Raise Hands
Raise Your Hands: A Musical Sermon on Life's Choices
Lyrics
You can lead a horse to water
You can guide someone to an opportunity or solution.
But you can't make him drink
However, you cannot force them to take advantage of it.
You can lead a man to knowledge
You can show a person the path to knowledge.
But you can't make him think
But you cannot compel them to engage in critical thinking.
Everybody's doing it
There is a prevalent trend or behavior among people.
Everybody's doing it
-Come in all you people
An invitation to a group of people.
Come drink from my cup
Inviting others to partake in the speaker's experience or perspective.
I'll tell you what you need to hear
The speaker promises to share necessary truths for personal improvement.
To put you back on top
Providing advice or insights to help someone regain success.
If it feels good
An assertion that pleasure is an indicator of goodness.
it must be good, man!
Encouraging a hedonistic perspective, equating pleasure with goodness.
You know it's all right
An affirmation that everything is acceptable or permissible.
So come on and raise your hands
An invitation to express approval or joy by raising hands.
Oh, we're so excited
Expressing excitement and entertainment.
Oh, we're entertained
-Hallelujah, raise our hands again
A celebratory act of raising hands again, possibly in a religious context.
Science is progress
Positing that science represents progress.
and religions is dead
Contrasting the idea that organized religion is obsolete.
We bow down to anything
A commentary on the tendency to blindly follow any idea.
That comes into our head
Indicating a willingness to accept and follow various thoughts.
If God's in my television
A metaphorical scenario where God is present in the speaker's TV.
Put me on TV
Expressing a desire to be in the spotlight, even if controlled by external forces.
But ya know it's all right
An assurance that everything will be fine.
Come on and sing with me
An invitation to join the speaker in expressing themselves through song.
Oh, we're so excited
Reiteration of excitement and entertainment.
Oh, we're entertained
-Hallelujah, raise our hands again
A repeated act of raising hands, possibly with a religious connotation.
Oh, we're so excited
Continued expressions of excitement and entertainment.
Oh, we're entertained
-Oh, we're so excited
-Hallelujah, raise our hands again
A repeated celebration through the symbolic act of raising hands.
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