"The Story Of Father Andrzej Kowalczyk" lyrics

In the small Polish village of Stary Kowal, Father Andrzej Kowalczyk served as parish priest. He was the great-grandson of a renowned local blacksmith whose sturdy hands had once forged church bells and iron crosses. Young Andrzej inherited both his ancestor's strong grip and a deep devotion to faith. On a fateful morning in 1915, during the chaos of World War I, an artillery shell struck the village church. The blast tore the building apart, disintegrating the priest's body yet his clasped hands, still holding his rosary, remained eerily intact amid the rubble. Years later, while wandering through war-torn Europe, Professor Rowan Fenn discovered the relic. Sensing lingering life force within the severed hands, he performed a forbidden rite of reanimation. Now animated and spider-like, they scuttle on jointed, metallic legs forged from battlefield scrap. These Praying Hands travel with Rowan, Clara, and Grim as sacred guardians of the caravan. They bring spiritual luck and divine favor, their constant whispered prayers shielding the group from misfortune. In tight spaces lockets, keyholes, or narrow crevices only they can reach, retrieving lost artifacts, sabotaging evil devices, or delivering healing salves where no full body could go. Once a humble priest's hands, they now serve eternity in quiet, faithful service.