Tenderness
Track 9
C# C#7 F# Tenderness is leaving, one sharp word at a time F#maj7 G# A#m G# D# G# We call the coldness honesty and cruelty a stronger mind C# C#7 F# We learn to speak in weapons and laugh when someone bleeds C# G#7 C# F#maj7 G# A#m7 Then wonder why the gentle heart has nowhere left to breathe D#sus4 G# C# Be gentle, someone is already breaking G# A#m A#m7 D#m7 Speak softly, someone is carrying pain F#maj7 C# Sarcasm passes for wisdom F# G# C# And anger passes for strength D#m7 G# Fm We wound the ones beside us A#m7 D#m7 Then call the damaged fate Christ did not crush the bruised reed C# F# C# Or turn the weak away G# A#m He held the child, restored the fallen C# G# C# And gave the ashamed a name F# G# A#m Strength does not need to wound G# C# D#m Truth does not need to sneer C# F# C# D#m7 D#m Love can lower its furnace and choose to draw near C# F7 Lower the weapon, soften the word A#m D#7 C# Notice the bruised, let mercy be heard F# G# A#m7 C# Tenderness is not weakness or fear dressed as love F# C# It is strength made gentle A#m7 A#m7 D#7 In the hands of God F# In the hands of God