Intro (soft, atmospheric) (piano + ambient pad) Ooh… Ooh… Verse 1 In the quiet of the night When the noise has disappeared Every answer fades away Every certainty unclear I was running from the silence Trying not to feel the weight But the emptiness was calling Like a voice I couldn’t escape Pre-Chorus And in the shadows of my doubt I heard You breathing hope somehow (very soft choir pad enters) Ahh… ahh… Chorus 1 (intimate) In the stillness You found me When my heart had nothing left to say Through the silence You called me And the darkness slowly broke away (Choir — soft support) You found me… You called me… I was lost in my own echo Till Your light began to move In the stillness I discovered I was always held by You (Choir sustain) Held by You… Verse 2 All the questions I was hiding All the roads that led nowhere Every fear I tried to bury Met Your mercy waiting there Pre-Chorus When I thought the sky was closing in Your whisper pulled me back again (Choir slightly stronger) Ahh… ahh… ahh… Chorus 2 (wider — Coldplay lift begins) In the stillness You found me When my heart had nothing left to say (Choir response) You found me, You found me Through the silence You called me And the darkness slowly broke away (Choir rising) Oh-oh-oh Light in the dark I was lost in my own echo Till Your light began to move (Choir call & response) You called my name You called my name In the stillness I discovered I was always held by You (Choir) Always held by You Bridge (Radiohead-style breakdown) (piano + voice, almost alone) Not in thunder Not in fire But a quiet voice Lifting higher (Choir slowly returns like distant voices) Ahh… ahh… Not in power Not in fear But Your whisper Drawing near FINAL CHORUS (Full Coldplay cinematic lift) In the stillness You found me When my heart had nothing left to say (Full Choir) Oh-oh-oh-oh You found me Through the silence You called me And the darkness broke away (Choir expanding) Light in the dark Light in the dark I was lost in my own echo Till Your light began to move (Choir rhythmic chant) You called my name I belong to You In the stillness I discovered I was always held by You Extended Anthem Repeat (all voices together) Held by You Held by You Always held by You Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Outro (fade — Radiohead atmosphere returns) (instruments dissolve) Ooh… Held by You… Ooh… Held by You… (long ambient fade)
