Xavier Rudd - Gather the Hands lyrics
[Xavier Rudd - Gather the Hands lyrics]
She was delivered by the grace of his hands
Kindness, relentless quiet to be shared
People stood awkwardly and gazed
Across the room
She walked with such elegance in
The places that she knew
Flawlessness, contagious, compassionate
Engagement in these hands, I belong
In these hands, you belong
Foolish, segregation scars deep
Beneath the skin
Of the black man and the white
Man and everyone in between
Forever sacred was the feminine
Right down to the final hour
When every baby to be taken
To be poisoned to be soured
Bodies turning in their graves
And spirit's waiting to go home
Disconnected from their holy places when
The museums stole their bones
Cry freedom, still bleeding
Still waiting for a reason
Throw these arms around the world
Throw these arms around the world
Through the eye of a needle
We tried to move the stone
So heavy from it's history
Of shame and blood and bone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
(Sing for love) Gather the hands
To move the stone
(Yo yo yo) Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
(Sing for love) Gather the hands
To move the stone
(Yo yo yo) Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Through the eye of a needle we
Tried to move the stone
So heavy from it's history of
Shame and blood and bone
Kindness, relentless quiet to be shared
People stood awkwardly and gazed
Across the room
She walked with such elegance in
The places that she knew
Flawlessness, contagious, compassionate
Engagement in these hands, I belong
In these hands, you belong
Foolish, segregation scars deep
Beneath the skin
Of the black man and the white
Man and everyone in between
Forever sacred was the feminine
Right down to the final hour
When every baby to be taken
To be poisoned to be soured
Bodies turning in their graves
And spirit's waiting to go home
Disconnected from their holy places when
The museums stole their bones
Cry freedom, still bleeding
Still waiting for a reason
Throw these arms around the world
Throw these arms around the world
Through the eye of a needle
We tried to move the stone
So heavy from it's history
Of shame and blood and bone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
(Sing for love) Gather the hands
To move the stone
(Yo yo yo) Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
(Sing for love) Gather the hands
To move the stone
(Yo yo yo) Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Gather the hands to move the stone
Gather the hands to move the stone
Sing it up to the heavens
Let it rain down on us all
Through the eye of a needle we
Tried to move the stone
So heavy from it's history of
Shame and blood and bone