After the Amen

**AFTER THE AMEN** **[INTRO — WHISPERED]** The room is empty. The lights are on. Nobody's singing. I said yes last night. What happens when morning comes? --- **[VERSE 1 — LOW, RHYTHMIC]** The coffee's gone cold on the kitchen counter. Alarm goes off— 6:14. Last night's Bible is still open on the couch. My phone has twenty-three notifications telling me who I was before. I remember the words I said with my eyes closed. “Take my life.” Funny how different that sounds when I'm late for work. --- **[PRE-CHORUS]** No smoke. No lights. No hands in the air. Just traffic, deadlines, and the same old me standing there. --- **[CHORUS — BIG, SINGABLE]** **AFTER THE AMEN, I'M STILL YOURS. WHEN THE FEELING'S GONE, I'M STILL YOURS.** When the lights go out, when the music ends, when the morning comes— **I'M STILL YOURS.** **AFTER THE AMEN, AFTER THE AMEN, WHEN THE MORNING COMES— I'M STILL YOURS.** --- **[VERSE 2 — TIGHT, MORE AGGRESSIVE]** The same guy cuts me off three blocks from the house. I grip the steering wheel. I know exactly what comes out of my mouth. Someone sends a message I don't want to answer. Old anger wakes up before the coffee even hits me. Last night I said, “Teach me how to love.” This morning someone's making it difficult. Good. Here's the lesson. --- **[PRE-CHORUS]** No stage. No sermon. No one keeping score. Just the choice I said I wanted standing right in front of me. --- **[CHORUS]** **AFTER THE AMEN, I'M STILL YOURS. WHEN THE FEELING'S GONE, I'M STILL YOURS.** When the lights go out, when the music ends, when the morning comes— **I'M STILL YOURS.** **AFTER THE AMEN, AFTER THE AMEN, WHEN THE MORNING COMES— I'M STILL YOURS.** --- **[BRIDGE — NEAR SILENCE]** The prayer didn't fail. The feeling left. Those aren't the same thing. You didn't ask me to stay on a mountain. You asked me to follow You down. Into the kitchen. Into the traffic. Into the conversation I don't want to have. Into the ordinary places where nobody knows I said yes. --- **[BUILD — WHISPER → FULL VOICE]** So here I am. Coffee cold. Eyes tired. Temper short. Heart still learning. And I'm not waiting for the feeling to come back. **I'M GOING.** --- **[FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE]** **AFTER THE AMEN, I'M STILL YOURS! WHEN THE FEELING'S GONE, I'M STILL YOURS!** When the lights go out, when the music ends, when the morning comes— **I'M STILL YOURS!** **6:14! 6:14!** The alarm goes off— **I'M STILL YOURS!** **AFTER THE AMEN! AFTER THE AMEN!** When the morning comes— **I'M STILL YOURS!** --- **[OUTRO — QUIET]** The coffee's cold. The Bible's still open. The phone starts ringing. ... Okay. Let's go.