Lyrics
I've heard them sing "He Paid The Price"
and "Jesus Bore It All"
I've heard them sing "I'm Coming Home"
and "Hear The Master's Call"
I've heard them sing the modern songs
and songs of long ago
But "Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound"
is the sweetest song I know
Amazing grace (Amazing grace, how sweet the sound)
How sweet the sound (Oh how sweet is the sound)
No sweeter song (sweeter song, sweeter song)
Could e'er be found (In this life could be found)
I've heard of a fountain (Heard of the dear Savior's blood)
Filled with blood (That washed us white, white as snow)
But "Amazing Grace" ("Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound")
Is the sweetest song I know
It was the song my momma sang
in sweet and humble voice
Like music from the world above,
it made my soul rejoice
Its soothing words and melody
like rippling waters flow
Oh, "Amazing Grace, How Sweet The Sound"
is the sweetest song I know
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Meaning & Inspiration
Sweetest Song I Know celebrates the enduring message of Amazing Grace by placing it among familiar hymns about redemption, homecoming, and the call of Christ. The lyric does not dismiss those songs; instead, it explains why the language of grace holds a singular place for the singer. References to the Saviors blood and cleansing from sin connect the remembered melody with the Christian proclamation of forgiveness.
A tender family memory gives the song much of its character. The mothers humble voice becomes part of how the hymn is remembered, and its soothing words are compared with flowing water. That recollection joins personal history to a confession shared across generations: salvation is received through grace rather than earned. The chorus repeatedly returns to the sweetness of that truth, making the song both a tribute to a classic hymn and a direct expression of gratitude for redemption.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 2:8-9 Paul teaches that salvation is received by grace through faith, not earned by works.
- Isaiah 1:18 The passage uses the image of sins made white as snow.
- Ephesians 1:7 The verse connects redemption and forgiveness with the blood of Christ and Gods grace.