
G# Cm Gm
Like vertigo on a bridge
G# Cm B*
The river drunk howling like dogs
C#m* B* A*
And I, running on fumes, spat flames till it scarred you
A#
"Fall away! Go! Find your escape route!"
[Refrain]
F# G#m D#m
In your hands, in your hands,
F# G#m D#m
my heart
[Verse 5]
G# Cm A#
When you sheltered yourself
G# Cm Gm
And cut off the phone
G# Cm
Well, I knew then you weren't hurt
C# C#m* B* A*
You've forgotten how to love
A#
love
[Verse 6]
F# G#m D#m
Oh the artist shall suffer
F# G#m D#m
'Cause he's scratching his back
C#
Till there's blood in his nails
B A#
Well you make yourself ill with the lies that you tell
G# Cm A#
Still, in your hands, in your hands, my heart
G# Cm Gm
My heart,
G# Cm A#
my heart,
G# Cm Gm
my heart
G# Cm A#
G# Cm Gm
G# Cm B*
C#m* B* B G#