Gather the Hands

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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 spirits 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 its history, of shame and blood and bone

[Refrain]

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

[Outro]

Through the eye of a needle we tried to move the stone

So heavy from its history of shame and blood and bone