Bob Dylan - Every Grain Of Sand Lyrics
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other time it's only me
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
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Bob Dylan Every Grain Of Sand Comments
I love God, so much. 😇😇😇😇😇☺️☺️😔😔😊🙌🙌 Praise you father, oh mighty Father. Hallelujah 🙌🙌 Bob Dylan and Me. Amen 🙏
I miss Ali and when Bob goes up to meet Ali I will miss both.Hope I meet them both when I go. Can’t forget Keith Richards either..
i live in solitude dont regret my path it is me and you neednt change stay the same i love you as you are bob honey we should marry anyway i am your next wife is destiny
oh i love you sow my old fox i am foxy lady
it is enourmus pain of the universe who needs to perfection just one seed of poppy bob honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7yFDb1zOA
dont counz my hair it is long and white i am elder lady proud on mysel im not numbrt but your next wife love on first sight
wash myself naked laying in the bed come jump in gota 3 blankets and pack of tobacco
i am whole yours bob
i am not a number on net i am real person of flash and bones you should check it bob honey
What a song how good i
What a beautiful song, thank you and love you Bobby Dylan.
i am not number but person strange living in solitude because i chose art not family i am lonsome now wait you bob
let us go rambling bob
enourmus is the pain of universe who need to perfection just one seed of poppy bob
Brilliance
This is a very deep song with a lot of meaning if you just listen to the words ....I loved this when I was a younger person and I still listen to it now that i'm in my golden years.....
every grain of sand was mountain when the world was young as us bob dylan
i cant help myself loving you too much bob
of universe who need to perfectone seed of poppyn how big is painlove you bob im still in rags honey my love bob dylan kiss
"Blakean" says David Yaffe(Dylan biographer). I enjoy it too. Cheers!
Rehearsal is spelled wrong in the title
Beautiful, this lyrics came to Bob from above. I can hear the gospel, every word from God...💙💕💙
There is only one song on the planet which can rival this masterpiece .....This song is composed by a poet also, an alter ego of Dylan which is singing his poems like Dylan. His name is Cezar Ivanescu....He died...His poems and his music are absolutely gorgeous....He is in the gallery of William Blake, Shakespeare...Check this out Bob... i don't want to die before I produce an LP with him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEDifgHufI0
Here is a bonus for Bob, I translated from romanian, another genius, Mihai Eminescu. Here's for you Bob:
Fallin’ apart
By Mihai Eminescu
To ask a sign my dearest beloved to never forget you,
Only for you I’d ask, but you don’t belong to you no more,
Don’t want the withered flower from your golden hair,
Throw me to forgetfulness my only praying is
How it will be that this cruel feeling of my faded luck
Which also darkens away, will forever stay instead ?
All other waves are singing to the same creek,
What good can be the sadness which stays
When through this world we’re doomed to pass
Like dream of a shadow and shadow of a dream?
What good from now on to bearing me in mind?
Why counting the years flying above the dead?
Today or tomorrow if I’ll pass away, it doesn’t mean a thing,
When in everyone’s memory my trace will fade away,
And you’ll want forgetting the luck we dreamed away.
When you’ll wake up my dearest, back in the past,
Black be the shadow in which I would be dead,
Like we would have never been together,
Such as the years filled with longing love would be deserted -
For loving you so much, could you forgive me?
With face turned to the wall, abandon me to strangers,
Frozen be under the eyelids the lights of my eyes,
And when dust would turn to dust,
Who’s gonna know where I’m from, or who am I?
Lamenting chants crawling through the cold walls
Will beg for me the eternal peace;
But only one I wish, coming close to me,
To whisper me your name on my closed eyelids,
Then – if they desire – throwing me at ending of the road
It would even be better than what it’s now for me.
From far away horizons rises a flock of ravens,
And darkens all the heavens on my blinded eyes,
Arisen whirlwind from the edges of the earth,
Giving my dust to ashes and my heart to wind…
But you remain blooming as in an April month,
With eyes filled with lights, with childish smile,
How much of a child are you forever young remain,
And don’t remember me no more, as I will not as well.
Here is this poem with music by poet Cezar Ivanescu equally, he is incredibly!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMHgkmgPGiU
Dear Bob Dylan, if you want to help me with this project of issuing an album with your alter ego, please send me an email: [email protected]
Let's discuss this. THIS IS A MATTER OF ART.
Such an incredibly poignant song!!
Some people tend to make fun of Dylan's voice but only a voice as piercing can accompany the lyrics that are so ready to stab a person's heart. Dylan sings Dylan best.
Superb.
Nearly perfect lyrically. I mean nobody could read these words and deny that it is on par with the greatest Poets.
I think you think this is about you. Its always about you. I thought it was about me for a long time too. But its about God. If God were to confess its sins, would you listen? For how is it to get any better if you don't?
Peeking through a keyhole! Down upon your knees!
A comparatively old song, but I still like it.
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name
amen, brother
The lyrics are so visual
This probably the best version and the best arrangement.
