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Oneness of Everything, The

Hymn composed by

Jim Scott

Contextual information

This is an eco-anthem that works well or group singing or a solo voice. The traditional hymn style melody was intended to have a more contemporary feel, not too somber, with steady folk/rock rhythm. SAA, SATB, or solo/SATB arrangements are available from Jim Scott Music.

This is an eco-anthem that works well or group singing or a solo voice. The traditional hymn style melody was intended to have a more contemporary feel, not too somber, with steady folk/rock rhythm. SAA, SATB, or solo/SATB arrangements are available from Jim Scott Music.

Tune Name

[Far beyond the grasp of hands]

Tune Name

Text Meter

Irregular

10.9.10.9

Song Composer

Jim Scott

Lyricist

Jim Scott

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Lyrics

Far beyond the grasp of hands,

or light to meet the eye,

past the reaches of the mind,

There find the key to nature’s harmony

in an architecture so entwined.

Like the birds whose patterns grace the sky

and carry all who join in love expanding,

The message of peace will rise in flight

taking the weight of the world upon its wings,

In the oneness of ev’rything.

Peace is in the dance of trees,

who stir before the first

breath of wind is yet perceived.

Trust in the song, becoming one with the dance,

and all mysteries can be believed.

Songs of lives long past that touch our own

are written in the earth evergiving,

And now to maintain the harmony

gives to us all lives worth living,

For the oneness of ev’rything.

Still we seek to find a truth

that we might understand

and reduce to terms defined

Vast and immeasurable time and space

all so overwhelmingly designed.

Oh, passing years just might I know the faith

that winters in the heart to be reborn in spring.

To hear and to feel the pulse of life

enters my soul as a song to sing,

Of the oneness of ev’rything.

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