My Prayer Is Still in the Dark

[Intro - Bare guitar; low bowed bass] [Verse 1 - Bubba, male solo] God of my salvation, hear me, Day and night my crying comes; Let this prayer draw near before You, Bend Your ear toward these words. I am counted with the dying, Like a man whose strength is gone; In the lowest pit You laid me, Waves of anger rolling on. [Chorus - Duet, subdued] My prayer is still in the dark, My hands are raised without reply; Why have You hidden Your face, Lord? Why does the morning hear me cry? I am shut away from others, I can find no open door; My prayer is still in the dark, Hear the voice that calls once more. [Verse 2 - Darlene, female solo] You have put my friends far from me, Made me hateful in their eyes; I am closed within this sorrow, All my sight is dim with cries. Will the dead arise to praise You? Will the grave announce Your love? Will Your wonders fill oblivion? Will the darkness tell Your works? [Instrumental Break - Low dobro; long silence] [Bridge - Bubba, male solo] From my youth these terrors held me, All Your waves have hemmed me in; Every day they rise around me, I am drowned beneath their din. [Final Chorus - Duet, quieter] My prayer is still in the dark, My hands are raised without reply; Why have You hidden Your face, Lord? Why does the morning hear me cry? I am shut away from others, I can find no open door; My prayer is still in the dark, Hear the voice that calls once more. [Outro - Darlene, female solo] Friend and lover far away. [Bubba, male solo] Darkness keeps me company. [Unresolved guitar chord; no further words]