F C Dm7 C F C Dm7 C [Verse] Dm7 C Have you ever held something until you hands were aching? F C Dm7 C And then let it go and watched it fall and listened to it breaking? Am C Am C I have held back time and tide when all the world was plenty Am C F But now my hands are open wide, open wide and empty [Verse] C Dm7 C For every breath that leaves me now, another comes to fill me F C Dm7 C And for every death that grieves me now, the next will surely kill me Am C Am C For those borders crumble every day, the faultlines are showing Am C F And all I thought was here to stay slowly is going [Verse] C Dm7 C History abandons us and we're holding on, holding on F C Dm7 C To nothing but dirt and dust, we're holding on, holding on Am C Am C While those borders crumble every day, the faultlines are showing Am C F And all I thought was here to stay slowly is going [Verse] Dm7 C Have you ever held something until you hands were aching? F C Dm7 C And then let it go and watched it fall and listened to it breaking?