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