‘We Hold the Keys’ was commissioned by the Worship Reference Group of the United Reformed Church and debuted at the 2023 annual conference of the Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain, ‘Shaping Worship: Creation’s Climate Crisis – responding in faith’.
Lyrics and music by David Williams
Ready-to-download:
We Hold The Keys lyrics PDF – lyrics PDF
Lyrics – We Hold the Keys WORD – lyrics WORD
We Hold The Keys, Score PDF – score PDF
The first of the two recordings is David playing the piano, the second is David playing the wind pipes.
Here we stand together at the gates of Love
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
And we speak of wonders from the Heavens above
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
We are joined, believing that God’s word is true
That the Word now tells us Love is overdue
And the World looks on, hungry for something new
We hold the keys, we hold the keys
Back when we were placed here on this earth below
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
All of life was given us to care and know
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
But we’ve turned from nurture, to indulge our tastes
And we’ve learned instead to loot, consume and waste
Now the time is short we must return in haste
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
All Creation calls across this wide, wide ball
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
To turn back the tide that can destroy us all
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
Sinking homes and habitats we see around
But we hope that we can do what must be done
For our actions now will shape the world to come
We hold the keys, We hold the keys
