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