Story Behind The Song

I'm held hostage, at your mercy as you leave me here to sort through your belongings... and I wish you would come back

Song Description

solo piano and solo vocal about the pain of a lost love, in teh aftermath of a breakup

Lyrics

HELD HOSTAGE ?2000 J. Corday
5th or 6th capo

Am C Em
Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud

Am C Em Am C Em
Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Am C Em Am (C) B
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Why are you nailing me down, tell me why, tell me why?
Under the bed like a bad dream,
I seek but I can?t find?
(Hungry for some kind of hand-out, waiting in line)
(And I?ve become a prisoner of your heart, locked inside)
(Seeking some kind of redemption I know I?ll never find)

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy

CHANGE:
C G sus Em C
I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
C G C B
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me, hold me?

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
Cause I can?t move, and I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box of old worn-out things

HELD HOSTAGE ?2000 J. Corday


E Ab B
Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud

E G B E G B
Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
E G B E G B Gb
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Under the bed like a bad dream I seek, but I can?t find

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy

CHANGE:
G D B G
I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
G D G Gb
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me, hold me?

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
I can?t move, I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box of old worn-out things

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand


HELD HOSTAGE

Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud


Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Why are you nailing me down, tell me why, tell me why


Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy


I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me? hold me? hold me

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
And I can?t move, and I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box, of old tired things

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand