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Artist: Ingrid Michaelson
Canonical path: /ingrid-michaelson/open-hands
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Open Hands
Read Open Hands lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Open Hands
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Nobody wants to be the only one that's left standing
Nobody wants to be the only one to understand
And now I'm seeing the way that you're leaving
Without me
Now go on
And drift away
The tide can hold you out
Go quiet now
Go sound, go safe
Open hands are hard to hold on to
Anyway
Anyway
Everybody wants the one to make them live forever
But nobody wants to be the only one to say they can't
And now I'm seeing the way that you're leaving
Without me
Now go on
And drift away
The tide can hold you out
Go quiet now
Go sound, go safe
Open hands are hard to hold on to
Anyway
Anyway
Anyway
Anyway
Now go on
And drift away
The tide can hold you out
Go quiet now
Go sound, go safe
Open hands are hard to hold on to anyway
Open hands are hard to hold on to anyway
Open hands are hard to hold on to anyway
Anyway, anyway, anyway
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Ingrid Michaelson performs "Open Hands", and this lyric page sits inside the Ingrid Michaelson catalog on LyroVerse.
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