When I close my eyes, so I would not see,

My Lord did trouble me.

When I let things stand that should not be,

My Lord did trouble me.

When I held my head too high too proud

When I raised my vice a little too loud

With a word or a sign,

With a ring of a bell in the back of my mind.

Did trouble me, Did stir my soul,

For to make me human, to make me whole.

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When I slept too long and I slept too deep,

So I held myself away and apart, 

And the tears of my brother didn't move my heart.

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And of this I'm sure, of this I know:

My Lord will trouble me.

Whatever I do, wherever 1 go, 

My Lord will trouble me.

In the whisper of the wind, 

In the rhythm of a song

My Lord will trouble me

Will trouble me,

With a word or a sign,

With the ringing of a bell in the back of my mind.

Will trouble me, Will stir my soul,

For to make me human, to make me whole.