DRIVEWAY PRAYER

Engine hummin’ in the driveway dark

Dash light glowin’ on a tired old heart

Steel toe boots on a cracked floor mat

Whole world ridin’ on my back like that

Bills in the seat and dust in my lungs

Words I regret hang off my tongue

House lights on but I can’t walk in

Not like this… not full of sin

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Pre-Chorus

You said to cast it, lay it down

But pride still wears my working crown

I can lift weight that’ll break a spine

Still wrestle You for what ain’t mine

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Chorus (Heavy Stomp Builds)

So I’m throwin’ it down in the gravel tonight

Every fear, every fight

Every burden I’ve been holdin’ tight

You said You care for me

You said You’ll carry me

You called the weary to come find rest

But I’ve been beatin’ on my own chest

I ain’t God

I ain’t strong enough

To hold this world together

Without Your blood

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(Stomp Break – Kick + Chain Hit)

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Verse 2

A man thinks his way is right

‘Til it drags him into the night

And I’ve been drivin’ that crooked road

White knuckled on control

You said anger won’t make me right

But I let mine burn all night

You warned me not to let the sun

Go down while wrath still runs

And I’ve been carryin’ wrath like tools

Handin’ it off to the ones I love

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Pre-Chorus

You said there’s no condemnation

But I live like grace is probation

You said I reap what I sow

Lord don’t let tension be what they know

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Chorus (Full Grit, Bigger Vocal)

So I’m throwin’ it down in the gravel tonight

Every weight, every lie

Every “I’ll fix it” foolish pride

If You don’t build this house

We’re just swingin’ hammers loud

You told me not to be anxious

But I’ve been faithless and doubtin’

I ain’t Christ

I ain’t the cross

If I don’t lay it at Your feet

My whole house pays the cost

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Bridge (Music Drops Low – Vocal Nearly Spoken)

You said be still…

And know that You are God

But I don’t sit still

I don’t slow down

You said those who wait on You

Renew their strength

But I’ve been runnin’ on fumes

Tryin’ to be the engine

You told me to fix my eyes on Jesus

The Author and the Finisher

Not on the bills

Not on the job

Not on the mess I made

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(Beat builds back in slow and heavy)

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Final Chorus (Big, Gang Vocal Undercurrent)

So I’m killin’ this tension in the driveway dirt

Lay it down before it hurts

Before I drag it through that door

As for me and my house

Lord I’m choosing You right now

Whatever I do, work or rest

I’m givin’ You my best

I ain’t savior

I ain’t king

I’m just a man

On broken knees

And tonight I’m endin’ the day

With trust

Not tension

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Outro (Beat Fades – Vocal Alone)

Truck shuts off

Gravel crunch

Deep breath in my lungs

You said You will sustain me…

Door opens.

Amen.