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Novel: The Alchemist
Hymn 13 · Album I
Read the complete lyrics to “Simum” by Josh Chakka from The Alchemist, a Hymns for Entrepreneurs album about Santiago's journey. Listen to the song.
Part of the songbook
Simum is one chapter in The Alchemist, a musical interpretation centered on Santiago's journey.
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Novel: The Alchemist
Lyric sheet
Original lyric sheet / Track 13
From the original lyric sheet for The Alchemist. Wording may differ slightly from the released recording.
[Verse 1] "Ask the Hand that wrote it all..." the sun decrees the plea! Silence falls across the dunes, surrounding only me! No words, no pleas, just open heart, a love-current flows free! To the source of all creation, for the wind I need to be! Universe falls silent now, I sense it start to bend! Understanding washes through, on this my soul depends! [Build] The desert, wind, and sun look on, they seek to understand! The signs, the paths, the emerald's code, held in that single Hand! Why we were made, the paths we take, no creature truly knows! Only the Hand performs the change, as evolution flows! Reaching through the Soul of World, see the Soul of God! See my soul is His Soul now, upon this sacred sod! [Climax] I CAN DO THIS! I AM WIND! THE POWER IS WITHIN! MIRACLES UNFOLDING NOW! LET THE CHANGE BEGIN! SIMUM! BLOW! RAGE! TRANSFORM! THE STORM DESCENDS! THE SANDS ARISE! OBSCURING EARTH AND SKY! SIMUM! TEAR THE CAMP APART! DEFY THE CHIEFTAIN'S EYE! SIMUM! I AM THE STORM! [Verse 2] Generations will recall, the legend told this day How a shepherd boy became the storm, and blew the camp away. Arabs speak in hushed tones, of magic they have seen Defiance of the chieftain's power, where only dust had been. Silence falls, the dust descends, where was the boy before? Standing calm beside the guard, needing nothing more. Sorcery, the men cry out, with faces full of fear! [Outro] Two voices whisper: The Alchemist: "Perfect..." The Chief: "Allah..."
Lyrics © Josh Chakka.