Lyrics
Intro
Oh yes God
Oh yes, oh Lord Lord Lord
Lord Lord, oh Lord yes
Verse 1
I was so empty, I needed someone
who could take away this emptiness inside.
I turn away when friends would tell me,
I should come to you and surrender all my life.
My life was reckless,
Till I obey them
And find a church that I could go to set me free...
Verse 2
It was at the alter
I cried, Lord save me
I felt the burden slowly lifting off my life
My life was lost without you
Every time I think I'm better, I am worse.
Verse 3
Ooh Dear Jesus I need your help Lord.
Don't you ever turn away and let me fall.
All I have is only you Lord
Every friends I look to, always let me down
I remember you promised, to never leave me
I'm depending on you Lord to hear my call.
Chorus
Lord I love you
Lord I need you
oh lord, I need you in the middle of the night
I was lost without you
Now you never leave me
You're the one to fix the things that aren't right.
Verse 4
Sometimes I
Cry for your help
When I have temptation hovering at my door.
I wonder where are you Lord,
When the devil seem to knock me on the floor.
Bridge
Now I see (Lord!) I've got the victory.
I overcome because you came to rescue me.
All I needed, Lord, was to call you.
And you ran and came to set me free oh
Chorus (Repeat)
Lord I love you. Lord, Lord, lord
Lord I need you, yes
Lord, I need you in the middle of the night.
I was Lord without you, yes
Now you'll never leave me,oh yes
You're the one to fix the things that aren't right.
Chorus (Repeat)
Lord I love you, Lord Lord lord
Lord I need you
I need you in the middle of the night.
I was so lost without you
Now you'll never leave me
You're the one to fix the things that aren't right.
Chorus (Repeat)
Lord I love you.
Lord I need you (yes I need you)
I need you in the middle of the night.
I was so lost without you
Now you never leave me
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Lord I Love You” by Adrian Cunningham is a testimony song of rescue and dependence. The singer describes emptiness, ignoring friends who urged surrender, a reckless life, and finally finding a church where the singer cried at the altar, “Lord save me,” and felt the burden lift.
The verses admit that faith is still a struggle: temptation at the door, the devil knocking the singer down, and a prayer, “Don’t you ever turn away and let me fall.” Yet the singer recalls the promise never to be left and arrives at “I’ve got the victory. I overcome because you came to rescue me.” This is close to Hebrews 13:5, Matthew 11:28, and 1 John 5:4.
The chorus repeats “Lord I love you, Lord I need you in the middle of the night.” The song’s message is love for Christ and reliance on Him from the first rescue through ongoing temptation.
Related Scripture
- Hebrews 13:5 God will never leave or forsake
- Matthew 11:28 Come to Christ with burdens
- 1 John 5:4 Overcoming through faith