It Takes a Hand

Title: “It Takes a Hand”

Verse 1

A gun on the table won’t fire on its own,

A car in the driveway won’t head down the road.

A pencil in the backpack won’t make you fail,

It all takes a choice, it all tells a tale.

Chorus

‘Cause people pull the trigger, not the steel in their hands,

Shoes don’t walk a mile ‘til somebody stands.

It’s the heart behind the motion, not the tool in the plan,

Don’t blame the object, it takes a hand.

Verse 2

A wheel won’t turn without someone to steer,

A voice won’t be heard unless someone’s near.

We point at the things, but forget who we are,

It ain’t the shadow, it’s the maker of scars.

Chorus

‘Cause people pull the trigger, not the steel in their hands,

Shoes don’t walk a mile ‘til somebody stands.

It’s the heart behind the motion, not the tool in the plan,

Don’t blame the object, it takes a hand.

Bridge

We can point to the weapon, the pencil, the shoe,

But the truth of it all is it starts inside you.

Change comes from people, the choices we make,

It’s love or it’s hate that decides what we take.

Final Chorus

‘Cause people pull the trigger, not the steel in their hands,

Shoes don’t walk a mile ‘til somebody stands.

It’s the heart behind the motion, not the tool in the plan,

Don’t blame the object…

It takes a hand.