[Intro – Almost Whispered] Mhmmmm... Ahhhh... Lord... when my soul grows tired... stay close to me. [Verse 1] I have carried too many questions through the silence of the years. I have smiled beneath the daylight while the night collected tears. I have tried to walk unbroken, never asking for a hand. But some roads become too heavy for one heart to understand. [Soft Male Humming] Mhmmmm... Ahhhh... [Pre-Chorus] So I come without an answer. I come just as I am. With the pieces I keep hiding... and the weakness in my hands. [Chorus] Lord, stay close when my soul grows tired. When the road turns cold and I lose the fire. Lord, stay near when my faith grows small. Be the quiet voice that can find me when I fall. And when the silence feels too deep... hold the part of me that cannot speak. Lord, stay close... stay close to me... To meeee... Ahhhh... Mhmmmm... [Short Instrumental] [Verse 2] There are prayers I never finished, there are words I could not say. There are wounds that still remember every hand that turned away. But somewhere underneath the sorrow, something gentle still survives. Like a candle in the window, like a light that never dies. [Second Male Voice – Soft] Never dies... [Both Male Voices] Mhmmmm... Ahhhh... [Pre-Chorus] Maybe mercy is not thunder. Maybe grace arrives this way: Like a breath inside the stillness... saying: Stay another day. [Chorus] Lord, stay close when my soul grows tired. When the rain comes down and the night grows wider. Lord, stay near when my strength is gone. Be the quiet note that keeps my spirit holding on. And when the silence knows my name... let your warmth move softly through my pain. Lord, stay close... stay close to me... With meeee... Ahhhh... Mhmmmm... [Instrumental Interlude] [Warm Piano and Soft Organ] Mhmmmm... Ahhhh... Lord... [Male Voice and Instruments Blend] Ahhhh... Mhmmmm... Still with me... [Bridge – Intimate] I do not ask for every mountain to move. I do not ask for a life without wounds. Just give me enough light to see the next step. Enough peace to take one more breath. And when I cannot find the words... hear what lives beneath them. When I cannot lift my eyes... Lord... please remember me. [Soft Vocal Lift] Remember me... Remember meeee... Ahhhh... Mhmmmm... [Final Chorus] Lord, stay close when my soul grows tired. Lift my heart gently, do not let it hide. Lord, stay near when the morning comes. Let me feel the warmth of everything I thought
