La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
I reached out my arms and I touched you with soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tip of my fingers but that was as close as I came
My eyes had a vision of your lips yeelding beneath my command
I held your love on the tips of my fingers
But I let it slip right through my hands I let it slip right through my hands
Somebody took you when I wasn't looking I should have known from the start
But it's a long long way from the tips of my fingers
To the love hidden deep in your heart to the love hidden deep in your heart