Open Hand
Unite and Rise: Embracing Freedom in Project 86's 'Open Hand'
Lyrics
Intersect; cross the lines
Encouraging collaboration and connection; crossing boundaries.
Break the barriers; link the areas
Breaking obstacles and establishing links between different areas.
Unify our stakes; take my hand
Coming together with shared interests and goals; offering support.
Grip this man and fill the land
Empowering individuals to make a positive impact on the world.
Rectify our states; stand together
Correcting the condition of our states; standing in unity.
None are better; so send the letters
Rejecting superiority; encouraging communication through letters.
Vilify the walls
Critiquing and challenging barriers or divisions.
Freedom is to come as one
Freedom is achieved when we come together as one.
To take hold of this day, no other way
Seizing the present moment as the only path forward.
You won't find me gone
Emphasizing resilience and commitment; not easily defeated.
Raised hands surround us
Symbolizing unity and support through raised hands.
Three nails to protect us
Referencing sacrifice and protection through three nails.
I'll find my way back home
Expressing the confidence to find a way back home.
Raised hands surround us
Continuation of the theme of unity and protection.
Three nails to protect us
Reiterating the idea of sacrifice and safeguarding.
I place my fate in your hands
Placing trust and destiny in someone else's hands.
Loss of self, no demands
Being selfless with no expectations or requirements.
So to give my years I'll relent and drop my pride
Willingness to give up pride and years for a greater cause.
Cross the fence so to confide
Crossing barriers to share and confide in others.
Laid hands on my head
Symbolic laying on of hands, perhaps for support or blessing.
Sense of self long since dead
Feeling a loss of identity or individuality.
Sever words got my back
Words cutting deep, but support remains.
So let off, and set off and snap my shame away
Releasing shame through action and distancing from negativity.
You ask me what's the point to scrape and fight
Responding to questions about the purpose of struggle and effort.
To win another day to live
Fighting to live another day and appreciating life.
My answer is to stand united, we can't live divided
Stressing the importance of unity for a shared existence.
Until we die and gain what's ours to claim
Commitment to stand together until death, claiming what is rightfully ours.
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