I like music because of the message that a song can bring in ways that talking simply cannot express. The song "Hands of Time" by Michel Legrand (Music) and Marilyn and Alan Bergman (Lyrics) is one of those songs. Not only does it have a beautiful melody it's message is something that we all ponder from "time to time".
The Hands of Time
If the hands of time were hands that I could hold,
I'd keep them warm and in my hands,
They'd not turn cold.
Hand in hand we'd choose the moments that should last,
The lovely moments that should have no future and no past!
The summer from the top of a swing.
The comfort and the sound of a lullaby.
The innocence of leaves in the spring.
But most of all the moment when love first touched me!
All the happy days would never learn to fly.
Until the hands of time would choose to wave good-bye!
If the hands of time were hands that I could hold,
I'd keep them warm and in my hands,
They'd not turn cold.
Hand in hand we'd choose the moments that should last,
The lovely moments that should have no future and no past!
The summer from the top of a swing.
The comfort and the sound of a lullaby.
The innocence of leaves in the spring.
But most of all the moment when love first touched me!
All the happy days would never learn to fly.
Until the hands of time would choose to wave good-bye!
Wouldn't it be nice if we could revisit those moments in life when we were the happiest... To know the love that once brought sparkles to our eyes! Or maybe the time we held our child for the first time. Summers running through the grass barefooted. The screams of joy as the bike was let loose and we rode it for the first time. The home runs. The touchdowns. The recitals. Sunday picnics at the lake. Homemade ice cream in the backyard. Christmas morning as a kid. Christmas morning as a parent! Our first car. Our first house. Going to grandma's house. The family vacation.
If you really stop and think about it life has so many more good times and memories than bad ones. Somewhere along the line a lot of us tend to lose the joy that can come from the world God has given us. We become a little too serious. We get angry easily. People get on our nerves. We have a tendency to focus on the negative of life instead of the good.
As Paul wrote in Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy... Joy! We tend to forget that one, but there it is right after love. Right there in Paul's list! As the hands of time pass we should continue to dwell on the joy of today and the smiles of yesterday. If our heart and thoughts are always focused in this way then those sad and gloomy days will break apart with the warmth of which the joys of life continue to remind us.
Here it is from a You Tube post (Also known as Brian's Song):
Photo at top of story courtesy of Shareware Connection free download.
If you really stop and think about it life has so many more good times and memories than bad ones. Somewhere along the line a lot of us tend to lose the joy that can come from the world God has given us. We become a little too serious. We get angry easily. People get on our nerves. We have a tendency to focus on the negative of life instead of the good.
As Paul wrote in Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy... Joy! We tend to forget that one, but there it is right after love. Right there in Paul's list! As the hands of time pass we should continue to dwell on the joy of today and the smiles of yesterday. If our heart and thoughts are always focused in this way then those sad and gloomy days will break apart with the warmth of which the joys of life continue to remind us.
Here it is from a You Tube post (Also known as Brian's Song):
Photo at top of story courtesy of Shareware Connection free download.
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