When I Was A Child Lyrics

"When I Was A Child"By Tom RappWhen I was a child I lived all aloneAll my trials I bore them aloneSometimes I would smile but often I'd grieveGrowing up was learning to disbelieveWhen I was a child there was me, there was themThey were all holy 'cause I was in sinThey were the enemy but I was the kingI was a leper until you came inYou were a messenger coming from themThey never touched me 'cause I was afraidYou came with your holy hands, your holy eyesBlessed me with touches and touched me with eyesI was the child of all the untouchedLepers left over when he left the crossBut you camei n darkness, incense and eyesBlessed me with touches and touched me with eyesI was still breathing sweet lies from a songA saint in the evening, a leper at dawnI carried my own day of death through the landBut you taught me to live with a secret of handsNow growing up is learning to look at the lightYou're not always wrong if you're not always rightSo when it's all over, your miracle throughI'll take what you lent me and rescue you too