The Hand Song Lyrics - Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek

The boy only wanting to give mother something 

And all of her roses had bloomed 

Looking at him as he came rushing in 

With him knowing her roses were doomed 

All she could see was some thorns buried deep 

And tears that he cried as she tended his wounds 

And she knew it was love 

It was what she could understand 

He was showing his love 

And that's how he hurt his hands 

He still remembers that night as a child 

On his mother's knee 

She held him close and she opened her Bible 

And quietly started to read 

Then seeing a picture of Jesus, he cried out 

"Mama, he's got some scars just like me" 

And he knew it was love 

It was what he could understand 

He was showing his love 

And that's how he hurt his hands 

Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own 

When Uncle Sam comes along 

A foreign affair, but our young men are there 

And luck had his number drawn 

It wasn't that long till our hero was gone 

He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross 

But they knew it was love 

It was one they could understand 

He was showing his love 

And that's how he hurt his hands 

It was one they could understand 

He was showing his love 

And that's how he hurt his hands