[Verse 1 — close, over rolling piano] She pulled it from the ground He hauled it to the shore A hundred years of road To reach my door [Pre-Chorus] No one holds the whole design Still you arrive right on time [Chorus — intimate, piano and few voices] Ten thousand hands Carried you to me Ten thousand hands I will never see No one planned it No one commands it Still it stands Glory be, glory be To the ten thousand hands [Verse 2 — drums open up, claps enter] Temples on the plain Humming in the rain They turn the river into light And send the morning down the line [Pre-Chorus] Somebody kept the watch All through the night So I could wake to light [Chorus — wider, choir answering, claps on the backbeat] Ten thousand hands Carried you to me Ten thousand hands I will never see No one planned it No one commands it Still it stands Glory be, glory be To the ten thousand hands [Bridge — hushed and hopeful, a prayer for what comes next] Now a prayer for what comes next May it rise like morning bread May the light reach every door May the river bless the field Every hand should have a share Of the fortune in the air The water and the wonder and the work [Break — half a bar, solo piano] Glory be... glory be... [Final Chorus — lifted, full choir, still driving] Ten thousand hands Carried you to me Ten thousand hands I will never see No one planned it No one commands it Still it stands Glory be, glory be To the ten thousand hands [Ending — cold, one voice over a single piano chord] Glory be
