Hands

I've heard this song a few times on the radio in the last month and I'm glad that it's making a come back because I forgot how good it is.

It reminds me of an assembly we had in high school where the brother of one of the victims of the Columbine shooting came to talk to us about the event. Anybody else from Stone Bridge remember that? It was the best assembly I ever went to in my grades school years. It changed the whole atmosphere of our school for a while.

Here are the lyrics:

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
Poverty stole your golden shoes
It didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after
We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
I am never broken
In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
We are never broken
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands
We are God's hands

This part: "We'll fight, not out of spite, for someone must stand up for what's right," reminds me of a part of Elie Wiesel's nobel peace prize acceptance speech. Last month I read his book, Night, for book club and it was amazing in an awful way. It's another book about the Holocaust. I listened to it on CD and at the very end it had his speech and it's amazing. Anyways, the part that the lyrics remind me of is where he says, "...I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim...Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must, at that moment, become the center of the universe." Talk about something that would happen in an ideal world, right? Of course, I guess in an ideal world people wouldn't be oppressed anyways.

Just some of my random food for thought for the day.