🎻 [INTRO – soft, vibey, no choir upfront] (Filtered piano + subtle vinyl noise + soft hums) (Queen Phora – soft, almost crying tone) Mmm… Pray… Pray… (you come in low, talk-singing) Yeah… Sometimes you don’t even know what to say… ⸻ 🎤 [HOOK – Smooth, catchy, not loud] Pray… pray… pray… oh pray… oh… When it get heavy don’t break, just hold… Love what we need… I need you close… Before we fall… we pray… oh… (Queen Phora echoing softly behind you) (Pray… pray…) ⸻ 🎶 [VERSE 1 – You (real, conversational, DMV flow)] Yeah… Late nights, I’m up, can’t sleep Mind runnin’ circles, it’s chasin’ me Tryna stay strong but it’s breakin’ me Ain’t who I was, what I’m made to be Bills due, pressure on ten Fake smiles when I’m with my friends They don’t see what I’m holdin’ in So I keep it quiet, don’t say nothin’ (beat breathes…) Sometimes I just sit… stare at the wall Feel like I’m driftin’, like I might fall Don’t even talk… don’t answer calls But deep inside… I’m cryin’ out ⸻ 🎤 [HOOK – layered slightly more] Pray… pray… pray… oh pray… oh… When it get heavy don’t break, just hold… Love what we need… I need you close… Before we fall… we pray… oh… ⸻ 🎶 [VERSE 2 – Queen Phora (Maryland female energy)] (smooth, emotional, controlled power — not yelling) I been holdin’ on… tryin’ not to break Smilin’ on the outside, heart still ache Givin’ all I got but it’s hard to take When the love feel real but it turn fake I done cried alone where nobody see Ask God like “what you want from me?” Tryna find peace, tryna just be free But the weight so heavy it’s hard to breathe (soft pause…) So I close my eyes… Put it all in His hands, I don’t question why Even when it hurt, even when I cry That’s the only time I feel alright ⸻ 🌌 [BRIDGE – INTIMATE, not explosive] (No drums, just piano + soft background choir hums) (Queen Phora) If I don’t say a word… You still hear me… (You) Even when it hurt… You still near me… (Both, soft harmony) So we… pray… Even when we don’t know what to say… ⸻ 🔥 [FINAL HOOK – Slight lift, still smooth] Pray… pray… pray… oh pray… oh… Even in the dark you not alone… Love what we need… let it overflow… Before we fall… we pray… oh… (Queen Phora layering higher notes but controlled) ⸻ 🎧 [OUTRO – fade, emotional] (Queen Phora humming…) Mmm… pray… (you, soft) We gon’ be alright…
