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Hands

from Big Sea by Rev Simpkins

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lyrics

I have glimpsed it beside a grave
As the earth falls from my hand
I have heard it in a mourner’s wail
I don’t pretend I understand

I have seen it in a baby’s gaze
Pouring water from my hand
I perceive it in the tracing of a cross
I don’t pretend I understand
How
Love is strong as death
But who am I to deny either?

I have felt it standing among friends
As the bread breaks in my hand
I have known it in the Word I love so well
I don’t pretend I understand
How
Love is strong as death
But who am I to deny either?

It’s spoken plainly in a dying breath
grasped in the touching of two hands
It fills your sorrows, it fills your joys
But don’t pretend you understand
How
Love is strong as death
But who am I to deny either?

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from Big Sea, released September 25, 2020

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Rev Simpkins UK

Notorious sinner-songwriter, folk symphonist & Anglican priest.
The Rev’s unique psychedelic gospel and gritty folk owes as much to the Old Testament, & the dark folk tales & barren landscapes of Essex & Suffolk, as it does to his musical heroes Bert Jansch, Captain Beefheart & the Kinks. He comes from a long line of priests whose fiery performances characterise his own style. ... more

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