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Spirit Pray - Something is Changing by Elijah Oyelade cover art

Elijah Oyelade - Spirit Pray - Something is Changing Lyrics

Artist:
Elijah Oyelade
Album:
Spirit Pray (Live) - Single
Official Release:
19 Mar 2020

Lyrics

Verse 1


There is a cry in my heart
That my words cannot express
There is a yawning in my Spirit
That I cannot communicate
Spirit hear the voice of my heart


Chorus


Spirit Pray
Pray to the Father
Spirit have your way
My intercessor
My advocate


Verse 2


There is a place deep in the water
That my heart long for
They are realms of the Spirit beckoning on me
Spirit hear the voice of my heart
Pray to the father


Chorus (Variant)


Spirit take control
Spirit have your way
'Abba Father
Jesus
Spirit pray
Pray to the father


Bridge


Spirit Pray
Spirit take control
Spirit have your way
Hey Baba
Let the rain fall
The rain of the Spirit
We receive the rain


Outro


Something is changing
Something is turning
Something is moving
Something is shaking
Something is moving
Something is turning


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Meaning & Inspiration

"Spirit Pray - Something is Changing" begins by naming a longing too deep for ordinary words, describing a cry and a yawning within the spirit that cannot be fully communicated. Rather than trying to articulate that longing directly, the song turns the request over to the Holy Spirit, asking specifically that the Spirit pray on the singer's behalf and take control of the situation entirely. Naming the Spirit as intercessor and advocate ties that request to a specific biblical role rather than treating the Spirit as simply a source of comfort. A second verse pictures a deep, beckoning place in the Spirit's realm, extending the song's imagery from an internal ache to an external invitation being responded to. The bridge asks for rain as a further image of the Spirit's activity, received rather than manufactured, before the outro shifts from request to observation, repeating that something is already changing, turning, moving, and shaking as a result. Structurally the song moves from inarticulate longing to specific request to confident observation of change already underway.

Related Scripture

  • Romans 8:26 Describes the Spirit interceding with groanings too deep for words, directly matching the song's opening image of an inexpressible cry.
  • 1 John 2:1 Names an advocate with the Father, directly matching the song's description of the Spirit as advocate.
  • Zechariah 10:1 Instructs asking the Lord for rain, matching the bridge's request for the rain of the Spirit.