[Intro] [Muted acoustic pulse, low organ, soft kick heartbeat, grounded and dim] [Verse 1] [Close mic, clear diction, steady and human, no harmonies yet] Benediction fading from the beams Coffee cooling in the fellowship room On the curb a young mom counts her change Baby sleeping in the backseat gloom Everybody says, “He’ll make a way” Maybe heaven looks like hands today [Pre-Chorus] [Add rim click and organ pressure, slight lift] I don’t want a faith that shakes at songs Lead my feet where living mercy walks [Chorus] [Full groove, wider not shinier, harmony on lines 1, 4, and 8] Was I Jesus to you When the bills came due? Was I only words I knew Or love that followed through? Did I bring bread to your table A friend that saw you through? If I carry His name in what I say and do Was I Jesus to you? [Verse 2] [Same groove, slightly fuller, intimate and concrete] Fluorescent midnight in the hall Vending-machine blue on a borrowed coat An old man stares at one more form Trying hard to read what hope once wrote I could send a prayer and keep my space Or stay till morning, learn his name [Pre-Chorus] [More organ pressure, small lift in urgency] Don’t let my hallelujah die in here If I speak Your love, then bring it near [Chorus] [Same as before, slightly fuller, low harmony on first and last line] Was I Jesus to you When the world caved through? Was I only words I knew Or love that followed through? Did I bring bread to your table A hand that pulled you through? If I carry His name in what I say and do Was I Jesus to you? [Bridge] [Drop drums first, close and prayerful, build slowly] Not a project, not a cause Not a wound to watch from far If the cross is more than language Make my love a thing they feel [Final Chorus] [Fullest section, stronger bass motion, selective harmonies] Was I Jesus to you When the rent came due? When the room went cold at night And the whole world pressed on through? Did I bring bread to your table A light that stayed with you? If I carry His name in what I say and do Was I Jesus to you? [Outro] [Strip back to muted guitar and low organ, very intimate] Not just a word I knew Jesus to you
