[Verse 1] I drove out past the city glow To where the dark gets honest Cut the engine, tipped my head And made the sky a promise I'd stop pretending I was big I'd let the bigness win And every pinprick overhead Came pouring softly in [Chorus] A billion little suns And He calls them out by name Not one of them forgotten Not a flicker out of frame And if He keeps a billion suns From falling out of place Then surely, surely, surely He is holding up my face [Verse 2] The atheist looks up and shrinks And feels like no one's there But I look up and somehow I have never felt more cared The same hand flinging galaxies Is the hand that combs my hair Immense became a lullaby The night became a prayer [Chorus] A billion little suns And He calls them out by name Not one of them forgotten Not a flicker out of frame And if He keeps a billion suns From falling out of place Then surely, surely, surely He is holding up my face [Bridge] So small, so small, so small And so completely known The God who hung the heavy stars Came down to call me His own [Final Chorus] A billion little suns And He calls them out by name Not one of them forgotten Not a flicker out of frame And if He keeps a billion suns From falling out of place Then surely, surely, surely He is holding up my face He is holding up my face