[Title: The Hand Remains] [Opening: whispered Sisters] Glowglobes lowered Chamber sealed Breath counted Nerve revealed [Cantor] Who enters the silence? [Choir] The one with a hand The one with a name The one not yet known [Cantor] Who waits in the chair? [Choir] Reverend Mother Truthsayer Bene Jesserit [Cantor] What is brought forth? [Choir] The box The thorn The old test [Verse 1] The glowglobes hover Like captive moons The air is thin With Sisterhood watching A hand is given A throat is chosen The box is black The needle is near No blade passes No shield rises The trial is inward The gate is flesh [Response] Hold the hand Hold the breath Hold the animal below [Refrain] Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar Thorn of judgment Needle of law Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar The flesh cries flame The mind gives answer [Verse 2] Prana by prana Bindu by bindu The small life trembles The trained will listens Pain becomes a room Fear becomes a voice The body commands The mind denies Water in the blood Memory in the bone Mothers behind mothers Watching through the eyes [Response] What flees is animal What remains is human What commands is human What endures is known [Refrain] Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar Thorn of judgment Needle of law Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar The flesh cries flame The mind gives answer [Middle Rite: low voices] Other Memory Open beneath Old blood speaking Without a mouth Daughter before daughter Mother before mother The line is hidden The line is kept [Cantor] What is pain? [Choir] A door [Cantor] What is fear? [Choir] A servant [Cantor] What is the hand? [Choir] The measure [Cantor] What is the human? [Choir] The will that stays [Bridge: rising women’s voices] Far place Near place Kwee-satz Had-er-ack Name withheld Path folded Seed crossed Time made narrow Not crowned Not called Not spared Not safe [Response] Hold the hand Hold the breath Hold the animal below [Final Refrain] Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar Thorn of judgment Needle of law Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar The flesh cries flame The mind gives answer Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar Box of black fire Law of the hand Gom Ja-bar Gom Ja-bar The animal passes The human remains [Closing: whispered Sisters] Glowglobes lifted Chamber opened Breath released The hand remains
