[Intro — one male voice, spoken low over a single clean guitar note] רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה — a mother in the desert, a boy under a bush, and a voice from heaven that says get up. [Verse 1 — quiet, clean guitar only, restrained] The water in the skin ran out. She put him down beneath a bush. She sat a bowshot off and cried, אַל־אֶרְאֶה בְּמוֹת הַיָּלֶד — let me not see the child die. [Pre-Chorus — drums enter, building hard] וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלֹקִים אֶת־קוֹל הַנַּעַר — and Hashem heard the voice of the boy. Rashi says his own prayer came first — and then the sky spoke — [Chorus — everyone together, massive gang vocals, soaring] קוּמִי שְׂאִי אֶת־הַנַּעַר — get up, lift up the boy! אַל־תִּירְאִי — do not be afraid! בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם — He hears you where you are, He hears you where you are! [Verse 2 — quiet again, one guitar, voice close] Rashi says the angels argued — look what his children will do one day. And Hashem asked, what is he now? And they said, righteous. Then that is how I judge him. Now. [Pre-Chorus — drums enter, building hard] וַיִּפְקַח אֱלֹקִים אֶת־עֵינֶיהָ — and Hashem opened her eyes, וַתֵּרֶא בְּאֵר מָיִם — and she saw a well of water — [Chorus — everyone together, massive gang vocals, soaring] קוּמִי שְׂאִי אֶת־הַנַּעַר — get up, lift up the boy! אַל־תִּירְאִי — do not be afraid! בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם — He hears you where you are, He hears you where you are! [Bridge — near silence, one voice and a single guitar, then everything explodes] This same chapter started with a promise kept — הַשֵּׁם פָּקַד אֶת־שָׂרָה — Hashem remembered Sarah. Midrash Tanchuma says there are four keys He never hands to anyone — food, and rain, and the grave, and the mother with no child. כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמָר — exactly as He said! He keeps them all, He keeps His word, and today He turns the key! [Chorus — everyone together, massive gang vocals, soaring] קוּמִי שְׂאִי אֶת־הַנַּעַר — get up, lift up the boy! אַל־תִּירְאִי — do not be afraid! בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם — He hears you where you are, He hears you where you are! [Outro — guitars ringing out, choir dropping to one voice, slow fade] יוֹם תְּרוּעָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם — a day of the ram's horn for you. בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא־שָׁם — He hears you where you are.