I can see the Master's hand in the Master's hand. Can you?
Wow! Bob that is so good. That is poetry.
What a beautiful lyrics. From all the events and emotions of his journey, which are so humongous to him, to the tiny and insignificant grain of sand on the ground, are all part of God’s plan. God is the truth that penetrate all. Humans are all insignificant no matter how turbulent your life has been. We are just a grain of sand in the universe. Love how the music is melancholy just fit the lyrics that’s kind of sad and painful. Beautiful!
Bob needs to write an anthem protesting the NY Abortion Laws. I’m fearful of what this country is becoming....anyone ever heard of Sodom and Gamura?
Thank you Bob Dylan this song means so much to me.
In Loving Memory of Jan Rolland Diorio Jr 05/09/64. 01/20/84 miss you son. Death Is Not The End...
Death Is Not The End
Every instant is of infinite duration.
@Freewheeler ! Thanks.
One of the greatest songs about religious faith ever written.
There has never been a greater song ....
Just about It.
Like who's watching this because he saw it on Summer's Instagram!
(Will probably be nobody but idc lol)
Only by liveing it allows one to truly understand it. I believe all live it to some degree. Onward on my journey I came to understand that every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. He is mindful of us all.
Like every sparrow falling .... 💚
One of greatest songs EVER (in my opinion) love LOVE LOVE L O V E EveryGRAINofSAND
mein Name ist Geronimo Röder und ich höre hier
Best prayer ever.
Just amazing. Awnya..........XXXXX
Came here through the book on Steve Jobs: Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender. Jobs said this was his favorite song of all.
I gaze into the doorway of temptations angry flame. And every time I walk that way I always hear my name. So do I Bob. So do I.
Every time when i hear this song it makes me cry,cause the truth of the lyrics
reflecting the very deep of my soul.
Did we talked on twitter Bob ? i have no idea psalm 121
The greatest singer, songwriter there will ever be. Nobody could ever come close. Shakespeares got fuck all on dylan.
The most beautiful instrumentation of any Bob song I've heard.
When music is touching poetry. Thanks for sharing.
Best song of Bob
Probably my most favourite lyric from Bob. "In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand"
One of his best, totally. Takes me away every time.
My favorite song from anyone, anywhere, anytime.
🕊️♥️🕊️
Whos here because of Steve Job?
I am here because of Bob Dylan.
Hi. I didn’t see these lyrics, and they should be readily available for all to read. These are the lyrics from this version, with slight differences from the album cut:
In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet floods every newborn seed
There's a dying voice within me reaching out somewhere
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair
Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake
Like Cain, I behold this chain of events that I must break
In the fury of the moment I can see the master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand
Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer
The sun beam down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay
I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I'll always hear my name
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand
I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintery light
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face
I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me
I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand
Thanks for sharing the lyrics, brings happy tears to my eyes!
Thanks for adding these - reading along makes all the difference for me.
gfoshizzle: thanks. I thought I knew all his work.. missed this one. may have to buy shot of Love
Bob Dylan is a true poet and a great musician. This song is so beautiful I can listen to it over and over. This version is so tender and sweet. I love it!!!
Marta Godyn me too. Over and over and over and never get sick of it.
まさか神様ディランがフジロックに降臨するとは!とんでもなく衝撃的なニュースだった。僕は残念ながら参戦かないませんが、行ける方々は心から楽しんで欲しいなぁ。伝説の目撃者になれるのですから。
A most amazing song, from one of my favourite albums. Brings peace.
I agree , Brandon , Biograph was mine too. I read along time ago , a studio musician was recording with Bob this song .
Bob stopped , in the session , to go off and write for a few minutes the finishing touches . He was completely blown away
with the words that followed . I do believe Bob Dylan will remain a soulmate to many searching for truth long after we are gone .
Jesus is the ultimate Truth . Bob just sang about His truth . Peter behind my Judy
Alone on an island, Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter ever. And a very good vocalist.
Fantastic song brings back memories of old times.sake beautiful version my friend. Keep them coming for the younger generation so they can learn about real music instead of the rubbish of today.well done to the channel holder many thanks Gary smith
¡Profeta! Este es otro salmo del hermoso libro.
I can’t stop crying
Might be the best song of all time
bob dylan is the greatest songwriter of all time.
Bob dylan is the greatest singer, songwriter there will ever be, nobody could ever come close, hes wrote more songs than anyone ,most are magical, been on a never ending tour for years, allways changing ,there will never be another. And its going to be a very sad day in my life when he goes. I found dylan when i was 14 im 38 now and hes been the soundtrack to my life ,i dont need any other music other than bob. You either get bob or u dont .only a true dylan fan will know.
It's hard to see anyone ever coming close, too. There will definitely never be something as big as the Beatles, and I doubt there will ever be as good of a songwriter as Bob. It's interesting to see people try to argue against it, but Dylan's work is so massive that it's crazy to think someone else tops it. Even the best like Cohen and Townes Van Zandt. They're great. I love them. But they don't come close in the big picture.
Nice spellinglol
super verzia
Demasiado bello y tan profundo. Merece algo más que el Nobel.
This song always tugs and twists at my guts and my heart and soul...........and I’m not even a believer........yet ! If you are there God, please look after Bob when his time is done...........he has meant the world to millions and millions. A power for goodness and righteousness .
What a generous thing to say Bubbacat! and if the God I personally try to believe in really does exist, I'm sure he must have heard you!
Go to the Lord friend.
@Tunc Gursel funny
Ah, yer a bob lover
THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE HIS .HIS WORKMANSHIP .IN GREEK POEMA ,HIS POEM.HE WRITES THE WORDS.DYLAN IS A CONDUIT NO DOUBT. THANX BOBBY. LOVE YOU.
What do you need more ?
Grazie tanto per la musica che ci regali, un abbraccio ciao ciao
.....wau wau
The album track of Every Grain of Sand was a single, first take and it is perfect, with an incredible vocal and two heartbreaking harmonica solos. This is great as well and shows that Bob is always "on." To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.
Cheers Bob.
the 15 people who voted this down must be Trump supporters.
Why would that be? Dylan wouldn't even bother to vote down his own song.
You must be one of the founding fathers without a sense of humour.
The video is ALL about Dylan.
Oh yea! Hey Bob love this. I can see the grain, I know what it is telling me. I Am grateful...I love You! Saw you when you performed at your very first concert. You were by yourself on stage (Carnegie Recital Hall)...Only a guitar, harmonica, and your early songs and your. Voice) There was not a peep in the house (Imagine that) so I fell in love that day....I was hooked! Went on to see many more concerts, including the one with Tom Petty at Madison Square...dear God, keep Tom safe.As for you Mr.
DYLAN.. I will continue to love and support your music...when I saw you at Carnegie, I was in my 20's...dont laugh, I am now 84! Oh dear, if my life had Dylan in it, I must be ok!
Verna D'Alto may you have many more years listening to bob. He's the greatest there will ever be, from now untill the end of time ,nobody could ever compare. God bless.
All Positive.
Thank you for that beautiful remembrance of youth. I am quite a bit younger than you and Bob, but my own youth seems like a different lifetime now. And in that different lifetime, in 1979, just barely into my own 20s, I saw Bob Dylan live. I hope he keeps singing for as long as he wants.
Thank you again, Ms. D'Alto. ❤️
lovely to listen to before going to sleep
Deep...Very
*Bob Dylan - Every Grain of Sand*
В моменты моей исповеди,
В час моей глубочайшей нужды,
Когда озеро слез под моими ногами затопляет всякое зародившееся,
Умирающий голос внутри меня обращается куда-то,
С трудом пытаясь выжить в опасности и отчаянии.
Не нужно оглядываться на все совершенные ошибки,
Словно Каин, я сейчас узрел тяжелую цепь событий прошлого, которую я должен отринуть,
В неистовстве времени я вижу руку Творца,
В каждом листочке, что колышется, в каждой песчинке.
О, цветы отпущения грехов и сорняки прошлого года,
Словно преступники, они сковали дыхание совести и хорошего настроения.
Солнце жжёт этапы жизни, чтобы осветить путь,
Чтобы облегчить боль тщетности и памяти разложения
Я смотрю в дверной проём злого пламени искушения,
И каждый раз я прохожу этим путем, и я всегда слышу своё имя.
Потом, далее в своём путешествии, я пришел к пониманию, что каждый волосок числится, как и каждая песчинка.
Я прошел путь из грязи в князи в скорби ночи,
В силе летней мечты, в спокойствии зимнего света,
В грустном танце одиночества, проваливающимся в пространстве, в разбитом отражении невинности на каждом забытом лице
Я слышу поступь старого словно движение моря,
Иногда я поворачиваюсь — тут кто-то есть, в другие времена, лишь только я.
Я повис в неопределенном положении в реальности человека,
Как и каждая малая птица, что падает, как каждая песчинка.
Wow. Just wow.
One of Bob's greatest songs and one of my top five favourites.
Brandon DIDO on the song EGOS ; I could listen to this version forever. The band isn’t overpowering Bob’s vocals ; they were Chrystal clear. I am 2 yrs new to the song and I believe his lyrics are no. One for his songs. Yeah the chords are very unique. Bob’s emotions only serve to totally enhance and chill one’s bones ; SUBLIME , my favourite song of BD! ❤️
Great. But the demo with Jennifer Warnes and dog is the greatest.
LOL. But that version is nowhere to be found, so I put this version in my "'..bootleg series.." playlist instead. You've gotta admit this is gorgeous.
First time I heard this I was falling to my knees...just the first few linesMany thanks for this posting. Looking forward to "Trouble No More"
One of the best songs ever! Emmylou Harris did a great cover on "Wrecking Ball."
Classic..!
Always thought it was Martian of the sea, actually prefer Martian to motion anyway. Cheers Bob your lyrics got me through some dark times