Kirk Franklin - Speak To Me Lyrics

"Speak to Me" opens with a direct, urgent request, asking Jesus to speak because without that word, the singer admits not knowing what to do next. That admitted dependence on divine communication frames the entire song around need for guidance rather than assumed self-sufficiency.

Its verse names a specific, tactile image of desired closeness, touching the hem of a garment, language drawn directly from a Gospel account of a woman healed through that same simple contact. Repeating that name "like a melody so sweet" ties verbal request to something experienced as pleasing rather than merely functional.

Rooted in contemporary gospel's call-and-response style, the song functions as an extended plea for divine communication and closeness, its closing list of requests, speak, talk, shout, walk, treating varied forms of communication and companionship as equally desired rather than any single one being sufficient alone.