Oh beautiful and broken thing
Wounded sparrow
Confined to earth with broken wing
The boys are slinging stone
In the peasant fields the crippled comb
Pecking at the fallout
Not a place to call a home
Oh beautiful and broken thing
A masterpiece in pieces
The greatest mystery
Is not a mystery to me
These everlasting arms bear the heavy hearts
These tender hands turn tattered works of art
Into something whole again
I've got the whole world in my hands
Shell shocked, the soldier forced to yield
The rubble of the ramparts reflecting in his shield
Castles of sand fade along the shore
And every wave robs memories of what was there before
Oh beautiful and broken thing
A masterpiece in pieces
The greatest mystery
Is not a mystery to me
These everlasting arms bear the heavy hearts
These tender hands turn tattered works of art
Into something whole again
I've got the whole world in my hands
Even the thief could be rectified
Give your heart to me
And you can be with me in paradise
Even the thief could be rectified
Give your heart to me
And you can be with me in paradise
Oh beautiful and broken thing
A masterpiece in pieces
The greatest mystery
Is not a mystery to me
These everlasting arms bear the heavy hearts
These tender hands turn tattered works of art
Into something whole again
I've got the whole world in my hands