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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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<poem> | <poem> | ||
You'd failed, abandoned us, you'd left. | {{Verse|1}} You'd failed, abandoned us, you'd left. | ||
Why should I think you could come back? | Why should I think you could come back? | ||
We struggled, lonely and bereft. | We struggled, lonely and bereft. | ||
Your easy absence was our lack. | Your easy absence was our lack. | ||
How to continue, left behind? | {{Verse|2}} How to continue, left behind? | ||
What good news could we truly tell? | What good news could we truly tell? | ||
And then, this weakness of the mind: | And then, this weakness of the mind: | ||
They said you had come back from Hell. | They said you had come back from Hell. | ||
I can't accept it, won't conspire | {{Verse|3}} I can't accept it, won't conspire | ||
to lie to people in their grief. | to lie to people in their grief. | ||
I need to touch your wounds, require | I need to touch your wounds, require | ||
a tactile witness, for belief. | a tactile witness, for belief. | ||
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And yet I thought I saw you wince | {{Middle} | ||
<poem> | |||
{{Verse|4}} And yet I thought I saw you wince | |||
in love and care. And even though | in love and care. And even though | ||
it's been some twenty centuries since, | it's been some twenty centuries since, | ||
I've seen you bleeding here below. | I've seen you bleeding here below. | ||
You've carried me, I've touched a welt; | {{Verse|5}} You've carried me, I've touched a welt; | ||
Those scars are real, I will allow. | Those scars are real, I will allow. | ||
Mayhap I know how Thomas felt. | Mayhap I know how Thomas felt. | ||
"My Lord, my God!": I know you now. | "My Lord, my God!": I know you now. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Modern music]] | [[Category:Modern music]] | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 22 December 2014
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- CPDL #31114:
- Editor: Kathryn Rose (submitted 2014-01-27). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information
Title: The Doubter
Composer: Kathryn Rose
Lyricist: Kathryn Rose
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: unison
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published: 2013
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Original text and translations
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1 You'd failed, abandoned us, you'd left. 2 How to continue, left behind? 3 I can't accept it, won't conspire {{Middle} 4 And yet I thought I saw you wince 5 You've carried me, I've touched a welt; |