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Oh, place your hands on my hope,
Run your fingers through my soul.
And the way that I feel right now
Oh lord it may go
So place your hands on my hope,
Run your fingers through my soul.
And the way that I feel right now
Oh lord it may go.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
You know you cannot hide, from what's inside.
You know you cannot hide, from what's inside.
So I ask of you, to help me through,
I ask of you, this thing to do
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
So lay me down, for a while.
Join my body, with my mind.
Oh, I cried at the common one
4 weeks aft' he died.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
Run your fingers through my soul.
And the way that I feel right now
Oh lord it may go
So place your hands on my hope,
Run your fingers through my soul.
And the way that I feel right now
Oh lord it may go.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
You know you cannot hide, from what's inside.
You know you cannot hide, from what's inside.
So I ask of you, to help me through,
I ask of you, this thing to do
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
So lay me down, for a while.
Join my body, with my mind.
Oh, I cried at the common one
4 weeks aft' he died.
Put your hands on, put your hands on.
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"Oh place your hands, on my whole,
Run your fingers through my soul"
Cancer can take a hold and travel (metastasis) across the body, nasty stuff, so the request is out there for God's healing hands to reach across his entire existence, including his soul, to heal -
He's pleading for the Common one, God, to reach down and "Oh Lord may it go" -
Two meaning here I interpret as "may it go" refers to the the sickness eroding his Grandfather, and the pain Stringer felt during and since. He himself has referred to the pain as "devastation" in interviews about this song.
Great song with huge depth, delivered successfully into the mainstream. Thanks Reef, and RIP to all this dreaded disease has taken.
The "place your hands" bit is a reference to the way a policeman ask you to place your hands on the roof of the car when he needs to search your pockets.
Here, Stringer is asking Scott to place his hands on his soul, so that he can trust him.
love,
elisa