Two months is
too lit tle.
They let him go; they had no
sud den heal (Bb)ing.
To think that Prov i dence would
take a child from his (Cm)moth er while she (Ab)prays
is ap (Bb)pall ing.
Who told us we’d be res cued?
What has changed, and why should we be (Ab)saved
from (Bb)night mares?
We’re ask ing why this hap pens
to us (Cm)who have died to (Ab)live.
It’s (Bb)un fair.
This is what it (Eb)means
to be (Gm7)held,
how it (Ab)feels
when the (Bb7sus)sa cred is (Eb)torn from your life
and you sur vive.
(Ab)This is what it (Eb)is
to be (Gm7)loved
and to (Ab)know
that the (Bb7sus)prom ise was, when (Eb)ev ’ry thing (Cm7)fell,
we’d (Gm7)be held.
This hand is bit ter ness;
we want to taste it, let the hat red numb
our (Bb)sor row.
The wise hand o pens slow ly
to lil ies (Cm)of the val ley (Ab)and
to (Bb)mor row.
This is what it
If hope is (Bb)born of
suf fer ing,
if this is (Bb)on ly the be gin ning,
can we not (Dm)wait
for one hour, watch ing (F)for our Sav (Bb)ior?
(CN.C.)This is what it (Gb)means
to be (Bbm7)held,
how it (Cb)feels
when the (Db)sa cred is (Gb)torn from your life
and you sur vive.
(Cb)This is what it (Gb)is
to be (Bbm7)loved
and to (Cb)know
that the (Db)prom ise was, when (Gb)ev ’ry thing (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)sa cred is (Gb)torn from your life
and you sur vive.
(Cb)This is what it (Gb)is
to be (Bbm7)loved
and to (Cb)know
that the (Db)prom ise was, when (Gb)ev ’ry thing (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.
This page shows “Held” by Natalie Grant in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 99 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.