Pray Till the Morning/The Stevettes

Verse 1

Hands folded tight on the kitchen tile

Sundown bleed through the windowpane

Didn't know how to say what I been carryin

So I just let the silence speak my name

Pre-Chorus

Tears fell like a river on the linoleum floor

Called out once then I called out twice more

Chorus

I need you now I need you near

When the night gets long and the road gets unclear

Lift my voice let it rise from the dirt

Pray till the morning learns my hurt

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

Verse 2

Street corner preacher with the tambourine shake

Said child your burden ain't yours to hold alone

I been runnin from the mercy I was meant to take

Now I'm kneelin where the wild grass grows

Pre-Chorus

Every scar a story every bruise a plea

Said I'm ready Lord come and set me free

Chorus

I need you now I need you near

When the night gets long and the road gets unclear

Lift my voice let it rise from the dirt

Pray till the morning learns my hurt

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

Rap Verse

I was lost in the static of a crowded mind

Chasin temporary highs just to pass the time

But the hollow in my chest was a bigger sign

Every door I opened led to a dead-end rhyme

Now I speak to the ceiling like it's heaven's gate

Traded pride for peace and I'm not ashamed to wait

Mama's Bible on the nightstand pages worn and bent

Every prayer she ever whispered is the road I'm ventin

Grace ain't a transaction it's a open hand

I'm just a broken vessel tryna understand

That the storm ain't the end and the rain ain't the grave

I been down and out but I refuse to misbehave

So while the choir sings and the organ swell

I'm pourin out my soul in a motel

They say talk to the sky when you hit the floor

I been talkin every night and I'm knockin at the door

Chorus

I need you now I need you near

When the night gets long and the road gets unclear

Lift my voice let it rise from the dirt

Pray till the morning learns my hurt

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

Bridge

(Backing vocals layered)

If you hear me from above

Wrap me in your endless love

Take the heavy from my chest

Let your mercy do the rest

Chorus

I need you now I need you near

When the night gets long and the road gets unclear

Lift my voice let it rise from the dirt

Pray till the morning learns my hurt

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning

(Oh-oh-oh) Pray till the morning