Soundgarden - Hand Of God

The 5th track from Soundgarden's "Screaming Life/Fopp" EP. Enjoy!
Lyrics:
(preacher speaking)
Now I would like friends if this evening
We should stand there with all other of God's
Creatures on the curbstone and watch this
March of time. Let us take our stand with them
And as we stand there I here one of them whispering
He is a Hebrew sage, he says 'vanity of vanities the
whole thing is a vain parade. It has no meaning'
(end preacher speaking)

The hand of God lays high above me
I'll be so good if you really love me
Let me feel your mighty crunch
As you rub me out like water, fire, coal, etc.

Let it be known today, if you got two hands
You're supposed to pray
Fingers of fire, coal, and lead
Fondly love me 'til I'm dead

The hand of God is thick and callous
Bruised and torn from stones and sticks
The hand of God has got a ring about the size of Texas
Made of sweet, smelly stuff
My fingers never smell

Let me try on your hand and see if it fits
Don't worry I won't touch anything unholy with it
Let it be known today, if you got two hands
You're supposed to pray

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Soundgarden
• Screaming
• Life
• Fopp
• Thayil
• Cornell
• Grunge
• Rock
• Sub
• Pop

[goladen]

Yeah it does! Bring's back some great memories

[Andymalcolm1]

This is pure elevated rock...Soundgarden rocks...it's the greatest grunge rock band ever!!!!!!

[kobana23]

His voice <3

[CarKrashed]

'greatest grunge band ever' ? There's like 10 grunge bands.. and it's in the span of like 5 years.. "greatest grunge band ever" makes it sound like grunge has been a type of music for 40 years..

[BoilingColdness]

What is this song's meaning? I've never understood. OTHER THAN IS FREAKING ROCKS!

[Rorschach65]

@Andymalcolm1

The greatest FUCKING grunge band ever!!!

[Rorschach65]

"The hand of God has got a ring about the size of Texas"

One of my favorite lyrics of all time. No shit.

[soundgardenftw]

@Andymalcolm1 so true man! 

[Tipspid]

lovin this song, just started listening to this older stuff

[cigarsmoker26]

@goladen me to