Put Your Hand in the Hand
Find Peace in the Hand That Calms the Storm: Galilean Wisdom
Lyrics
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Encourages putting trust or reliance in a particular man.
Who stilled the water
Highlights the man's ability to calm or bring stillness to water.
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Reiterates the call to place one's hand in the hand of the mentioned man.
Who calmed the sea
Emphasizes the man's power in calming the sea.
Take a look at yourself
Suggests self-reflection, urging to examine one's own life.
And you can look at others differently
Promotes viewing oneself and others with a different perspective.
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Repeats the call to put trust in the man, specifying his origin as Galilee.
From Galilee
Identifies the geographical origin of the mentioned man.
My momma taught me how to pray
Shares a personal experience of learning prayer from the speaker's mother.
Before I reached the age of seven
Describes the early age at which the speaker learned to pray.
When I'm down on my knees
Associates being on one's knees with closeness to heaven, possibly referring to prayer.
That's when I'm closest to heaven
Expresses a spiritual connection during moments of prayer.
Daddy lived his life, two kids and a wife
Describes the father's life with family responsibilities.
Well you do what you must do
Conveys the necessity of doing what is required in life.
But he showed me enough of what it takes
Suggests that the father imparted valuable lessons on overcoming challenges.
To get me through, oh yeh!
Expresses gratitude or affirmation with "oh yeh!"
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Repeats the earlier themes, reinforcing the message of trusting the man from Galilee.
Who stilled the water
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-Who calmed the sea
-Take a look at yourself
-And you can look at others differently
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-From Galilee
-Oh yeh!
Reiterates the positive affirmation with "oh yeh!"
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Reiterates the call to put trust in the man and emphasizes the transformative impact.
Who stilled the water
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-Who calmed the sea
-Take a look at yourself
-And you can look at others differently
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-From Galilee
-Oh yeh!
Repeats the positive affirmation with "oh yeh!"
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Continues the repetition of the main message, encouraging reliance on the man from Galilee.
Who stilled the water
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-Who calmed the sea
-Take a look at yourself
-And you can look at others differently
-Put your hand in the hand of the man
-From Galilee
-Oh yeh!
Concludes with a final positive affirmation and call to trust the man from Galilee.
Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee
Reiterates the central message and concludes with a strong affirmation.
Put your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee, Oh yeh!
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