Hands

At a February 2008 concert in Las Vegas, Jewel explained that when she was 18, she was living in a van and did some shoplifting. She was going to take a dress when she looked at her hands and realized that she controlled them. Said Jewel, "I realized I was cheating myself. No matter how you work with your hands your own dignity is up to you."

Jewel wrote the track with keyboardist/music producer Patrick Leonard. In part, the lyrics of this song are based upon the poem Poverty by Pablo Neruda.

On December 19, 1998, Jewel performed this in front of The Pope at the "Natale In Vaticano" concert in Vatican City, Italy. She was backed by a choir and a 100-piece orchestra.