(Verse 1) We bow our heads and make our lists, A thousand hopes, a thousand wishes, Heal this hurt, help me succeed, Give me what I think I need. Help my team and help my side, Turn the battle, change the tide, Two armies kneel beneath one sky, Both convinced that God’s nearby. (Pre-Chorus) But if You made the stars above, Every world, every life, every love, Who am I to tell You what to do? Maybe I should listen more to You. (Chorus) So I won’t pray for fortune, I won’t pray to win, I won’t ask You to change the world To make it fit me again. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, Or what each choice will bring— If I’m going to ask for anything, Let me pray for wisdom. (Verse 2) Are You a cosmic Santa Claus, Handing favors without cause? Finding parking, winning games, Choosing sides when both invoke Your name? If there are billions just like me, On one small world in a cosmic sea, And billions more beyond our sun— How could I think I’m the chosen one? (Pre-Chorus) If You can hear my quiet voice Among the billions making noise, Would it be disrespectful then To ask You to bend the world again? (Chorus) So I won’t pray for fortune, I won’t pray to win, I won’t ask You to change the world To make it fit me again. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, Or what each choice will bring— If I’m going to ask for anything, Let me pray for wisdom. (Verse 3) Maybe what I want today Would only lead my life astray, Maybe every closed-off door Keeps me from something worse in store. How could I possibly foresee The consequence of granting me Every wish I think is right? I barely see beyond tonight. (Bridge) Give me wisdom to know what matters, Courage when my plans are shattered, Patience when I cannot see, Humility when I disagree. Give me strength to do my part, Give me kindness, give me heart, Not a miracle on command— Just enough to understand. And if silence is the answer, Let me sit with silence too, Not demanding proof or favors, Not pretending that I knew. Maybe prayer is not persuasion, Maybe prayer can simply be A moment spent in honest wonder, Changing something inside me. (Final Chorus) I won’t pray for fortune, I won’t pray to win, I won’t ask You to move the mountains I’m afraid to climb within. I don’t know what tomorrow holds, I don’t know everything— So if I dare to ask You, God, I’ll ask for just one thing: Give me wisdom. Wisdom when I’m wrong, Wisdom when I’m certain I’ve been right all along. Wisdom for the questions, Wisdom for the doubt, Wisdom to keep searching When I cannot figure it out. (Outro) No list of wishes, No guarantee, No special favors Just for me. Among a billion voices Beneath a billion suns— If You’re listening at all, I’ll only ask for one: Let me pray for wisdom. Pray for wisdom. Pray for wisdom.
