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