Blind Boys Of Alabama - Every Grain Of Sand Lyrics
In the time of my confessionIn the hour of my deepest needWhen the pool of tears beneath my feetFlood every newborn seedThere’s a dying force within meReaching out somewhereToiling in the dangerAnd the morals of despairI don’t have the inclinationTo look back on any mistakeLike Cain I now behold a chainOf events that I must breakIn the fury of the momentI can see the master’s handAnd every leaf tat tremblesAnd every grain of sandAll the flowers of indulgenceAnd the weeds of yester yearLike criminals, they helped choke the breathOf conscience and good cheerThe sun beat down upon the stepsOf time to light the wayTo ease the pain of idlenessAnd the memory of decayI gaze into the doorwayOf temptation’s angry flameAnd every time I pass that wayI’ll always hear my nameThen onward in my journeyI come to understandThat every hair is numberedLike every grain of sandI have gone from rags to richesIn the sorrow of the nightIn the violence of a summer’s dreamIn the chill of a wintery lightIn the bitter dance of lonelinessFading into spaceIn the broken mirror of innocenceOf each forgotten raceI hear the ancient footstepsLike the motion of the seaSometimes I turn, there’s someone thereOther times it’s only meI’m hanging in the balanceOf the reality of manLike every sparrow fallingLike every grain of sand