Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel the Rain
Jesus' Weathered Hands: A Melodic Reflection on Endurance
Lyrics
Would the rain, the frozen rain
Contemplating whether the rain, symbolizing challenges or difficulties, would feel as cold as the tears on Jesus' face.
Be as cold upon your forehead
Comparing the coldness of rain on Jesus' forehead to the emotional pain reflected in tears on his beaten face.
As the tears that plough your beaten face again
Reflecting on the emotional suffering represented by tears on Jesus' face.
Would the rain
Repetition of the inquiry about whether the rain would have a similar coldness on Jesus.
Could your hands, your grubby hands
Considering if Jesus' hands, described as grubby, could protect him from the weather by pulling his coat around his shoulder.
Pull your coat around your shoulder
Imagining Jesus wrapping his coat around his shoulder, a gesture of self-protection against life's challenges.
Steel yourself against the weather of the day
Suggesting that Jesus might need to mentally prepare for the difficulties of the day.
Could your hands
Reiteration of questioning whether Jesus' hands can provide protection.
Here I stand
The narrator stands firm, unchanged despite the challenges or changing circumstances.
Just the same
Reiterating the narrator's constancy in the face of difficulties.
Jesus do these hands still feel the rain
Pleading or questioning if Jesus still feels the symbolic "rain," possibly hardships or sorrows.
Here we go, winter long
Commencing a new phase, possibly a change in seasons or life circumstances.
Like sun bleeds down the valley
Describing a somber image of the sun bleeding down the valley, suggesting a melancholic atmosphere.
Or a black and oily river moves so slow
Comparing a slow-moving, dark river to the passage of time or life's challenges.
Here we go
Expressing the inevitability of facing challenges or hardships.
Here I stand
Reiterating the narrator's unwavering stance in the midst of life's challenges.
Just the same
Emphasizing the narrator's consistency in the face of difficulties.
Jesus do these hands still feel the rain
Posing the question again, asking if Jesus still feels the symbolic "rain" on his hands.
Here I stand
Reiterating the narrator's steadfastness despite changing circumstances.
Just the same
Affirming the narrator's resilience and constancy.
Jesus do your hands still feel the rain
Directly asking if Jesus, as a divine figure, still experiences the symbolic "rain" in his hands.
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