A             D               A                  D
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
          A               D                  E
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
           A              D      A                 D
There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere
 A              D                 E
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair


[Refrain]
       E             E7             A              E
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake
      E             E7                A                    E    D
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
        A           D            A                D
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
    A                D           E              A
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand


[Verse 2]
          A           D                A              D
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear
       A                    D                   E
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
     A              D                A                 D
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
   A                D                 E
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay


[Refrain]
   E             E7             A               E
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
     E            E7             A               E   D
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
      A             D        G             D
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
     A              D             E              A
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand


[Verse 3]
        A                 D             A             D
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
        A             D                       E
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light
        A               D          A            D
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
         A              D            E
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face


[Refrain]
   E                E7                 A             E
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
     E                     E7                   A              E   D
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me
      A              D              A          D
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
     A              D            E               A
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand