If I can just touch Him

(A Cappella · Constant Sorrow Style)

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Intro (Low bass hum, slow, mournful)

(Bass + baritone, wordless)

Mm—
Mm—

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Verse 1 (Solo – weary, restrained)

I’ve walked twelve years in the shadow
Of a sickness I can’t outrun
Spent my silver on false hope
Left with nothing, not even one

Crowds press in like the ocean
I stay low, I stay unseen
If they knew what I was carrying
They’d push me farther than I’ve been

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Chorus 1 (Group – soft, haunting harmony)

If I can just touch Him
If I can just reach
I don’t need His attention
I just need His sleeve

If I can just touch Him
I won’t beg, I won’t plead
Just one thread of mercy
Is enough for me

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Verse 2 (Second solo – slightly stronger)

I hear His name on every corner
Whispers say the lame arise
They say the blind are seeing daylight
And the dead are losing time

I don’t need a conversation
I don’t need the crowd to part
I just need one moment
Between His robe and my heart

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Chorus 2 (Full group – stronger, rhythm tightens)

If I can just touch Him
If I can just reach
I don’t need His attention
I just need His sleeve

If I can just touch Him
I won’t beg, I won’t plead
Just one thread of mercy
Is enough for me

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Bridge (Call & response – dramatic pause after each line)

Lead:
Who felt the power leave?

Group (low, tense):
Who touched You?

Lead:
Who broke through fear and shame?

Group:
Who touched You?

Lead (voice trembling):
It was me…

(Silence beat)

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Verse 3 (Confessional – solo, raw)

I fall down at His feet trembling
Every truth pours from my mouth
Twelve long years spill in seconds
Every fear, every doubt

I expect rebuke or silence
But He lifts my face to see
Calls me daughter in the daylight
Like He always knew it was me

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Final Chorus (Full harmony – resolved but reverent)

You didn’t just touch Him
He called you redeemed
Your faith pulled heaven
Into your need

You didn’t just touch Him
You were finally seen
Go in peace, be whole now
You’re finally free

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Outro (Bass + soft harmony, fading)

Mm—
Go in peace…
Be freed…

Appalachian a cappella hymn, minor key, old-time harmony, constant sorrow feel, raw mountain gospel, no instruments