Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nick Cave
Performer
Warren Ellis
Performer
Alessandro Ruisi
Violin
Amy Carson
Choir
Eloisa-Fleur Thom
Violin
Esmeralda Conde Ruiz
Conductor
Hannah Cooke
Choir
Luba Tunnicliffe
Viola
Max Ruisi
Cello
Nicholas Madden
Choir
Sarah Dacey
Choir
Timothy Dickinson
Choir
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Cave
Composer
Warren Ellis
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Cave
Producer
Warren Ellis
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There are some people trying to find out who
There are some people trying to find out why
There are some people aren't trying to find anything
But that kingdom in the sky
In the sky
[Verse 2]
I'm going to the river
Where the current rushes by
I'm going to the river
Where the current rushes by
I'm gonna swim to the middle
Where the water is real high
[Verse 3]
Hand of God
Coming from the sky
Hand of God
Coming from the sky
Gonna swim to the middle and
Stay out there for a while
Way down low
Way down low
Let the river cast its spell on me
Let the river cast its spell on me
[Verse 4]
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
[Verse 5]
Singing boy sitting on the bridge
Singing boy sitting on the bridge
Throwing pennies off the edge
Peasants working in the fields
Keep their heads way down low
Way down low
Don't want to let on what they know
[Verse 6]
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God) Way down low
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)Way down low
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
[Verse 7]
Grab those pennies
Count them, ten
Grab those pennies
Count them, ten
Hand of God
Never come back up again
Let the river cast its spell
On me
[Verse 8]
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
[Verse 9]
You're a body of water
Flowing across the bed
You're a body of water
Spread across the hotel bed
Gonna swim to the middle
Never come up again
Let the river cast its spell on me
Let the river cast its spell on me
[Verse 10]
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
[Verse 11]
Going to the river
Where the current rushes by
Going to the river
Where the current rushes by
Gonna swim to the middle
Stay out there a while
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
(Hand of God)
Let the river cast its spell
On me
Written by: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis