The Backs of His Hands(Hallelujah!) - Sailship He had a black book wrapped in his little hands Its binding was frayed with age It kept his heart held safe when the backs of his hands seemed strange He knew that top shelf better than he knew himself It gave him strength to face the day But then he lost his pride when his mother died And as the church bells rang still he sang Hallelujah to everyone Hallelujah like never before Hallelujah to all of the memories that made him miss her more A couple years went by before he said goodbye And the pages continued to turn He had them memorized every single line That his mother had taught him to sing And it sounded like Hallelujah to everyone Hallelujah like never before Hallelujah to all of the shining seas and all of their shining shores And when the image of his mother is gracing his sleeping thoughts In the morning he wakes and prays all the things that he dreamt of All because he never once thought of happiness as compromising his fears Some day hell love again and all the lessons she taught him then will appea编辑于2021/04/22更新