Hear my prayer bear with me

I’ve been fighting for a purpose that was never even mine,

Chasing shadows from the people who keep stealing all my time.

And I listen to the serpent like Eve did in the leaves,

And I swear I hear him whisperin’, tryna’ tell me what to believe.

But you don’t know what God can do

’Til the whole world breaks in two—

And the only way out is the one he walks you through.

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He can take a broken moment,

Turn it gold without a move—

Same storm, same ground,

But a different point of view.

God, hear my prayer—

Bare with me, stay with me.

Thank you for the ones still here,

Thank you for the love you give me.

Sometimes it hurts so deep inside,

Feels like tears of blood I cried—

But your love held me when my pride

Tried to shut you out, tried to hide.

People say they love me, then forget the words they said,

Nobody knows my hurt ’til I’m gone, cold, dead.

But you lived through life and death,

Stayed through every stolen breath.

I confess I take advantage—

Treat your love like it’s less,

When it’s endless.

You carry all my mess—

Pain, fear, confusion—

Life without you’s just illusion.

You’re the breath inside my lungs,

Keep me safe from every thief

Tryna’ steal my thoughts away,

Tryna’ ransom all my peace.

[Bridge)

Sometimes I stand for all the wrong things—

Teach me how to stand for you

’Til my heart sings your name

And I can’t speak, only feel the truth.

God, hear my prayer—

Bare with me, stay with me.

Thank you for the ones still here,

Thank you for the love you give me.

Sometimes it hurts so deep inside,

Feels like tears of blood I cried—

But your love held me when my pride

Tried to shut you out, tried to hide.

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Give me fruit I can consume,

Write the story of my room,

Of my mind, of my pain—

Be the cure inside my brain

When it tells me I’m to blame,

When it tells me I’m not enough.

Your love always calls that bluff.

Thank you for another day—

I give it back in every way.

'Cause without your scripture, I’d be

Lost in hate, jealousy, lust,

Surrounded by people I shouldn’t trust.

Talk to this demon on my shoulder,

Make the ghost of my past grow colder—

Ease my mind, show this storm won’t last.

I’m running out of covers for the rain in my past.

[Bridge)

Just when I think my flower’s dying,

You show me it’s growing.

No night without the day,

No sun without the rain—

And no grace without the pain,

But there’s always something gained.

God, hear my prayer—

Bare with me, stay with me.

Thank you for the ones still here,

Thank you for the love you give me.

Sometimes it hurts so deep inside,

Feels like tears of blood I cried—

But your love held me when my pride

Tried to shut you out, tried to hide.

If you trust a thief, a liar, or a snake,

Know the price, know what’s at stake.

You wanna trust, but you’re tired and worn—

Serpents lying quiet on the floor.

Trust in God—he’s always there,

Don’t wait ’til it’s too late

To say you care.